{"id":3564,"date":"2018-03-08T10:06:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T10:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=3564"},"modified":"2018-03-08T10:06:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T10:06:11","slug":"changes-to-blackboard-assignments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/03\/08\/changes-to-blackboard-assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to Blackboard Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Additional features in the New Box Viewer<\/h1>\n<p>If you make use of the Blackboard assignment tool, you will be aware that the interface for leaving comments directly on students&#8217; submissions changed in January this year. Our guidance for staff on using the new Box interface can be found on this page:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/support-blackboard\/blackboard-support-staff-assessment\/blackboard-support-staff-assignment-tool\/marking-a-blackboard-assignment-online-using-the-in-built-tool-inline-grading\/\">Marking a Blackboard Assignment online using the in-built tool (Inline Grading)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please be aware that the Box Viewer runs as Software as a Service &#8211; that is to say, new features and improvements are added on a continuous basis, and do not rely on us upgrading the Blackboard system as a whole. A number of improvements requested by Blackboard users&nbsp;have already been introduced, with more promised for the coming&nbsp;months.<\/p>\n<p>As of yesterday. the ability for markers to draw on the student&#8217;s submission (available via the old marking interface) has been added. And fewer clicks are required when adding multiple drawing or text comments on the page. These updated features are now included in our PDF guide:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bb.reading.ac.uk\/bbcswebdav\/xid-4905495_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marking a Blackboard assignment online using Inline Grading (New Box View)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/03\/Box-drawing-tool.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3691 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/03\/Box-drawing-tool.png\" alt=\"Box drawing tool\" width=\"918\" height=\"208\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have also updated our student guidance&nbsp;on <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel-help-for-students\/?kbe_knowledgebase=blackboard-assignment-how-do-i-submit-my-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">submitting to Blackboard Assignments<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel-help-for-students\/?kbe_knowledgebase=bb-assignment-view-marks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">locating and viewing marks and feedback<\/a>, following our transition to the New Box Viewer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Edit 12th March: new annotation features temporarily withdrawn<\/h2>\n<p>Box have discovered that&nbsp;the new annotation&nbsp;mentioned above were causing performance issues, and have temporarily removed them. We understand that the drawing tool and other features should be restored later this week, once Box have resolved their technical issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Important: Known issue for students Saving as Draft<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Edit 09\/08\/18 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">This issue has been fixed by the Summer 2018 Blackboard upgrade<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blackboard have identified an issue which could have serious consequences if a student<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>uploads a file to a Blackboard Assignment<\/li>\n<li>selects Save Draft<\/li>\n<li>uploads a later version of the file, <strong>with the same filename<\/strong>, before submitting the attempt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this situation, the later version of the file will be successfully submitted to Blackboard, but the earlier version still displays on screen &#8211; i.e. the marker will inadvertently mark an earlier draft of the work.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, this sequence of events is probably fairly rare, and it will always be possible to download the later file from Blackboard.<\/p>\n<p>We have provided&nbsp;a warning about this on the Blackboard assignment submission screen, with a link to our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel-help-for-students\/?kbe_knowledgebase=submitting-to-a-blackboard-assignment-faqs#change_filename\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guidance for students<\/a> on how to avoid the issue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Blackboard-Assignment-submission-help-text.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3607\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/Blackboard-Assignment-submission-help-text.png\" alt=\"Blackboard Assignment submission help text\" width=\"900\" height=\"153\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blackboard are working on a fix for this, which we expect to be available in the next week or two. However, with many assessment deadlines coming up, if you are using the Blackboard Assignment tool, please make your students aware of this serious, but easily-avoided, problem. Please direct them to the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel-help-for-students\/?kbe_knowledgebase=submitting-to-a-blackboard-assignment-faqs#change_filename\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">relevant information on the Student Support site<\/a>, and tell them to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/internal\/its\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact IT<\/a> if they have any issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Additional features in the New Box Viewer If you make use of the Blackboard assignment tool, you will be aware that the interface for leaving comments directly on students&#8217; submissions changed in January this year. 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