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Group assignments
Your instructors can create group tests or assignments where you can collaborate with other students. Your instructor may create groups or ask you to join a group for group assignments. The workflow is the same for group tests.
On your Course page, your group name is listed after the group assignment title. Your group members' names appear at the bottom when you open an assignment. If you see the option Join a group to participate , select the link to choose a group. You won't see the group assignment on your Grades page until you join a group.
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If you can’t view the group assignment, your access might be based on your score on another graded item or a date. You can always view your group members even if you can't view the group assignment. If your instructor has asked you to join a group, you may be able to see your group members before you can access the assignment. Your instructor controls that setting, so contact them if you have further questions.
You can view a group assignment and you don't have to submit it . When you select View assessment , you can just view the group assignment or add some work. Not ready to submit? Select Save and Close in the panel. Your work on behalf of the group is saved and not submitted. If you or another group member previously started the group assignment, your work was saved. Select View assessment to resume working.
Everyone in the group can keep track of the latest version of the work. Until a member selects Submit , you can open the group assignment as many times as you want.
Group conversations and Collaborate
If your instructor enabled conversations, select the conversation icon in the panel. You can ask for help, share sources, or answer questions others have about the group assignment. You can have conversations with the whole class, just the group, or both!
When a group member has posted to the conversation, an icon appears next to the assignment title on the Course Content page to indicate new activity. The conversation icon in the panel also appears with a purple dot.
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You can also use Collaborate Ultra to meet virtually with your group if your course uses Collaborate and your instructor enabled conversations. To open your group's Collaborate room, select the Open Collaborate room icon.
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Join a group
Your instructor may ask you to join a group to complete a group assignment. The group assignment won't appear on your Grades page until you join a group.
On the Course Content page, you may see an enrollment period. This means that you need to join a group before the deadline. If you haven't joined a group, you're notified when the enrollment deadline approaches.
You can also see if the enrollment period isn't open yet or has closed. You can see the groups page and the assignment only after the enrollment period opens. Contact your instructor if you didn't join a group by the enrollment deadline. If all groups have submitted work, you can't join a group.
Select the Join a group to participate link to access the groups page. If you select the group assignment title, a panel opens with details and links to join a group. You can't view the assignment until you join a group.
Groups page
The groups you can join appear on the groups page. Based on your instructor's settings, you might see a Show Members link that displays the names of other members who joined before you. In the Number of students column, you can see how many members are allowed to join each group. Your instructor may allow all students to join all groups. For example, you might attend multiple field trips.
After you join a group, Joined appears in that row. You can move to another group while the enrollment period is open. You can't move if your group has already submitted work.
You can’t join or move to groups with submitted work or the maximum number of members. If you can’t join any group or the enrollment deadline has passed, contact your instructor.
After you join a group, you can view your group activity and participate.
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Video: Self-enroll in a group explains how to enroll in a group.
Multiple members can work on a group assignment
When a group member opens a group assignment, the assignment is locked so other members can't edit it. Other group members can request to work on the assignment. The member in control can approve or decline the request.
Take control of an assignment
- Open the group assignment. If another group member is working on the assignment, a pencil icon and message appears next to the member's name.
- To send a request to the group member who's currently in control, select Take Control .
- A message appears to let you know that your request for control was sent. If you decide you don't want control, you can cancel your request.
- The person in control of the group assignment receives a notification and can approve or decline your request.
- If your request is approved, the group assignment is unlocked and you can work on it. You receive a message if your request is denied.
If your request is denied, your group member may have granted access to someone else. You can request access again later. You might also want to send a message to your group to coordinate who works on the group assignment at certain times.
If you receive one of these notifications while you work on a group assignment, the system saves your work automatically. You can choose to leave the assignment and turn over control to the member who requested access. Or, you can ignore the request and continue.
Submit a group assignment
Remember, as you work on a group assignment, you can save a draft and other group members are allowed to edit it. Everyone in the group can keep track of the latest version of the work.
Only one member of your group submits the assignment . You'll receive a pop-up message where you confirm you want to submit on behalf of your group. You can't make changes to a group assignment after you submit it.
The Submit button is disabled until one of your group members adds content.
Group grades and feedback
Your instructors grade a group assignment in the same way they grade an assignment that you work on individually. You see only your own grade, but your instructor can assign different grades to each group member. Instructors may assign different grades if they feel that a group member's contribution earned a grade different from the rest of the group.
You can view your group feedback and feedback your instructor provided just for you. When you open the group assignment to view the grade, the feedback panel opens automatically. Your feedback appears in the Group and Individual tabs. After you close the feedback panel, select the feedback icon to open it again.
How do I check that our group assignment was submitted?
After your group submits an assignment, select the title of the assignment on the Course Content page. A panel appears with the date and time of the submission. Not graded appears if your group submitted the assignment but your instructor hasn't graded it yet. Select the Submission link to view the submission.
As your instructors post grades, you'll find them in your activity stream. Select View your grade to display your grade. If your instructor added group feedback, you'll see it after the item's title. Select the group assignment title to open your Course Grades page to access all your grades and feedback.
You can also access the group assignment in your course to review your grade and feedback in context.
Your grades also appear on the global and course grades pages.
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Create and Edit Assignments
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Your institution controls which tools are available in the Original Course View . Assignments are always available to instructors in the Ultra Course View .
You can create assignments alongside other content.
With assignments, you can create coursework and manage the grades and feedback for each student separately. You can create assignments in content areas, learning modules, lesson plans, and folders.
When you create an assignment, a Grade Center column is created automatically. From the Grade Center or Needs Grading page, you can see who has submitted their work and start grading. Students access their grades from their My Grades pages or the assignment's Review Submission History page.
You can also create a group assignment and release it to one or more groups in your course. Each group submits one collaborative assignment and all members receive the same grade. You can create a single assignment and assign it to all groups, or create several unique assignments and assign them to individual groups.
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Create an assignment
You can create assignments in content areas, learning modules, lesson plans, and folders.
In the Blackboard mobile app, assignment instructions for Original courses show after students begin an attempt.
Drag files from your computer to the "hot spot" in the Attach Files area. If your browser allows, you can also drag a folder of files. The files will upload individually. If the browser doesn't allow you to submit your assignment after you upload a folder, select Do not attach in the folder's row to remove it. You can drag the files individually and submit again.
You won't be able to drag files to upload if your institution uses an older version of Blackboard Learn.
You can use the file name or provide another name for the file.
- Optionally, select a Due Date . Assignments with due dates automatically show in the course calendar and in the To Do module. Submissions are accepted after this date but are marked late. If you don’t want students to access an assignment after the due date, choose the appropriate display dates.
If you set the points possible to a non-whole number, letter grades may not be assigned correctly.
- Optionally, add a rubric . Expand the sections to make selections such as anonymous grading, how the grade is displayed, and the number of attempts. You can allow more than one attempt on an assignment.
- Make the assignment available when you're ready for students to access it. Select the appropriate options for availability, tracking, and display dates. Display dates don't affect an assignment's availability, only when it appears.
- Select Submit .
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Video: Create an assignment explains how to create an assignment.
Late assignments
When you assign a due date for an assignment, students can still submit attempts after the date passes. Submissions after the due date are marked late. If you penalize late submissions, inform students in the assignment instructions.
You can view the late label in these areas:
- Student's submission page in the grade panel
- Student's Grade Details page
- Needs Grading page
From the Grade Center, you can also view a list of all submissions with the Assignment File Download option in an assignment's menu. View who has submitted, submission dates, and the grading statuses. You can sort by date to easily see who submitted after the due date.
If you don’t want students to access an assignment after the due date, choose the appropriate display dates. Inform students that you won’t accept submissions after the due date and the assignment will no longer be available.
Students see the late label after they make a submission after the due date.
Student assignment submission confirmations
When students submit assignments successfully, the Review Submission History page appears with information about their submitted assignments and a success message with a confirmation number. Students can copy and save this number as proof of their submissions and evidence for academic disputes. For assignments with multiple attempts, students receive a different number for each submission. If your institution has enabled email notifications for submission receipts, students will also receive an email with a confirmation number and other details for each submission.
You and your students won't be able to view confirmation numbers if your institution uses Blackboard Learn 9.1 Q4 2016 or earlier. Student email notifications and student access to receipt history were introduced in Blackboard Learn 9.1 Q2 2017.
You and your administrators have a retrievable record in the system even if an attempt, assignment, or student is later deleted. These records are maintained in the course and also retrievable after the archive and restore process.
You can access all of your students' confirmation numbers from the Grade Center. Open the Reports menu and select Submission Receipts .
On the Submission Receipts page, you can view information for each assignment, such as who submitted and when. Group assignments are also logged and the Submitter column lists who submitted for the group. In the Submission column, view if a student submitted a file or wrote the submission in the assignment's editor.
Use the menus at the top of the page to filter the items. In the second menu, select Not blank and leave the search box empty to show all of the submission receipts. Select a column heading to sort the items.
Edit, reorder, and delete assignments
You can edit, reorder, and delete your assignments. Change the order of assignments with the drag-and-drop function or the keyboard accessible reordering tool. For example, reorder the assignments to keep the current one at the top.
From an assignment's menu, select on option:
- Move an assignment to another location in your course. When you move an assignment, it's removed from its original location. You can't copy an assignment.
- Edit an assignment. If you change the instructions, students who have already made submissions will see the new instructions only on subsequent attempts.
- Apply release criteria, tracking, metadata, and review status.
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Delete assignments
You can delete an assignment from a course area and if no student submissions exist, the Grade Center column is also deleted.
When you delete an assignment that has student submissions, you also delete all the submissions. You have two options:
- Preserve the scores in the Grade Center, but delete the assignment and all submissions. Though the scores remain in the Grade Center, you can't access the students' submissions again. The action is irreversible.
- Delete the assignment, the Grade Center column, all assigned grades, and all submissions. The action is irreversible.
Alternatively, make the gradable item unavailable in your course to preserve the submissions and the scores in the Grade Center.
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Blackboard (Faculty) - Groups: Create Group Assignments
This document provides an overview of Group Assignment option in Blackboard's Assignment Tool.
Blackboard's Assignment can be set up to accept group submissions. With group submissions, only one member of the group submits the assignment on behalf of all of the members. Faculty then grade the one submission and the grade is distributed to all members of the group. Instructors have the option to change any individual member's grade if necessary.
Groups allow smaller numbers of students to collaborate on course work. Only members of the group and the faculty can see the group.
Group Types
There are two types of group creation options:
- Single Group - create one group at a time.
- Group Set - create multiple groups with same settings and titles (which can be changed later).
Group Enrollment
There are three types of Group Enrollment to choose from:
- Manual Enroll - allows you to assign each student to a group
- Random Enroll - automatically distributes students based on number of students in each group or based on number of groups. This is only available in group sets.
- Self Enroll - allows the student to select the group for themselves.
Create a Single Group
- From the Control Panel, click on Users and Groups , then click Groups .
- Click Create , then under "Single Group," select Self-Enroll or Manual Enroll .
- Type in a group name and optional description.
- Make sure the group is visible to students. Select Yes . Students will see their assigned group and tools below the left navigation.
- Select the tools that you wish for your students to access.
- Self-enroll : "Sign-up Options" - Type in a name for the signup sheet and provide instructions. "Maximum Number of Members" - Type in the maximum number of students that you wish to sign up for this group. Once the maximum number of students have signed up, the group will no longer accept additional members. Students must then select a different group. This option prevents group membership from being unbalanced. "Create smart view for this group" - Check this box if you wish a smart view to be added to the Grade Center for this group. NOTE: Students cannot un-enroll themselves from "self-enroll" groups. OR Manual-enroll : "Create smart view for this group" - Check this box if you wish a smart view to be added to the Grade Center for this group. "Membership" - Click the Add Users button. Check the box to the left of the students names to be added to this group. Click the Submit button when you have selected all the students.
- Click Submit at the bottom of the page.
Create a Group Set
- Click Create , then under "Group Set," select Random Enroll, Self-Enroll or Manual Enroll .
- Type in a group name and optional description. This group name will be distributed among all the groups with a number. For example, if you select the name "Team" the groups will be named "Team 1," "Team 2," etc. Note: The Group Set name cannot be edited once you click submit on the Create Group Set page. The group set description and individual group names can be edited.
- Make sure the group is visible to students. Select Yes . Students will see their assigned group and tools below the left navigation.
- Select the tools that you wish for your students to access.
- Random enroll : "Membership" - Determine the number of groups by the number of students per group or by the number of groups. For example, if you have 5 topics you would select "Number of groups" = 5. A course with 20 students would have 4 students in each group. If you have one topic and you want no more than 3 students in a group, "Number of Students per Group" would be 3. A course with 20 students would have 7 groups (6 groups with 3 and one group with 2). Determine how to enroll any remaining members: Select the option for remaining members.
- Self-enroll : "Sign-up Options" - Type in a name for the signup sheet and provide instructions. "Maximum Number of Members" - Type in the maximum number of students that you wish to sign up for this group. Once the maximum number of students have signed up, the group will no longer accept additional members. Students must then select a different group. This option prevents group membership from being unbalanced. "Number of Groups" - designate how many groups will be created. "Create smart view for this group" - Check this box if you wish a smart view to be added to the Grade Center for this group. NOTE: Students cannot un-enroll themselves from "self-enroll" groups.
- Manual-enroll : "Number of Groups" - designate how many groups will be created. "Create smart view for this group" - Check this box if you wish a smart view to be added to the Grade Center for this group. Students will be added in the next step.
How to Identify Individual Groups from Group Sets
- Navigate to the course area or folder where you want to create the assignment.
- Type a name and instructions. Optionally, attach a file: In the Assignment Files section, attach a file using the Browse Local Files , Browse Content Collection, or Browse Cloud Service buttons.
- On the Due Dates section, enter a date and time that assignment will be due. This will trigger notifications in the Calendar and Global Navigation area. This does not set a release date.
- In the Grading Section, enter the point value for the assignment. This is a numeric number, not a percentage. Optionally, attach rubric: Attach a rubric for this assignment. See Create A Rubric for more information.
- In the Availability Section, set the Display After and Display Until dates and times. This is the dates and times the assignment link is visible to your students.
Designate a Group Assignment
- Follow the steps above to create Groups in Blackboard and to create an Assignment.
- In the "Grading" section of the assignment, click on the Submission Details link.
- Click the Group Submission radio button.
- Two boxes will appear under the Group Submission selection: an "Items to Select" box on the left and "Selected Items" on the right. In the left box, you will see all available groups in your course (if you do not see groups here, you will need to create them ). The right box will be blank at first.
- From the left-hand "Items to Select" box, click on the name of the group that should be submitting the assignment, or click the Select All to select every group listed.
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Assignment Submission Guide for Ultra Courses
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This guide will provide you with step-by-step information on how to submit your work using Blackboard assignment.
How do I submit a Blackboard assignment?
Log in to NILE.
From the left, select Courses and then click the name of the Course in which you wish to submit your assignment.
Open the section called Assessment and Submission.
(There may be a folder within this called Submit your Work, or you may find your submission points within the folder for each assessment. If you cannot find your submission point in Assessment and submission, click the Gradebook tab (top-left in your Course), then click the Item name. If you still cannot find it, the assessment may not yet have been made Available - please contact your Tutor).
Select the assignment (e.g., PS1 Presentation).
Select View Assessment. The assignment submission details, including the due date, will be given on the right.
Click Add Content.
You will now see a text box, with Details and Information about the assignment to the right of it.
This is the text box into which you can either type or copy/paste your text.
Above this box you will see a tool bar, which will enable you to format your text, e.g., to add headings, colours, make text bold, italic, or underlined.
You can align your text, or add bullet points or numbered lists (there is even an undo button).
With the link tool you can select some text within this box, click the link tool, paste in the URL, to link to a site/page/article, etc.
With the paperclip tool, you can attach files to submit as, or with, your assignment - for example, Word, PowerPoint, PDF files.
The + tool enables you to submit other items, such as video (see next page for step-by-step guidance on submitting videos).
Finally, click Submit (bottom-right).
You can click back to the Attempt to see how your assignment will be displayed to your Tutor for marking.
Check for an email from [email protected] which is your submission receipt.
If you need to make another attempt before the deadline, repeat all steps, and then click Start attempt 2 (or 3, etc.)
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How do we submit a Blackboard group assignment?
When you have been set a group assignment, only one member of the group needs to submit the work you have produced together. That one person will submit your group assignment in the same way as an individual assignment.
Please make sure you know whether you are submitting the same piece of work as a group and not being asked to submit individual pieces of work despite having worked together.
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Turnitin assignments by groups
If you are using groups within Blackboard Basic you can access your group of choice from the Course Tools section of the Course Management side panel.
Select Turnitin Assignments by Groups from Course Tools.
Select the assignment containing the groups you wish to view.
If the assignment is anonymous, the Grade column will remain unpopulated until the post date/feedback release date has passed. If grades have been assigned, they can be viewed by the instructor within the Turnitin assignment inbox at any time.
The Turnitin assignments by groups feature is not linked to the Blackboard groups feature. Any grades applied will not sync to Blackboard groups, they will have to be manually added.
Interested in learning more about course groups? Check out Blackboard’s guidance for more information.
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Blackboard assignments are a Learn.UQ assignment submission tool that allows the attaching/linking of multiple files, including Excel and media file types. This is a separate system from TurnItIn assignments .
Warning: DO NOT use drag and drop to upload an assignment file when using Safari. It may produce the error "Failed to upload Assignment. Please try again." Use an alternative web browser such as Chrome or Firefox.
Warning: DO NOT upload an assignment file when using Edge (Microsoft browser) while the original file is open on your computer. A blank copy of the file will be uploaded. Use an alternative web browser such as Chrome or Firefox.
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Important tips
Read the instructions carefully to understand:.
- how many files you should submit, how they should be named and the format required
- how you are expected to attach or link your files
- the method for submitting specific types of files
- the number on times you may submit the assignment
- information for group submissions
- information on late assignments
- the procedure to follow if something goes wrong with your submission or if you submit the wrong file(s)
Important submission information
- You must click on the Submit button to submit your work for assessment. Academic staff will not see the files if you have merely saved them as a submission in progress.
- Files that are submitted CANNOT be retrieved for edit and re-submission. Once submitted they are delivered to the course co-ordinator.
- It is your responsibility to check the Submission History and confirm your assignment was successfully submitted.
- If you don’t receive a submission ID, you should regard your submission as unsuccessful.
- It is your responsibility to check the assignment preview and confirm that the assignment has been successfully submitted.
- Students should take a screenshot showing the successful submission to confirm for yourself you have followed the correct process.
Submitting files
- Files should be attached using the Browse My Computer button and not the text editor. This enables you to easily attach multiple files to your submission.
- The text editor should be used to link to any online content (i.e. a Prezi, YouTube video or Kaltura video).
Submitting videos
If you need to submit using the Learn.UQ Kaltura service:
- See the Blackboard Assignment submission instructions
- See details on the Kaltura media server
If you need to submit a video hosted on an external service like YouTube or Vimeo:
- For YouTube you can use the Mashups button in the text editor
- For vimeo you can use the hyperlink button to link to the video
Group assignments
Group assignments are a shared responsibility. If one person submits on behalf of the group:
- Ensure your group has organised how the assigment will be submitted.
- Have a contingency plan incase your nominated group member is unable to submit the assigment as agreed.
All group members will be displayed as having submitted to the lecturer, can check that the submission is complete and can view the contents of the submission.
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- Editing an Assignment in Blackboard
These instructions will show how to edit an assignment drop box in Blackboard.
Editing an Assignment
Locate the assignment that you wish to edit, and hover over the link for the assignment. Click the chevron button that appears next to the assignment and select Edit from the menu.
Setting up Assignment Information
Assignment Information allows you to enter a description for the assignment.
- Name and Color: Enter a name for the assignment here, and use the color selector to change the color of the assignment link.
- Instructions: Enter a description for the assignment using the provided textbox.
Attaching Files to the Assignment
Assignment Files allows you to attach a file to the assignment, for example assignment guidelines or a sample assignment. To attach a file, click on the Browse Local Files to attach a file from your computer, or click Browse Course Files to attach a file that has already been added to the course content collection.
Setting up the Assignment Due Date
Due Dates allows users to set a due date for the assignment. To set a due date, check the box and use the date and time pickers to set the due date. The due date will be recorded in the students' To Do module, and will create a calendar entry for the student. If students submit an assignment past the due date, the system will mark it as late.
Setting up Grading Information
The Grading section allows you to specify the point value for the assignment.
- Points Possible: Enter the point value for the assignment. If you are setting up the assignment for extra credit, enter 0.
- Associated Rubrics: If you have created an interactive rubric, click the Add Rubric button to add the rubric to the assignment.
- Submission Details: Click on Submission Details to expand this section to set up parameters related to the submission of the assignment
- Grading Options: Click on Grading Options to enable options related to anonymous grading and delegated grading.
- Display of Grades: Click on Display of Grades to determine how grades will be displayed to students.
Setting up Assignment Submission Details
After clicking on Submission Details, the screen will expand to show the following options:
- Assignment Type : Choose the type of assignment submission ( Individual Submission, Group Submission, or Portfolio Submission )
- Number of Attempts: Select the number of attempts to allow students to make (Single Attempt, Multiple Attempts, Unlimited Attempts).
- Maximum Attempts: If you selected multiple attempts, enter the maximum number of allowed attempts here.
- Score Attempts Using: If you selected multiple or unlimited attemptsSelect the desired option for reporting graded attempts to students ( Last Graded Attempt, Highest Attempt, Lowest Attempt, First Graded Attempt, or Average of Graded Attempts) .
- Plagiarism tools: Check the box for the option labeled Check Submissions for plagiarism using Safe Assign to check students for plagiarism.
- Allow students to view Safe Assign Originality Report for their attempts : Check this checkbox to make the safe assign report visible to student.
- Exclude Submissions: Check this option to exclude student papers from SafeAssign's databases.
The assignment type (i.e. from individual to group assignment) cannot be changed if students have already submitted assignment attempts.
Assigning the Assignment to Groups
To assign the assignment to groups:
- Select the Group Submission option under Assignment Type.
- Items to Select: Select the groups from the left column you wish to assign the assignment to.
- Click the right-facing arrow button to select the groups and move them into the Selected Items column:
- Selected Items : Groups to which the assignment has been assigned will appear here.
Modifying Grading Options
To modify grading options, click on the link labeled Grading Options:
- Enable Anonymous Grading: Check this option to hide usernames when grading students' attempts. After checking this option, users will be given the option to disable grading on a specific date, or after all items have been graded.
- Enable Delegated Grading: Check this box to enable delegated grading, which allows instructors to assign users to grade students' attempts.
- Show: Use this dropdown menu to show All Possible Graders, All Assigned Graders, and All Unassigned Graders.
- Grader: A list of all eligible graderes will appear here.
- Submissions to Grade: Use the dropdown menu next to each grader to assign grading responsibilities. Graders can be assigned to All Submissions , a Random Selection of graded attempts, or specific student Groups.
- View Settings: Check the checkbox to allow the grader to view other graders' scores, feedback, and notes. This option is checked by default for users with a role of Instructor .
- Reconcile Grades: a +/- icon will indicate that the user has permission to reconcile items graded by other users.
Modifying Grade Display Options
Clicking on the item labeled Display of Grades allows you to change how the results are displayed to students:
- Display Grade As: Primary: Use the dropdown menu to show how grades are displayed to students and in the Grade Center: The available options are S core, Percentage, Letter, Text or Complete/Incomplete.
- Display Grade As: Secondary: Use the dropdown menu to show a secondary grade display in the Grade Center. The secondary display is not shown to students. The available options are Score, Percentage, Letter, Text, or Complete/Incomplete.
- Include in Grade Center Grading Calculations: Check this box to include assignment scores in the Grade Center calculations.
- Show to Students in My Grades: Check this box to show the results to students. Uncheck this box to hide the results from students.
- Show Statistics (average and median) for this item to Students in My Grades: Check this box to show the average and median grades to students.
Setting up the Assignment Availability
The Availability section allows you to edit the assignment's visibility to students.
- Make the Assignment Available: Check this box to make the assignment visible to students.
- Limit Availability: Check the boxes and use the date and time selectors to limit the availability of the dropbox.
- Track Number of Views : Check this box to enable statistics tracking on the item.
- When finished, click the Submit button to create the assignment.
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- What is Blackboard Learn?
- Logging into Blackboard
- Accessing your Blackboard Courses
- Blackboard Template
- Navigating your Blackboard Course
- Modifying the Course Settings
- Uploading a Profile Picture to Blackboard
- What is a Merged Course?
- Using the Student Preview
- How to Show/Hide the Course Menu and Dynamic Web Page Information
- Clearing a Web Browser's Cookies, History, and Cache
- Modifying Notification Settings
- Logging into Blackboard with non-UTAD credentials
- What is Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation (UBN)
- Institution Page
- Activity Stream
- Selecting a Course Structure
- Adding or Editing Items in the Main Course Menu: Video Tutorial
- Creating a Content Area
- Adding a Tool Link
- Reordering the Course Menu Links
- Adding a Web Link to the Course Menu
- Hiding and Showing Course Menu Links
- Renaming Links in the Course Menu
- Adding the Course News Page (Adding a Module Page)
- Deleting a Link from the Course Menu
- Changing the Course Menu Appearance
- Adding the My Grades Tool
- Changing the Course Entry Page
- Adding A Custom Page Banner to the Course News Page
- Adding Additional Course Modules to the Course News Page
- About the To Do Module
- Customizing the Course News Page
- Adding a Blank Page to the Course Menu
- Adding a Subheader to the Course Menu
- Adding a Divider to the Course Menu
- Adding A Course Link to The Course Menu
- Adding Content to Your Blackboard Course: Video Demonstration
- The New Blackboard Content Editor
- Adding a Start Here Document
- Adding a Syllabus Document
- Adding a Schedule File
- Creating a Content Item
- Adding a Content File
- Adding an Image to a Content Area
- Adding an Image Into the Text Box
- Adding Video in Blackboard
- Adding A YouTube Video to Blackboard
- Embedding a YouTube Video
- Creating a Link to an External Site in Blackboard
- Creating a Content Folder
- Creating a Learning Module
- Moving an Item or Folder
- Copying an Item or Folder
- Organizing Content Items on a Page
- Removing Content from Content Areas
- Adding an About the Instructor Item
- Adding Images in the Content Editor
- Creating an Assignment in Blackboard
- Creating a SafeAssign Assignment in Blackboard
- Using DirectSubmit to check submitted papers for plagiarism
- Downloading Safe Assign Reports
- Downloading Reports from Direct Submit
- Creating an Interactive Rubric in Blackboard
- Adding an Interactive Rubric to a Grade Column
- Grading a Blackboard Assignment Using a Rubric
- Adding a Rubric to an Assignment
- Exporting a Rubric
- Importing a Rubric
- About Tests
- Creating a Test from a Content Area
- Creating a Test with Essay Questions from a Content Area
- Reusing Individual Questions in a New Test
- Creating a Test With Question Sets
- Create Random Block in Tests
- Editing Test Questions
- Changing the Point Value of a Question
- Deploying a Test
- Deploying a Survey
- Editing the Test Settings
- Setting up Test Availability Exceptions
- Copying a Test
- Editing the Test Header Information
- Exporting a Test, Survey or Pool
- Importing a Test, Survey or Pool
- Creating a Survey from a Content Area
- Creating a Pool
- Editing Survey Options
- Question Types Available in Blackboard Learn
- Creating a Calculated Formula Question
- Creating a Calculated Numeric Question
- Creating an Either/Or Question
- Creating an Essay Question
- Creating a File Response Question
- Creating a Fill in Multiple Blanks Question
- Creating a Fill in the Blank Question
- Creating a Hot Spot Question
- Creating a Jumbled Sentence Question
- Creating a Matching Question
- Creating a Multiple Answer Question
- Creating a Multiple Choice Question
- Creating an Opinion Scale/Likert Question
- Creating an Ordering Question
- Creating a Quiz Bowl Question
- Creating a Short Answer Question
- Creating a True/False Question
- Modifying Question Settings
- What is Adaptive Release?
- Setting Up and Editing Simple Adaptive Release Rules
- Setting Up Advanced Adaptive Release Rules
- Editing Advanced Adaptive Release Rules
- Using Adaptive Release to Release an Item Based on a Previous Grade
- Removing Adaptive Release Rules
- Setting Up Review Status
- Checking User Progress and Content Visibility
- Creating a Self and Peer Assessment
- Editing a Self and Peer Assessment
- Adding Questions to a Self and Peer Assessment
- Editing Evaluation Questions
- Adding Question Criteria
- Editing Question Criteria
- Exporting a Self and Peer Assessment
- Importing a Self and Peer Assessment
- Sending Student Scores to Grade Center
- What Are Achievements?
- Creating a Link to Course Achievements
- Creating Achievements
- Deleting Achievements
- Viewing Achievements and Recipients
- Accessing and Viewing the Blackboard Calendar
- Creating a Calendar Event
- Modifying or Deleting a Calendar Event
- Sending an Announcement
- Changing Announcement Display Preferences
- Editing an Announcement
- Deleting an Announcement
- Discussion Board Introduction
- Navigating the Discussion Board
- Adding a Course Discussion Board Link
- Creating a Discussion Board Forum
- Editing Discussion Forum Settings
- Creating a Discussion Board Thread
- Navigating Between Discussion Threads
- Replying to a Discussion Board Post
- Enabling Discussion Board Grading
- Grading Discussion Forum Posts
- Collecting Discussion Forum Posts
- Creating Group Discussion Forums
- Copying Group Discussion Forums
- Changing Users' Roles in a Discussion Forum
- Setting Author of Anonymous Posts
- Deleting Discussion Threads
- Accessing Discussion Grading Information
- Course Messages and Email
- Adding the Email Tool
- Sending an Email in Blackboard
- Adding the Messages Tool
- Viewing and Sending Messages
- Enabling Course Message Notifications
- Introduction about Blogs
- Adding a Blog Link
- Creating a New Blog
- Editing Blog Settings
- Creating a Blog Entry
- Editing a Blog Entry
- Commenting on a Blog
- Grading a Blog
- Activity Stream: Blogs
- Journals Introduction
- Adding a Journal Link
- Creating a New Journal
- Editing Journal Settings
- Creating a Journal Entry
- Commenting on a Journal Entry
- Grading a Journal
- Activity Stream Settings: Journals
- Wiki Introduction
- Adding a Wiki link
- Creating a Course Wiki
- Creating and Editing Wiki Content
- Editing Wiki Settings
- Evaluating and Grading Students' Wiki Participation
- Activity Stream: Wikis
- Accessing Tasks
- Create or Edit Tasks
- Edit or Delete Tasks
- View Task Progress
- Adding Users to your Blackboard Learn Course
- Changing a User's Course Role
- Changing a User's Course Availability
- Changing a Course Site's Duration and Availability
- Allowing Guest and Observer Access
- Adding a Link to Course Groups
- Creating Self-Enrolled Group Sets
- Creating Group Sets with Manual Enrollments
- Creating Group Sets with Random Enrollments
- Editing the Membership of a Single Group
- Viewing Users' Group Enrollments at a Glance
- Creating a Single Self-Enrolled Group
- Creating a Single Manual-Enrolled Group
- Accessing Group Homepages and Tools
- Editing Group Set Options
- Editing Individual Group Options
- Editing Group Set Memberships
- Changing Course-wide Group Settings
- Exporting Groups
- Importing Groups
- Creating a Smart View for a Group
- Deleting Groups
- Enabling Statistics Tracking on an Item
- Running Statistics Reports on an Item
- Creating Course Reports
- Enabling Review Status
- Viewing Student Progress
- Viewing the Performance Dashboard
- Accessing the Retention Center
- Creating Retention Center Rules
- Enterprise Survey Information for Instructors
- Accessing Enterprise Survey Results for Instructors
- View and Print Survey Results to PDF
- Downloading Raw Data from BB9.1 to Excel
- Sort and Filter Data Using Excel
- Download SPSS via myUT and Install it on your computer
- Produce Descriptive Statistics Using SPSS
- What is the Blackboard Grade Center?
- Accessing the Full Grade Center
- Overview of the Full Grade Center Function Buttons and Features
- Changing Scroll Bar Settings on Mac to View Scroll Bars
- Creating a Grade Column
- Creating a Calculated Column
- Editing Grade Column Information
- Organizing/Rearranging and "Freezing" Grade Center Columns
- Hiding/Showing a Column in the Grade Center
- Hiding/Showing a Grade Center Column from Students
- Hiding/Showing Students in the Grade Center
- Creating and Managing Grade Center Smart Views
- Creating Smart Views for Merged Sections
- Deleting a Column from the Grade Center
- Creating and Assigning Grade Center Categories
- Creating or Modifying a Grading Schema and Applying it to a Grade Column
- Managing Grade Center Color Codes
- Hiding Grade Center Color Codes
- Manually Adding or Modifying Grades in a Grade Column
- Grading Items Anonymously
- Viewing a Student's Grade Details
- Clearing All Student Submissions
- Using the Needs Grading Link
- Sending Reminders
- Filtering Grade Center Displays
- Downloading All Assignment Files
- Viewing and Grading a Single Student's Submission
- Viewing and Grading a SafeAssign Submission
- Viewing and Grading a Group Submission
- Clearing, Ignoring or Allowing an Additional Assignment Attempt
- Reconciling Grades for Items with Delegated Grading Enabled
- Using the BB Annotate Tool
- Download Assignment with Annotations and Comments
- About Feedback recording
- How to record a feedback
- Editing and posting the feedback recording
- What do students see for the feedback recording?
- Viewing and Grading a Student's Test Attempt
- Ignoring a Student's Test Attempt
- Clearing a Student's Test Attempt
- Viewing Test Access Logs
- Grading by Question in Blackboard
- Grading by Question on Tests with Question Sets
- Viewing Attempts Statistics for Tests/Surveys
- Viewing Item Statistics
- Running Item Analysis
- Downloading Test and Survey Results
- Regrading a Test Question
- Overriding the Total Point Values for a Test
- Working Offline - Downloading Grade Center Data
- Working Offline - Uploading Grade Center Data
- Creating Grade Center Reports
- Viewing Grade History
- Viewing Submission Receipts
- Course Activity Stream Related to Grades
- Enabling Third Party Building Blocks
- Enabling TurningPoint in Your Course
- Adding TurningPoint Access in Your Course
- Adding the UTMOST: Curriculum Builder Tool to Your Course
- Adding the MyLabsPlus Single Sign On Tool
- Enabling the Content Market to Access Publisher Content
- Integrating Pearson REVEL with your Blackboard Course
- Linking Your Course to Your TurningPoint Account
- Barnes and Noble College Textbook Research and Selection Tool Blackboard Integration
- Barnes and Noble College Textbook Purchase Tool
- What is the Content Collection?
- Adding Files to the Content Collection
- Uploading a .zip Package
- Creating Folders
- Moving Items
- Copying Items
- Editing Item Settings
- Modifying Items In Blackboard
- Deleting Items
- Overwriting Files
- Moving Items Between Courses
- Copying Items Between Courses
- Exporting Files
- Managing Course File Permissions
- Creating and Downloading a Course Archive
- Creating a Course Export File
- Copying a Course
- Date Management
- Importing an Archive Package
- Importing/Installing a Course Cartridge
- What To Do After a Course Copy
- Importing Content to a Blackboard Organization
- Bulk Delete Course Content
- Adding Goals to Your Course
- Aligning Goals to Content
- Using the Goals Dashboard
- About the Attendance Tool
- Accessing the Attendance Tool
- Creating an Attendance Session
- Taking Attendance
- Modifying Attendance Settings
- Exporting Attendance Data
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Creating an Assignment in Blackboard Ultra
Current Issues & Bugs:
The following are known issues with this feature in Blackboard Ultra. For workarounds and estimated fix timelines please refer to the Blackboard Ultra Issues and Workarounds document .
- Can’t edit or delete an assignment: Instructors can’t make changes to an assignment after a student has opened the assignment and/or saved a draft.
This resource shows you how to create an assignment for individual submissions. For group assignments, refer to Creating Group Assignments.
To create an assignment:
- In the Assignment Settings panel, change the settings as you require. This Blackboard resource on assignment settings will describe each option.
Additional resources
- Create and Edit Assignment – a Blackboard Help resource
- Assignment in Blackboard Ultra
- Downloading Assignments Submissions
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One group member submits your group assignment. All members of your group receive the same grade for a group assignment. If you're the member who submits a group assignment for the group, you need to select Submit. If you don't, your instructor won't receive your completed group assignment.
Submit a group assignment Remember, as you work on a group assignment, you can save a draft and other group members are allowed to edit it. Everyone in the group can keep track of the latest version of the work. Only one member of your group submits the assignment.
When you create an assignment, a Grade Center column is created automatically. From the Grade Center or Needs Grading page, you can see who has submitted their work and start grading. Students access their grades from their My Grades pages or the assignment's Review Submission History page.. You can also create a group assignment and release it to one or more groups in your course.
Blackboard's Assignment can be set up to accept group submissions. With group submissions, only one member of the group submits the assignment on behalf of all of the members. Faculty then grade the one submission and the grade is distributed to all members of the group.
The students do not need to be enrolled in these groups before you build the assignments, you only need to have the Groups created. When students enroll into their Groups, make sure each student is enrolled in only one group, or they will be able to submit more than one attempt for this assignment.
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The group's submission will appear on the left portion of the screen. The arrows at the top of the page can be used to navigate between multiple attempts and group submissions. Submission: The group's submission materials can be accessed here. Feedback to Learner: Feedback to the group can be typed in this space.
8. Click to highlight the name of the group(s) you want to participate in the assignment, and then click the arrow pointing to the right to move the group(s) into the Selected Items box. Once you move the Group names from Items to Select to Selected Items, this signifies that those groups will be able to submit to this assignment link.
For assessments requiring you to submit multiple files, or a video / audio, or a group assignment, your tutor is likely to set up a submission point on NILE known as a Blackboard assignment. The procedure for submitting a Blackboard assignment is slightly different from that of submitting a Turnitin assignment. This guide will provide you with ...
Turnitin assignments by groups If you are using groups within Blackboard Basic you can access your group of choice from the Course Tools section of the Course Management side panel. Select Turnitin Assignments by Groups from Course Tools. Select the assignment containing the groups you wish to view.
Blackboard assignments. Blackboard assignments are a Learn.UQ assignment submission tool that allows the attaching/linking of multiple files, including Excel and media file types. This is a separate system from TurnItIn assignments. Warning: DO NOT use drag and drop to upload an assignment file when using Safari.
To upload the assignment file, attach the file under Assignment Submission. You can choose to put information in the text editor, but it's not necessary for submitting a document. Click on Browse Local Files. Note: When submitting documents, do not use any special characters (Bad example: Name#Title-1) (Good example: Name_Title1).
To assign the assignment to groups: Select the Group Submission option under Assignment Type. Items to Select: Select the groups from the left column you wish to assign the assignment to. Click the right-facing arrow button to select the groups and move them into the Selected Items column:
This resource shows you how to create an assignment for individual submissions. For group assignments, refer to Creating Group Assignments. To create an assignment: Navigate to where you want to add an assignment, select the Plus sign > Create. The Create Item panel will open on the right. On the Create Item panel, select Assignment. The New ...