When using Blackboard CE 6 do you ever wonder why midterm and final grade columns sometimes show numbers in italics and parenthesis, such as (225), and others are not, such as (239), e.g, no parenthesis, and no italics?
When a score is in italics it means that some of the column scores (used in the formula to determine the value in the calculated column) have not been posted yet. Once all columns have a score (number) posted, the calculated score changes to non-italicized.
Italics within parentheses indicate that some of the grades being used as input for the calculation in the column are missing, so the calculation is incomplete.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Monday, January 08, 2007
Character Limit for a Grade Book Formula
When you enter a formula for a calculated column in the Blackboard CE 6 Grade Book, it’s limited to 1000 characters in length. We’ve submitted a feature enhancement request to address this limitation. In the meantime, the only work around is to:
- Shorten the column names that are used to compose the formula or
- Use two or more calculated columns (each used to calculate a range of column scores) and then use a final column that adds the “sub-total” column entries together.
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