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This sounds like a real potential nightmare for us in the scenario of running high stakes, summative exams in Blackboard. No way do we want students to immediately be able to see results from an exam - especially as we use a 16 point scale. Mark Gamble Head of Learning Technology, University of Bedfordshire On 6 Jun 2013, at 10:23, "Melanie Barrand" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello > > We have just started testing the new My Grades tool on SP12 and share your concerns - particularly about finding Feedback. > > We also have some concerns about the view of My Grades via the Global Navigation Menu. > > By default, My Grades does not appear on our Course menu and most tutors do not add it to the menu. However, the tool is on by default in our courses. Therefore with the introduction of My Grades in the Global Navigation Menu students will be able to see My Grades for all courses without action from the tutor. > > Also, I found that if a tutor adds My Grades to their course menu and elects to hide the menu item from students, students will still see My Grades via the Global Navigation Menu. I think this will not be the expected outcome from the tutors point of view although I can see why it happens technically. > > I think this is going to cause us problems. Tutors are not used to having the Grade Centre data available to students if My Grades is not added to the menu. It's particularly problematic for Turnitin marks as many staff don't realise grades go straight through to the Grade Centre if they don't open 'more options' in Turnitin and change the relevant setting. > > We have thought about turning the tool off in courses by default (and organisations as it is the same for those). This would be an extra step for tutors if they want to use it and may result in less usage which would be a pity. And there is still the potential for problems if tutors hide My Grades on the course menu thinking they're hiding the Grades from students completely. > > I wondered if anyone else had thought about this/had concerns? > > Thanks > Melanie > > VLE Service > University of Leeds > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Boon, Chris > Sent: 08 May 2013 17:10 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: New My Grades - Blackboard 9.1 SP12 > > Hi Stuart, > > At City College Norwich we have exactly the same concerns, and are therefore planning to switch off the new My Grades tool when we upgrade. Our concerns are also around the ordering of the items in the new My Grades tool, in that they do not adhere to the ordering in the Grade Centre, and therefore we cannot control and ensure clarify for the students in the new tool by ordering the Grade Centre columns. This particular issue has been listed as a KB article: > > https://blackboard.secure.force.com/btbb_articleview?id=kA370000000GuBhCAK > > From my testing on my SP12 test system switching off the new My Grades Building Block simply reverts the tool to the 'classic' pre-SP10 one which we're familiar with. Although this tool isn't perfect, it's definitely better than the new one for now. > > I understand that a lot of institutions have concerns about the changes to My Grades; I've heard that Product Development are looking at some future changes. Have you opened a ticket about this, and been in touch with your Account Manager? My Account Manager has recommended both of these routes to ensure PD understand how many people this affects. > > All the best, > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stuart Hepplestone > Sent: 08 May 2013 16:03 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: New My Grades - Blackboard 9.1 SP12 > > Dear Colleague, > > We are anticipating upgrading to Blackboard 9.1 SP12 this summer. However, we have concerns about the new look My Grades, particularly that it makes it difficult for students to identify if they have feedback attached along with their grades and that it’s harder to see all their details about their progress in a single view without having to scroll down the page. Has anyone switched off the new My Grades in order to revert to using the older one? 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