Unable to grade student assignment in blackboard I created an assignment for students using blackboard. This assignment is something that is completed externally. When going into the grading center I am unable to assign grades unless the students have submitted something. How can I grade this without requiring them to submit anything? I've already tried setting the column as external the the category to no with worked for a different assignment.
I believe the "Grade Center Assignments" page is only for assignments that students will submit through Blackboard.  For other graded items, go to "Full Grade Center" and click "Create Column".  You can then make a column into which you can type arbitrary grades.