Deleting Auto-Created Columns
The only way to delete auto-created grade columns is to first delete the gradable items in your course. For some, if no student submissions exist when you delete the item, the Grade Center column is deleted automatically or you are allowed to decide whether to delete the column.
Before deleting gradable content in your course, you must carefully consider what the ramifications may be. Student work, such as test and assignment submissions, will be deleted along with the deletion of the content item in your course. The action is final. In some cases, you can choose to save the grades assigned in the Grade Center. Even if you retain grade columns in the Grade Center, you cannot access the student submissions because they were deleted with the item in your course. Alternatively, make the gradable item unavailable in your course to preserve the submissions and the scores in the Grade Center.
Deleting Manually Created & Calculated Columns
- Click on Grade Center under Course Management in the lower left of your course
- Click on Full Grade Center
Click the chevron button and choose Delete Column from the embedded drop-down menu in the header of column you want to edit
Click Submit to save your changes and return to your Grade Center's spreadsheet view.
REMEMBER: Deleting a grade center column will remove all data contained within that column. Grade data cannot be automatically recovered. You must download the Grade Center History and manually restore the grades if you accidentally deleted an important column.
Bulk Deleting Columns
A new feature in Blackboard allows faculty to delete multiple columns from the grade center at the same time. This function is best used before grade data is entered and provided the grade center columns are not associated with an assessment activity.
- Go to the Grade Center via Control Panel
- Select Manage -> Column Organization
- Check the boxes for the columns you would like to delete
- Click Delete
REMEMBER: Deleting a grade center column will remove all data contained within that column. Grade data cannot be automatically recovered. You must download the Grade Center History and manually restore the grades if you accidentally deleted an important column.