How Do I Set Up a Grade Center Watch Column in Blackboard?
GoSignMeUp will look at a specific Grade Center Column and automatically pull over any passing grades when students have successfully completed their coursework in Blackboard. Be sure to contact your GoSignMeUp Administrator to determine if this feature has been activated in your system and what the values your organization has determined to indicate "PASSING"
1. Go to the GRADE CENTER of your Blackboard Course
Make sure you have set up a column with the SAME NAME as the GRADE CENTER WATCH COLUMN set up by your site administrator. The system will look only at the column with this name. Also be sure to set it as an EXTERNAL GRADE (see below)
2. Set the desired Grade Center Column to be an External Grade
If the column is set as an external grade the GoSignMeUp system is able to access it. It is usually indicated by a small green check by the column title.
3. The Grade Routine will bring the grades over to GoSignMeUp automatically.
Students who successfully complete the course as indicated by a "Passing" grade that is determined by your site administrator will automatically get transcribed in the GoSignMeUp system. Usually the grade routine is set up to pull over grades every night, but please contact GoSignMeUp if you need to run them manually or have other special needs. Students can receive certificates automatically via e-mail when they complete courses, just indicate the appropriate certificate in the course details (see the help guide "How Do I Sent Out an Automatic Certificate to a Blackboard Course?" for more details).
Note: Only the SPECIFIC grade values that were set up in the Blackboard Module will trigger the transcription process. If a word is spelled or capitalized differently, has additional decimals or digits or is not on the list set up by the administrator, it will not come over.
Please contact the GoSignMeUp support staff if you have any questions.
