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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Engineering Faculty,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please see ALERT below regarding possible rounding error when downloading grades from the Blackboard Gradebook. This ALERT is also posted on the Blackboard entry page.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>ALERT for Instructors Using the Letter Grade Schema Function in Blackboard<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:4.0pt'><br></span></b><i>Possible Rounding Error when Downloading Blackboard Gradebook</i><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:4.0pt'><br></span></b>Important to compare letter grades in downloaded Excel spreadsheet to letter grades in Blackboard Grade Center. Rounding error in download may adversely affect students, especially those with grades on the edge of a range. For example, A- in Blackboard may become B+ in Excel. Blackboard displays correct letter grades. Recommended to review and adjust grades in Excel before uploading to PeopleSoft. For more information, email <a href="mailto:fdis@uh.edu"><b><span style='color:blue'>fdis@uh.edu</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>-------------------------------<b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Debbie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Debbie Boyer, M.S.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Director, Educational Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cullen College of Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>University of Houston<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:dboyer@uh.edu">dboyer@uh.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>713-743-1347<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=94 height=33 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D257AA.DC4BAED0" alt=DepLogo2><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>