The Grades Journey Admin Tools tab provides access to administrative tools to manage the Grades Journey extension.
To access the Admin Tools tab
- Sign in to Blackboard.
- Access the Administrator panel.
- Select Platform Extensions from Cloud Management.
- Choose Edit Settings from the Grade Export v2 menu.
- Select the Admin Tools tab.
Grades Approval and Transfer
Select Launch to launch the Grades Approval and Transfer tool. You can then select the Advanced Search button to search for courses by:
- Course ID
- Course Name
- Course Description
- Instructor
- Term
- Date Created
- Approval Status
Grade Status Delete
The status of grades can be reset back to Unapproved from Approved or Extracted and the Action Date and Last Updated By values can be cleared with this tool. Enter a required time and date parameter, and any column with an Action Date prior to the configured date will be reset.
Grade Column Repair
The Grade Column Repair tool can be used when a grade column is provisioned and then deleted. The column can be manually recreated in the course and reset as if it were a provisioned column. To reset the column, enter the Course ID and Grade Column Name and select Submit.
Course Unlock
The Course Unlock tool can be used to unlock a locked Grade center in an Original course. To unlock a single course, enter the Course ID and select Submit. To unlock multiple courses, select Browse to upload a CSV file containing the Course IDs for all the courses that need to be unlocked. (You can download the template file to view the format the file should be in.) Optionally, enter a Notification Email Address to send a notification to when the batch unlock process has been completed. Select Submit.
Admin Logs
Admin logs that contain information about successful events, errors, and debug messages are available for administrators. To access the logs, on the Admin panel in the Content Management section choose Manage Content, then institution, then logs, then platformExtensions, then gradeExport. The logs are updated every hour and maintain data for five days.
Show History
For administrators, on the course level Grades Approval and Transfer screen, a Show History button appears. Select this button to obtain a detailed history of all submission, approval, and extraction actions taken in a course. This history includes the user who took each action.
