Collection of Assessment guides. i.e. Creating assignments, Managing permissions, and Marking & Feedback
Pass/Fail modules can be set up in RISIS and a Mark Schema created on Blackboard Ultra courses to allow for the Mark Approval and Transfer tool to be used. Numerical marks transferred to RISIS will be automatically converted into the appropriate P or F mark. Create a Pass/Fail schema Step 1: Navigate to the Gradebook […]
There are 24 different Modes of Submission defined in RISIS. You can see the full list, with details of what the integration will create, on our Modes of Submission page. In most cases, integration creates only a column in the Gradebook. For example, if Turnitin is selected as the Mode of Submission, the integration will
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The Two markers per student function in Blackboard Assignment allows for a workflow which requires submissions to be reconciled, or second marked, before being available to post to students. This function is sometimes referred to a parallel marking. Restrictions Disabled assignment functions When Two markers per student is selected in the Assignment settings the following
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Blackboard Assignment tool allows a number of attempts (1-9) or unlimited attempts. This guide will look at the options in the assignment setting on how the attempts can be used to calculate the final mark and how marking with multiple attempts works in the Blackboard Assignment marking screen. Multiple Attempt Options When Setting up a
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Blackboard Ultra allows you to add additional columns to the Gradebook. These can be used for returning marks and feedback to students when the assessment has taken place outside of Blackboard and there is not submission to mark. Please note that you can not use a Rubric with these manual columns. Add a Column New
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Online Exam Practice areas for 2025 are now live (for Staff – available to students from 9th December): Course Code/link Practice course PRACTICE_AREA_APD_2025 Online Exams Practice Area – Agriculture 2025 PRACTICE_AREA_HES_2025 Online Exams Practice Area – Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Science 2025 PRACTICE_AREA_BIO_2025 Online Exams Practice Area – Biological Sciences 2025 PRACTICE_AREA_HUM_2025 Online Exams Practice
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When marking assingments, journals and discussions with rubrics, you may need to override grades to create integer grades. However, you can undo the override. This guide aims to outline how to do this and explain some of the messages which are displayed when marking. Blackboard Assignments (One Submission)Blackboard Assignments (Multiple Submissions)Blackboard Assignments (Anonymous Submissions)Blackboard Assessed
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Recommended Settings for submission points The recommended settings for each of the possible assessment tools are laid out step by step in the document Recommended settings for Online Exam submission points 2025, this is a word document, which will download. This is designed as a working document for Programme Administration teams, to help them apply
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When you have created a Blackboard test you can choose to Print a physical copy of the test for students to take. This will be printed with an answer sheet for this specific test. This is useful for if you are Printing Pools of questions. The pop up print preview window will display the test
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