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Marking Multiple Assignment Attempts

Multiple Attempt Options
Marking Multiple Attempts

Multiple Attempt Options

When Setting up a Blackboard assignment, you may choose to allow multiple attepts so that students can submit a draft copy or revise some elements before the deadline. Usually these are marked based on the final submission made. Attempts to Mark: Last Attempt

Default set up of an assingment allowing multiple attempts and marking the Last attempt

However you can set up Mark all attempts to allow marking at various points in the assessment – this can allow feedback to be given on a piece of work and the student to improve the work based on the feedback.

When using mark All attempts you can choose from the Final mark calculation drop down menu to give the mark based on the average of all marks, the highest mark or the lowest mark.

Blackboard Assignment settings showing All attempts to mark selected and drop down menu of Final mark calculation options.

Marking Multiple Attempts

When marking multiple attempts, the Needs Marking will show you the latest submission. If you are marking the Last attempt only, it will only show you these attempts in the needs marking workflow.

If marking multiple attempts, you can navigate between them using the Attempts drop down tab and refer to previous marks and feedback.

Showing Attempt 3 of 3 and the Attempts drop down tab in the marking interface.

You are able to add feedback and a mark on all Attempts, navigating between student attempts and all other students needing work marked.

The Attempt drop down menu showing previous marks for each attempt.

You will need to post the marks and feedback each time you wish students to review them.

Once the assessment has closed and all marks have been posted, the allocated highest, lowest or average mark will be shown in the Gradebook.

Showing the Average mark in the Needs Marking tab. This will feed into the Gradebook

Group Submissions

Multiple submissions in Group Assignments are located slightly differently in the marking screen.

Showing the multiple attempts in a group assignment

Marking multiple attempts works as above.


Guide last updated on November 22, 2024

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