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Introduction<\/h2>\n

You may find that you need to clear a submission made to a Blackboard Assignment link. For example, a student may have mistakenly submitted the wrong file.<\/p>\n

\"Important\u00a0\r\nIt is not possible to clear a submission if the assignment is anonymous. This option is not available when anonymity is selected.\r\n\u00a0\r\nThe submission attempt cannot be retrieved or recovered after it has been deleted. You may want to download and retain a local copy of the assignment submission before deleting it from the Grade Centre.\r\n<\/pre>\n
<\/h2>\n
Clearing an assignment<\/h2>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In your course, go to the Control Panel > Full Grade Centre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\"Control<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Click on the downward grey chevron arrow icon in the right of the cell corresponding to the submission.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Select View Grade Details<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\"Drop<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Select Clear Attempt<\/strong> in the bottom right of the page.<\/p>\n
\"Clearing<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0 \u00a0 Blackboard will issue a warning message reminding you that the submission cannot be recovered.\u00a0 Click OK<\/strong> to delete the attempt.<\/p>\n
\"Warning<\/p>\n
You will see in the Grade Centre that the \u2018Needs Grading\u2019 icon has disappeared, indicating that the attempt has been deleted.<\/p>\n
\"Grade<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\"Helpful\r\nYou may also prefer to allow an \u2018Additional Attempt\u2019 for an individual student as an alternative to clearing the attempt.\u00a0\r\n\r\n\"Using\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Introduction You may find that you need to clear a submission made to a Blackboard Assignment link. For example, a student may have mistakenly submitted the wrong file. \u00a0 It is not possible to clear a submission if the assignment is anonymous. This option is not available when anonymity is selected. \u00a0 The submission attempt cannot be retrieved or recovered after it has been deleted. You may want to download and retain a local copy of the assignment submission before deleting it from the Grade Centre. Clearing an assignment 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In your course, go to the Control Panel > Full Grade Centre. 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Click on the downward grey chevron arrow icon in the right of the cell corresponding to the submission. 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Select View Grade Details. 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Select Clear Attempt in the bottom right of the page. 5.\u00a0 \u00a0 Blackboard will issue a warning message reminding you that the submission cannot be recovered.\u00a0 Click OK to delete the attempt. You will see in the Grade Centre that the \u2018Needs Grading\u2019 icon has disappeared, indicating that the attempt has been deleted.   You may also prefer to allow an \u2018Additional Attempt\u2019 for an individual student as an alternative to clearing the attempt.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[228,239,234,231],"tags":[45,124],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nBlackboard: Clearing or deleting a Blackboard Assignment submission - Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blackboard: Clearing or deleting a Blackboard Assignment submission - Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Introduction You may find that you need to clear a submission made to a Blackboard Assignment link. 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