Marks Transfer FAQs

Typically this is caused by incorrect or missing data in SITS. To have columns set up, the module must be active, have a module leader, a due date/time (except for exams) and an assessment item type (which controls what is created in Blackboard). If the assessment item type is wrong then the wrong thing may be created. Please contact the Digital Education team for support if you are not clear what data is missing.

Please contact the Digital Education team for support.

If you need an assignment but have a weighted total or regular column, or vice versa, please contact the Digital Education team for support as soon as possible, preferably ahead of any student submissions or marking. It is likely you have the wrong assessment item type in SITS.

No, you must use the grade columns/submission points which were automatically set up for the current academic year. For this reason we strongly recommend never copying the whole Assessment nor Reassessment section nor submission points from one Blackboard site to another, as there is an increased likelihood of confusion and additional work.

No, you must use the automatically set up columns to transfer marks back to SITS.  You will only see columns created automatically in the approval tool.

You can have the automatically set up column from SITS be a weighted total/calculated column rather than a submission point. That sort of column can be set to take 100% of the value of the other column, and then transfer that mark back. 

If a student has submitted work this should be marked. A mark of zero should be given to students who have not submitted.  Module leaders do not need to check if a student has an accepted EC or stage 2 extension. Please see the ‘Principles for Entering Marks in Gradebook’ for further information about this.

Please see the ‘Principles for Entering Marks in Gradebook’ for further information about this.

Please see the ‘Principles for Entering Marks in Gradebook’ for further information about this.

Blackboard transfers the underlying mark to SITS, so it is not necessary to change the schema before transferring marks, but you may wish to in order to have confidence about which marks are being transferred.

This may be problematic as the original underlying mark would be transferred rather than the UGD mark. You should consider if you need to use this method, though there may be a workaround which can be discussed with the Digital Education team.

Ideally the points possible for any mark should be out of 100 as this is the easiest to transfer, but there is a workaround for tests which are not out of 100. Please contact the Digital Education team for assistance.

First, read the guidance on Submitting Module Marks to Assessment Teams to ensure you should use the tool for transferring directly to SITS. You can find the Mark Transfer Tool in Blackboard module sites. There are instructions on how to use it.

Usually, module leaders will transfer marks to SITS. However, other staff on the Blackboard site can do this in case the module leader is not available (e.g. sickness absence).

When you have a full set of task marks (e.g. after 5 and 10 day extensions have been marked) i.e. module leaders should only transfer marks once for each task. Please do not transfer partial sets of marks.

No, we have configured it so that marks do not have to be posted to students.

No, they cannot be transferred in that column. Ideally this scenario should not happen, but if it has, please contact the Digital Education team for support with moving the marks to the correct place.

If it is the same day that you have approved them, then you can unapprove them in Blackboard before they are extracted to SITS after midnight.

If is not the same day that you have approved them, they will have transferred to SITS and you will need to complete the Mark Amendment Form.

Approved marks will transfer to SITS overnight.

The Assessment Team in Registry Services will process the marks and produce module reports in line with agreed timescales.

If a mark needs changing after it has been transferred (e.g. due to moderation), it should be changed in Blackboard for students, and you will need to complete the Mark Amendment Form for it to be changed in SITS.

Marks will not be automatically available to students on My Student Record. The Assessment Team in Registry Services will release module marks in line with agreed timescales.