Marks
The marks page is accessible from the Blackboard main menu.
Finding your course on Marks page
When you open the Marks page the top banner
will show which selection of courses you are looking at. The right and left arrows can be used to move through the course lists pages:
- Current Courses (all)
- Sandbox (practice courses)
- 2024/25 – keep scrolling left for previous year courses
Each course will appear as a table.
Needs Marking
When there is something in the Gradebook that needs marking it will show on the course table
with details of number of assessments submitted and number to mark.
When some students have not yet submitted the Icon will appear in red. The number of “missing” submissions will be written in red.
View All Work
To view assessments that do not have any unmarked work click on “view all work”.
Each column in the Gradebook, that does not have un-marked submissions, will be listed with details of the number of submissions and whether they are all marked or have nothing to mark (i.e. automatically marked tests).
Icons
- Turnitin
- Blackboard Assessment
- Blackboard Test
- Blackboard Discussion Board
- Blackboard Journal
- Weighted Column (i.e. Turnitin IC columns)
When there are “missing submissions” (enrolled students who have not submitted) the icon will appear in red 
Gradebook columns hidden from student view have a diagonal line through the icon 
Course mark and activity
At the University of Reading we are not using the total column as it would be confusing to students. The marks in Blackboard are raw, without penalties or external moderation. The marks in RISIS are the true marks therefore total marks of Blackboard marks may different from the marks students can see on their RISIS dashboard and will confusion – no marks will appear here in the Average Mark pill box.
The Course Activity Related to Marks will jump you to the Activity report showing student’s missed dates and hours in course.
Submission inboxes
When you click on any of the Assessment titles submission inbox for that assessment will open, including the Turnitin inbox.
Guide last updated on March 27, 2023