The Assessment title contains characters which are not permitted.
Shown on the daily Assessment Provisioning Exceptions report as per this example
| Exception | SITS |
| Invalid Assessment Title | Group project: written report / case study |
You will need to amend the assessment title in RISIS, so that the relevant column / assessment can be created in Blackboard.
The Assessment Title field in RISIS allows up to 120 characters.
When setting up assessments in RISIS please note:
The Assessment Title field allows up to 120 characters.
You can use a range of non-alphanumeric characters where required to make the assessment name clearer e.g.
- hyphen –
- ampersand &
- brackets ( )
- full stop .
- comma ,
You cannot use any non-alphanumeric characters which are not allowed in Windows filenames:
- colon :
- back slash \
- forward slash /
- less than <
- greater than >
- colon :
- double quote “
- vertical bar or pipe |
- question mark ?
- asterisk *
Please see full details in the guide EMA-CS-003 Assessment naming conventions, which is maintained and kept by the Support Centres.
Guide last updated on October 16, 2026