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You can use Blackboard Assignment dropboxes for coursework submissions from your individuals or groups in your class.

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📘 Instructions

Creating a Blackboard Assignment dropbox

You can create a Blackboard assignment alongside other content. As with all other content, you can move the Assignment within the Content by clicking and dragging.

  1. In your Module’s Course Content, click the + sign where you want the Assignment to display (alternatively, you can move it to anywhere within the Content page once you have created it).

    A screenshot of the Content page. The plus sign is highlighted to indicate that this is the button referred in the text above the screenshot

  1. In the menu, select Create to open the Create Item panel and select Assignment.

Using plus button to select assignment to add a Blackboard assignment to content

  1. The New Assignment page opens. 

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  1. Here you can:

    1. Type in the assignment title

    2. Add assignment instructions by typing in the text edit box or uploading a file

    3. Access the Assignment Settings by clicking the cog icon

Assignment content can contain text and files relevant to the assignment.

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Supported file types

As with Original, Blackboard Ultra allows you to create assignment dropboxes for coursework submissions. The Blackboard Assignment dropbox is very versatile, allowing your students to submit audio, video, text, graphic and executables files. File formats supported include:

  • Text: .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt

  • Graphic: .jpg, .png, .pdf, TIFF

  • Audio: mp3, AIFF, .wav

  • Video: mp4, AVI, .mov

  • Other: HTML, .exe, .ppt

Blackboard help has a full list of accepted files

Video: adding a Blackboard Assignment

Assignment Settings

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Select the cog icon to open the Assignment Settings. The following is a list of the more advanced functions you may need to take in consideration:

Details & Information

Prohibit late submissions

Students will not be able to submit after the due date. Any draft submissions will be submitted automatically.

Prohibit new attempts after due date

Students can’t start a submission once the due date has passed.

Allow class conversation

Turns on Class Conversation feature for this Assignment.

Collect submissions offline

Use this option if the assessment takes place outside of Blackboard, such as a presentation, simulation, or other real-life scenario assessment.

Marks can then be entered directly into the Grade Book.

Formative Tools

Use this option if the Assignment should not be part of the Grade Total Calculations

Marking & Submissions

Mark category

Mark categories are used to group assignments. Categories can be used when creating calculated items. You can create new categories in the Gradebook Settings.

Attempts allowed

Amend this if you wish students to have more than 1 attempt.

Mark using

Select the appropriate marking scheme: letter, points, percentage, complete/incomplete.

Maximum points

It is recommended to keep this value at 100. Changing this has implications for mark fidelity. If your assignments have different weightings, these can be applied in the Total Grade Calculation (see Using Blackboard Ultra Gradebook)

Anonymous marking

Once this option is turned on, it cannot be turned off until the grades are posted

Two markers per student

Turns on the Assign Markers facility. Marks must be reconciled.

Peer review

Opens the Peer Review settings. Peer review works by randomly allocating submissions for students to review by a deadline added in the Peer Review settings.

Delegated marking

Allocate markers to groups of students. Single or multiple markers. In the case of multiple markers, marks must be reconciled.

Assessment mark

Post marks automatically

Automatically posts the mark when the assessment has been marked. Turn this setting off if you want to manually control when students see their mark in the Gradebook.

Assessment security

Access code

Generates a code which must be provided to the students in order to start an attempt.

Additional tools

Time limit

Let you set a time frame within which the assessment must be completed.

Use marking rubric

Opens the rubric editor if you don’t have rubrics in this module. If you do, you can select and edit existing rubrics.

Goals and standards

Opens an area for you to set or select goals or standards to align your assignment to.

Assign to groups

Allocate the assignment to student groups. This opens the facility to choose or edit groups.

Originality report

Turns on TurnItIn as a plugin to provide the Originality Report.

Be clear with students about due date/time for assignments, is this within office hours so they can seek support if required? Let students know when they can expect feedback

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