Marks Return

For 2015/2016 onwards, all official module marks are returned via Blackboard Grade Centre. Official marks return via Blackboard Grade Centre has the benefit of showing the course instance for each student taking a particular module. This online marks return system facilitates an easier way to track component assessments within the module and also to reduce risk to the University with the whitesheet system, which had grown beyond its capabilities. Refer to the step-by-step guide provided by CELT.

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

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View a demo of the final steps to extract marks from Blackboard Grade Centre for upload to Quercus/Exams Office at https://nuigalway.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Extract+marks+for+Exams+Office/1_hvuqptrp 

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No. The only valid mark that can be returned is either a whole number from 0 to 100 or INC.

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Examiners are advised to refer to the College Office for advice on the designation of Incomplete.

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The only valid mark that can be returned is either a whole number from 0 to 100 or INC. Examiners are advised to check with the School/College to ensure the mark returned is in line with standard practice.

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As deferrals are approved by the Dean of College, the examiner must return a mark without any consideration of a deferral application by the student. The examiner is advised to return a mark based on the assessment(s) for the module.

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The examiner must return a mark without any consideration of an Exam Security Group decision. The examiner is advised to return a mark based on the assessment(s) for the module.

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The original “Final Marks” column is required in order to return official marks. If this column has been deleted, you must log a ticket to ISS with a request to restore it. It is important to note that manually creating the column will not allow successful return of official marks.

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No, the Final Mark column should be used only for the purpose of returning official results to the Examinations Office. Official, post exam board, results will be released to students, as in previous years, via the Examinations Office.

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The process for external examiners to sign off marks remains local to the School or College as it is not part of an electronic marks submission system.

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The marks leave Blackboard immediately, once “Perform Extract” is completed. However it can take 60 to 90 mins for the module marks to be visible in Quercus.

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All provisional marks are entered directly into Blackboard Grade Centre. Refer to extensive Blackboard Grade Centre guide available from CELT. 
Please note that the Examinations Office does not release provisional results to students.  

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If you extracted final marks in January for Semester 1 modules by clicking the Perform Extract button in Blackboard Grade Centre, those marks have been returned. You have the option of updating the module marks and extracting final marks again up until the deadline for official marks return.

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The examiner must return a mark without any consideration of capping.
The examiner is advised to return a mark based on the assessment(s) for the module (either a whole number from 0 to 100 or INC).

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The 2nd Sitting Final Marks column in Blackboard is populated following the official release of 1st Sitting marks and it is not subsequently updated.
Therefore, any change to the 1st Sitting mark that means the student is now passing does not result in an update in Blackboard Grade Centre.
In this case, no action is required in Blackboard and no 2nd Sitting mark should be entered for the student.
Note that regardless of whether a mark is entered in the 2nd Sit column or left blank, the system is designed so that a 2nd Sitting mark cannot be returned to the student records system where the student has already passed the module in the 1st Sitting.

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