Filtering Submissions by the Needs Grading Status

Watch the how-to video

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1. Click on Gradebook.

Blackboard course demo. Red arrow pointing to the Gradebook tab.

2. Make sure that List View is selected along with Gradable Items.

Red arrow labeled as step one pointing to a drop down menu. Red arrow labeled as step two pointing to Gradable Items.

3. Optional - If you want to sort all of the items to the top, which contain submissions that need to be graded, you can click the Grade Status header.

Example of a list of gradable items in a Blackboard course with a arrow pointing to the Grading Status of each gradable item.

4. Click the # to grade to the right of the assignment or test.

A red arrow in Gradable Items pointing to the words 5 To Grade.

5. The Needs Grading filter status will automatically be selected, which is filtering out all of the submissions that have already been graded ,which leaves the submissions that still need to be graded. 

Blackboard gradebook view showing results when it is filtered by items that need grading.

6. Optional - If want to see all the students submissions, including the graded submissions, then click the down arrow and select All Grading Statues. 

Red arrow pointing to the option to send message to a student from the gradebook.

Red arrow pointing to all grading statuses in the gradebook.

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