{"id":1695,"date":"2016-09-09T08:29:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T08:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2016-09-09T08:29:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T08:29:52","slug":"students-now-get-submission-receipts-for-blackboard-assignments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2016\/09\/09\/students-now-get-submission-receipts-for-blackboard-assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Students now get submission receipts for Blackboard Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the past, when students have submitted work to the Blackboard Assignment tool they did not receive a receipt. This was a source of dissatisfaction for both staff and students, as work submitted via the Turnitin tool does generate\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel-help-for-students\/help\/turnitin-assignment-successful-submit\/\" target=\"_blank\">receipt<\/a>, emailed to their University email address.<\/p>\n<p>This issue has now been addressed &#8211; the\u00a0University has paid Blackboard for an additional building block (plug-in)\u00a0and this was made live on Wednesday\u00a0evening.<\/p>\n<p>So now, every time a student submits work to a Blackboard assignment, a receipt will be sent to their University email address. This receipt\u00a0contains the following information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a submission ID<\/li>\n<li>the student&#8217;s\u00a0name and student number<\/li>\n<li>the assignment title<\/li>\n<li>the title and ID of the Blackboard course<\/li>\n<li>date and time of submission<\/li>\n<li>a link to the file(s) submitted<\/li>\n<li>a link to a web version of the receipt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bb.reading.ac.uk\/bbcswebdav\/xid-5161975_4\" alt=\"Blackboard Assignment receipt\" width=\"824\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have updated the guidance available to students via the Support for Students tab on Blackboard<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"e-Submission checklist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bb.reading.ac.uk\/bbcswebdav\/xid-4319577_4\" target=\"_blank\">e-Submission checklist<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bb.reading.ac.uk\/bbcswebdav\/xid-4552726_4\" target=\"_blank\">A student\u2019s guide to submitting assignments and viewing marks and feedback<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please note our advice to students<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not delete the email receipt &#8211; you should retain it as proof of submission.<\/li>\n<li>This receipt only indicates that a submission has been made by you on the date and time shown, and received by Blackboard.<\/li>\n<li>It is not confirmation that a file you have submitted is correct or has uploaded properly.<br \/>\nAlways check the files you have submitted to make sure that they can be viewed or downloaded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even with a receipt, the onus is still on the student to ensure that they have submitted the correct files, that they are in the correct format, and that they can be viewed in and\/or downloaded from Blackboard. Not all students will read our guidance, of course, so please reiterate these points to\u00a0any of\u00a0your students who are required to submit work to Blackboard assignments.<\/p>\n<h2>Staff access to receipts<\/h2>\n<p>Once a student has submitted to a Blackboard assignment on your course, you will find that a Receipts folder has been created in the course Fileshare, and all submission receipts will be stored here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1711 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2016\/09\/Receipts-folder-2.png\" alt=\"Receipts folder\" width=\"944\" height=\"557\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For each receipt you can identify<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>the student username (contained within the\u00a0filename)<\/li>\n<li>the date and time of submission<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1700 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2016\/09\/assignment-receipts-1.png\" alt=\"assignment receipts\" width=\"928\" height=\"136\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You would have to open a receipt to see other details, such as which assignment it relates to, or what files were submitted.<\/p>\n<p>So identifying submission by a specific student to a specific assignment could be time-consuming.\u00a0But, in case of dispute, the\u00a0first step would be to ask the student to forward to you the receipt which was emailed to them.<\/p>\n<p>We hope that the introduction of Blackboard assignment receipts will reduce student anxiety around e-submission, and increase transparency for both staff and students as to what was submitted when.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past, when students have submitted work to the Blackboard Assignment tool they did not receive a receipt. 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This issue has now been addressed &#8211; the\u00a0University has paid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"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,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[33,7,9],"tags":[36,19,34,37,22,16],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Students now get submission receipts for Blackboard Assignments - Technology Enhanced Learning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2016\/09\/09\/students-now-get-submission-receipts-for-blackboard-assignments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Students now get submission receipts for Blackboard Assignments - Technology Enhanced Learning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the past, when students have submitted work to the Blackboard Assignment tool they did not receive a receipt. 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