Grades Journey
We are currently preparing our Grades Journey content for the 2025/2026 academic year.
Grades Journey allows staff to transfer assessment marks and grades directly from Blackboard into SITS.
Module Assessment Pattern (MAP) information flows into Blackboard, creating weighted columns for each Module Assessment Body (MAB).
Marks and grades from Blackboard assignments can be mapped in a one-to-one method (one assignment to one column) or a many-to-one method (more than one assignment to one column). Once the marks have been finalised, they can be transferred to SITS.
Information for getting started with Grades Journey is detailed below.
Please note: All Grades Journey participants are required to attend training.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are only 3 requirements to use Grades Journey.
- The module must not be a parent/child module
- All assignments used in the module as part of Grades Journey must be marked out of 100
- Modules with grade-only schemas can only use a one-to-one mapping
Modules must be signed up to Grades Journey via the Module Manager functionality of SITS. Once this has been completed, Grades Journey weighted columns will appear in the module’s Grade Centre before the college's assessment periods.
Yes, you can create grade columns in the Grades Centre that are not tied to specific assignments. You can put the results of offline assignments into these grade columns and then map them to the Grades Journey weighted columns.
Yes, nothing will change regarding the standard uploading of marks and grades into SITS. Even after the module has transferred, marks and grades can still be edited in SITS.
If incorrect data is transferred, it can be adjusted and corrected in SITS.
Grades Journey can be used to transfer exam marks.
Grades Journey cannot be used for reassessment.
Yes, there is no requirement to use Grades Journey if your module has been set up to use it.