Why work offline? Blackboard Learn allows you to download the whole Grade Centre for a course, or selected columns, which can then be opened and worked on in a spreadsheet application such as Excel, and later re-uploaded into the Grade Centre. This has many benefits such as: · Exporting details…
Introduction This guide describes what to do if you need to mark a Blackboard Assignment anonymously but this has not already been set up on your assignment (and students have already submitted their assignments). Once a student has submitted, anonymous marking cannot be switched on for that particular assignment. As…
Marking an Assignment anonymously Markers can go to the Grade Centre to find the students’ assignments you need to mark. You can also access the work in the Needs Marking area. Please refer to the guide Using anonymous marking: Essential advice for the Blackboard assignments to avoid common issues and be aware…
Accessing the Rubric Open the student’s submission. 1. Click the small arrow in the light blue right-hand panel to expand the feedback options in the ‘grading panel’ and reveal the GRADED RUBRIC section. 2. Click the ‘View rubric in window’ button to open the full rubric as a grid. Using…
Open a student’s paper in the Feedback Studio by going into Course Tools > Turnitin Assignments > choose an assignment from the list. From the Assignment Inbox, under the Grade column, click on the pencil icon under the GRADE column When a rubric has been attached to your assignment, you…
We have switched to a new version of Turnitin. The new version of Turnitin is being used for all assignments due 1st August or later – including coursework resubmissions and resit exams on all Blackboard courses for 2022/23. For help with the new version of Turnitin please see Turnitin LTI Assignments See…
When you create a Turnitin assignment, this automatically sets up a column in the Blackboard Grade Centre. As you mark students’ work in Turnitin Feedback Studio, those marks automatically flow through to the Grade Centre. This happens immediately for named assignments and when the post date is reached for anonymous…
Where do I go to annotate the paper? When looking at a student’s paper in the Turnitin Feedback Studio you will see the blue instructor feedback toolbar on the right hand side. Adding QuickMarks Quickmarks are re-usable comments that have been saved in your personal library. You can either: 1. Open the QuickMarks section of…
Saving a mark for an attempt as a draft means you have not finished marking and you would like to come back to it before being revealed to the student. Using ‘Save Draft’ is useful to keep assignments listed in Control Panel > Grade Centre > Needs Marking. For: Named…
Access the Assignment submission Access the Group assignment submissions in your course, through Control Panel > Grade Centre. See the guide on accessing and viewing Blackboard assignments for tips on managing access to assignments whilst marking. Entering Feedback & Grades When marking a group assignment you have the same options…