Weighted calculation usability improvements – 3900.93
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors
Related topics: Calculate Grades
Responding to client feedback, we have made two improvements for gradebook weighting:
- The label “0% per item” appeared for categories excluded from weighting. This caused confusion so we removed it.
- We updated the calculation rules panel to make it easier to understand the selected settings.
Image 1. Instructor view of the previous interface for weighted calculations
Image 2. Instructor view of the new weighted calculation interface where the ‘0% per item’ information is removed for excluded categories
Image 3. Instructor view of the updated text on the Calculation rule panel
For administrators: This feature is available for all Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed.