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Blackboard Assignment – Allow Additional Attempts

When using an assignment with limited attempts, it may be necessary to allow a student an additional attempt due to wrong work submitted or exceptional circumstances.

Access Add or edit exceptions
Edit exception options
Allow additional attempts

Access Add or edit exceptions

To edit these options for students, navigate to the Students tab in the Gradebook and select the student.

Highlighting a student in the list of students option in the Gradebook.

In the Marks tab, the list of assignments for the student will open. Click the three dot menu on the appropriate assignment and select Add or edit exceptions.

Showing the three dot menu options in the student Marks tab and Add or edit exceptions.

This will be still available when the assignment is anonymous.

Edit exception options

You can now add or edit the necessary options for the student as required. If you are editing these for a group assignment, these options will be added to other group members as well.

Showing points one to three as described in the following text below the image. Change due dates, availability and attempts allowed.

Options are:

  1. Change Due Date
  2. Change Availability of assignment
  3. Change number of attempts allowed.

Then Save.

Increasing the number of Attempts allowed will allow students to have additional attempts.

Changing the date will allow them to submit outside of the current assignment dates.


Guide last updated on October 25, 2024

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