The Blackboard Assignment Tool allows students to submit work electronically for assessment. The work is then available to tutors to view and mark online, and enter feedback electronically via the Grade Centre.
The Assignment tool is fully integrated with the Grade Centre and provides the following features:
- Submission for:
- Single or multiple files
- Larger file sizes
- Group submissions
- Anonymous marking
- Inline grading (on-screen view of the submitted assignment with the ability to annotate the paper).
- File attachment for feedback sheets
Set up & Guidance
Creating a Blackboard Assignment
Providing clear instructions to students (including text for a Disclaimer for Blackboard Assignments & link to sample instructions)
Adding the ‘My Grades’ tool as a menu item in a course
Blackboard assignment submission receipts
Marking & Feedback
Marking a Blackboard Assignment online using the in-built tool (Inline Grading)
Downloading Blackboard Assignment files
Blackboard Assignments – how to open a file attached in the ‘Feedback to Learner’ section
Marking in Blackboard when students have not submitted online
How to clear a Blackboard Assignment submission
How to use Rubrics (online marking grid)
Anonymous Marking:
Guide – How to mark anonymously
Essential Advice – Anonymous marking with Blackboard Assignments
Marking a Blackboard Assignment with usernames hidden
Delegated Marking:
Please note: there are a number of Known Issues associated with the use of Delegated Marking in Blackboard, and we would encourage colleagues NOT to enable this feature.
How to double mark using delegated marking
Essential Advice – Delegated marking with Blackboard Assignments
Page last updated on September 25, 2018 by Sev Raychev
