Display previous marking period grades read-only when submitting grades for later periods/semesters

When teachers submit their grades at the end of the quarter/semester, it would be extremely helpful if we could show student grades from previous marking periods in read-only.


Currently, at the end of the first semester, when we enable grading, it will show the 2nd quarter grade column, the 1st semester exam grade column, and the 1st semester grade column. We can't show the 1st quarter grade column because it can be edited by the teacher.

It would be nice to display this column in read-only format so that teachers can avoid letter grade and pass/fail borderlines.

There are also situations where a student gets a 2nd quarter schedule change and their first quarter grade may be missed in the transfer, and ends up missing on the report card and not calculated in the semester grade. Having this info on the grading screen would allow the teachers to see any missing quarter grades.

  • Kristofer Thurston
  • Jan 18 2022
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Blackbaud Student Information System / Grading
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    Michael Morrissette commented
    07 May 15:08

    Hi Folks -

    With today's release, we have implemented a new end of term grade entry experience for faculty. This update will not show to faculty until it has been enabled in Core > Settings > Activate new features.

    Before enabling this new feature, please give the webinar, linked below, a watch. There's some important information about how the new experience calculates grades which may require a small update to your existing Grade Translations before enabling the new experience.

    End of term overview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXz2IMcvlnQ

    In this update, it is now possible for teachers to see previously recorded grades so they can more easily see and track student progress throughout the length of the given course, this includes Assessment Skills.

    A couple other small enhancements with this update:

    • Comments now auto-save every 15-20 seconds.

    • Bulk comments now have a student selector.

    • A narrative mode has been introduced to facilitate long-form comment writing.

    • Mastery Skills can now be linked to Assessment skills.

    If you have feedback on this new feature, feel free to reach out or schedule a meeting with me using the link below!

    Scheduling link: https://research.rallyuxr.com/blackbaud/schedule/clozsvrmg00tt1bli4otd8w1y?channel=share

    -Mike

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