Official Marks Return

Extensive Blackboard Grade Centre guide available from CELT.

Information about Returning Results Using the Blackboard Grade Centre is available from the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT).

FAQ - Marks Return


How are official module marks returned?

Where can I get training on Blackboard Grade Centre?

How do I know that my marks are successfully returned?

Can I return a mark with a decimal point?

When should a mark of Incomplete be used?

For a module with Continuous Assessment (CA) component and an exam, but where the student is absent for the exam, what mark should be returned?

What mark should be returned in the 1st Sitting if I know that a student has a deferral for the module?

What mark should be returned if I know that a student has an Exam Security Group penalty for the module?

I deleted the column in Blackboard Grade Centre entitled “Final Marks” – what should I do?

Will the Final Mark column in Blackboard Grade Centre ever be made visible to students?

How do external examiners sign off on marks?

When the marks are extracted from Blackboard Grade Centre, how long does it take for those marks to be visible in Quercus?

How do I return provisional results?

If I extracted marks in January for Semester 1 modules, do I need to extract marks again?

What mark should be returned in the 2nd Sitting if I know that capping will apply for the module?

What if Blackboard has a 2nd Sitting marks column for a student who is now passing the 1st Sitting?



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