Your tutor may ask you to submit an assignment using the Blackboard Assignments. It is most commonly used to upload documents.
The University’s Anonymous Marking policy states that, unless otherwise told by your tutor, you should only include your Student ID number on any submission you make in Blackboard Assignments.
This document only covers procedures for the web version of Blackboard and not the Blackboard App. It covers the standard submission procedure. Your tutor may have changed some of the settings, and so you may encounter different options. If you have any questions, please ask your tutor.
In general, assignment submissions for written work should be located on Blackboard, in your module, in the Assessment area.
1. Login to Blackboard and navigate to your module.
2. Find the submission point. This should be in the Assessment area.
2. Click on the underlined text to access the submissions screen.
3. The submission screen looks like this. You can see the due date and the points possible for the assignment and a place:
Normally you will be asked to write your submission in a file, but occasionally your tutor might ask you to write something directly into the text box on the assignment screen. If you have been given explicit instructions to do this, then follow this guide:
1. Click 'Create Submission' and use the text editor section to write your submission.
2. To add a Panopto video to your submission, click on the 3 ellipses then the + sign.
3. Select 'Panopto Video - Submission (LTI)'.
4. Select 'My folder' from the drop down menu , then choose your video and click insert.
5. When ready, click Submit to save your work and submit it for marking.
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1. Click 'Add comments'' to add your comments to your submission.
2. When ready, click Submit to save your work and submit it for marking.
You will see the following screen which shows you a success message, a preview of your uploaded document(s) and grade (blank at this point).
You will also get an email receipt to your university email account.
You can download a copy of the documents you uploaded by clicking on the down arrow on the right side under Submission.
You should be notified by your tutor when the provisional grades and feedback are available for you to view.
1. Navigate to the submission point in the Course Resources module (in Assessment).
2. Click on the assignment title link.
3. You will see the submission screen with the provisional grade in the right column.
4. Overall tutor feedback will appear in the Feedback to learner box on the right column.
5. You will be able to see more detailed and contextual feedback on the submission in the central preview pane.
6. You can check to see that your attempt was graded anonymously by looking at the Attempt logo on the right side. It will show a head with a ? in it. This indicates that your submission was anonymously graded.
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