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How do I upload grades to the Grade Center?

Instructors can do off-line grading, and then import grades into Grade Center from external sources such as an Excel spreadsheet or a Comma-separated Value file. Because data must be formatted very specifically in order to upload correctly and to be synched with existing Grade Center data, to obtain a file that is formatted correctly for uploading, download the full Grade Center first and open it in a text editor or spreadsheet application.

To synch external data to Grade Center data, Column ID numbers are necessary for each column in the Grade Center. Column ID numbers are generated by the system and should not be changed or removed. Columns that do not have Column ID numbers in an uploaded file will create new columns in the Grade Center.

Note: New columns that are added to the Grade Center from an external file are added as text columns with zero (0) points possible. Text columns are not included in Calculated columns (Weighted Grade, Total Points, Average Grade, and Minimum/Maximum). In order to include scores from new columns in the Calculated columns of the Grade Center, convert text columns to other columns types and add points possible by modifying the column once the upload is complete.

1. To upload grades to the Blackboard Grade Center, click Manage > Upload.
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2. Click Browse to select the file to upload. Choose the Delimiter Type (Tab for an Excel file).

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3. Click Submit.

4. Select the column(s) to upload. Click Submit.

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