Submitting essay coursework to a drop-box

At university you will be expected you to submit coursework online in your Blackboard module.

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Examples of a Blackboard and Turnitin assignment drop-boxes

You may be asked to upload a file such as a Word document to an assignment drop-box. An assignment drop-box is just an online folder in Blackboard that accepts submissions from students. Once marked, you can review your submission, mark and feedback in Gradebook.

You can recognise the different types of assignment drop-boxes by their icons; they have slightly different functionalities and capabilities:

An Enhanced Turnitin Dropbox (2026) or Turnitin original assignment drop-box generally only accepts text-based submissions. It can be set to generate a similarity report (2026) or similarity report (original) which compares your submission to sources in a database of web pages.

A Blackboard assignment drop-box accepts text, image, and video coursework. It allows for group assignments and has marking options such as peer-review and anonymous marking.

If enabled, a Blackboard dropbox can also be set to generate a similarity reports on a text-submission. In this case a rocket icon may replace the Blackboard assignment icon.

You can access your coursework submission drop boxes in a number of ways in Blackboard

• through Assessment and feedback Folder in the Course content area:

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• or through Gradebook (accessed through top menu)

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• or in Calendar view (accessed through top menu)

• Uploading coursework to a Turnitin assignment dropbox

• Uploading coursework to Blackboard assignment dropbox

• Uploading video coursework to Blackboard assignment dropbox