In the grade book, it would be nice to instantly see a capital 'E' (for Exempt) or a 'M' (for Missing) instead of having to rely on hovering over the red triangle for the blank box.

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  • Oct 14 2016
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Blackbaud Learning Management / Grade Book
  • Jun 29, 2017

    Admin response

    UPDATE!

    I am happy to announce that we addressed this idea with the June 28th Gradebook Improvement release! 

    We are now exposing assignment status icons in the Gradebook so that teachers no longer have to drill down. Comments will show upon hover. No more mysterious red triangle! Here is the blog story detailing the updates. 

    http://k12hub.blackbaud.com/h/i/345744891-sneak-peek-oncampus-gradebook-improvements-coming-summer-2017 

    Thanks for your feedback and helping us deliver better software! 
    Jackie


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    Hi There,

    We're working on our Traditional Gradebook Improvements initiative. Removing the mystery of the red triangle is at the top of our hit list! 

    Here's a sneak peek at our prototype where we've exposed the Assignment Status icons. We're also planning on adding shortcut keys to make the data entry even easier. 

    https://screencast.com/t/oRNCnhB61 

    The plan is to get these updates released this summer ahead of the 2017/2018 school year. 

    Thanks!
    Jackie

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  • Jackie Christensen commented
    June 17, 2017 14:31

    Hi All!

    We have some pretty awesome updates headed to the onCampus Grade Book this summer! Check out our blog story:

    http://k12hub.blackbaud.com/h/i/345744891-sneak-peek-oncampus-gradebook-improvements-coming-summer-2017 

    The improvements include exposing the grade book status icons to Teachers and supporting shortcut keys. We're also going to be updating the Student Assignment Center to add better distinction between labels and actions. And we're adding status' for Incomplete and Missing so Student's have better insight into the Assignments they need to make up. 

    Here's a sneak peek at the prototype:

    https://screencast.com/t/CI7nlWtlNyF 

    What do you think? Are we on track to resolving this request and getting this very popular idea closed out? Or is there something else we need to consider? 

    Thanks!

    Jackie

    Senior Product Manager, onCampus & onBoard

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  • Guest commented
    November 16, 2016 19:41

    I agree with both comments below.  The information about missing or late assignments is available, but it's not visible on the grade book grid and therefore requires additional steps frequently to determine whether an assignment is missing or the student has an exemption.  

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  • Guest commented
    November 16, 2016 16:31

    The grade book is great at accepting a variety of details for each student, but teachers on our campus frequently comment that it loses its value from their grade book view once there are more grades and details recorded.  The assignment details are all easily accessible by the student, and adding this display feature would help teachers quickly identify patterns in missing/late/exempt assignments for some or all students.

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  • Lisa Hellinger commented
    November 04, 2016 00:29

    The triangle just tells me something is up, but not what. I find myself clicking on red triangles constantly because I don't remember why it is there.

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