Category Archives: Assignment

Allowing additional submissions

From time to time a student will have an issue turning in a test or assignment and you’ll want to give them another opportunity to submit their work. If you’ve set up the test or assignment for single attempt (or if they’ve used up the multiple attempts you’ve alloted), you’ll need to let Blackboard know the student can submit one more time. Fortunately, the process for clearing an attempt is straightforward. First, locate the table cell in the Grade Center...

Creating an Assignment

In this tutorial, we will walk through the process of creating an assignment in your Blackboard course. To start, first go into a content area where you wish to make an assignment available to your students. Mouse over the “Assessments” button toward the top of the body of the page and select “Assignment”. Next, type in the assignment name along with any instructions you may have for your students. Adding a due date into the set of instructions helps to...

Grading Assignments

If you’ve added an assignment to a content space in your course site, at some point you’ll need to grade what you’ve collected. This video walks through the process, including looking at commenting on student submissions online, viewing SafeAssign originality reports, and clearing attempts....