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Blackboard Grade Center

Can’t see the last student in my Grade Center

When viewing or entering grades in Blackboard's Grade Center, sometimes instructors cannot see the last student in the Grade Center.

This seems to be a problem specific to user's hardware/software configurations.

By the way, this is not a new issue with Blackboard 9.1 -- it could be seen in previous versions of Blackboard as well.

Try one (or more) of the following suggestions:

Browser Choice

Try Firefox! Be sure to choose the browser version appropriate to your computer system.

Minimum Rows

Change the minimum rows displayed by clicking Edit Rows Displayed at the bottom of the Grade Center screen. Select a number equal or greater than the number of students in the class.

View of the Edit Rows Displayed button at the bottom of the Grade Center.

Reorder

Reorder the Grade Center in reverse alphabetical order (Z-A).To do this, find the Last Name column and click the title. To return the order A-Z, click the column title again.

Change Text Size

This problem may be occurring if the browser text size is too large. Go to the View menu of your browser, find the Zoom or Text Size option, and make the text smaller. You may need to reload the Grade Center for this change to go into effect.

Change Scrollbar Size

The problem is most likely related to the Scrollbar setting in Windows XP. By changing the Windows XP Scrollbar size back to 20 or smaller, this usually solves the problem.

To change the Scrollbar setting in Windows XP:

If these tips do not help, please contact the Help Desk.


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