Managing Assignment Submissions

Role: Lecturers

The Assignment Dropbox allows you to view, manage and grade assignment submissions. It contains four tabs:

• Submitted: contains submissions that are ready for grading/viewing and have not been returned to the assigned students. Graded assignments are not included here.
• Not Submitted: contains assignments that have been assigned (but not yet submitted) and submissions returned to students for editing.
• Graded: contains submissions that have been graded.
• Published: contains submissions that you or the student have published to all members of the unit.
• All: contains all submissions.

Grade an individual assignment
Change a grade before it is released to students
Print or save compiled assignments
Publish, republish or unpublish an assignment

Grade an individual assignment

1. Click on the Teach tab.

2. Click on Assignment Dropbox in the Instructor Tools menu.

3. Click on the Submitted tab to view the assignments that have been submitted by students but not yet reviewed.

4. Click on the title of a submitted assignment to mark it.

5. Click on the Attachments link to view an attached assignment.

6. Type your comments in the Grader/Reviewer Comments box.

7. To send a marked assignment attachment or feedback sheet back to a student, click the Add Attachments button under the Grader/Reviewer Comments box. Then click on the My Computer icon to browse for the file and click Open.

Mac users: it is recommended that you use Safari as your browser when uploading files.

8. Select Return graded submission to student with the following grade: type a grade into the box provided. The student will receive the grade, comments and any extra files you have attached.

Note: If you wish to review and change grades before returning the graded assignment to the student, then select Save for further review and editing option, which is the second option in the list below.

9. Click Save.

Note: If you are reviewing a web site assignment submission, the option to Add Attachments is not available.

To locate a particular student, use the Find function ('Ctrl+F' on a PC and 'Apple+F' on a Mac). As this works best when all entries are on the one page, click on the Paging Preferences icon and set the number of records per page to 999.

For instructions on how to mark an assignment using a Grading Form refer to the Grading forms guides.

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Change a grade before it is released to students

1. Click on the Teach tab.

2. Click on Assignment Dropbox in the Instructor Tools menu.

3. Click on the Submitted tab.

4. Click on the ActionLinks icon next to the assignment title.

5. Select Review Submission.

6. Change the grade value in the box.

7. Click on the circle next to Return graded submission to student with the following grade.

8. The submission is now moved to the Graded tab and the mark is entered into the Grade Book ready for release.

Note: If the Save option for the Assignment was selected as Return graded submission to Student with the following grade, you need to review and change the grade in the Graded tab.

1. Go to the Teach Tab and select Assignment Dropbox as above.

2. Click on the Graded tab.

3. Click on the Action Link next to the Assignment.

4. Select Review Submission.

5. Click on Edit at the bottom of the window and make the necessary changes to the grade.

6. Then click on the circle next to Return graded submission to student with the following grade.

7. Click on Save.

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Print or save compiled assignments

1. Click on the Teach tab.

2. Click on Assignment Dropbox in the Instructor Tools menu.

3. Click on the All tab.

4. Click on the box(es) next to the assignment(s) you wish to print or save.

5. Click Create Printable View near the bottom of the window.

6. Click Print to print the compiled assignments.

7. Alternatively, click Save to File to create a zip file. Saved files are stored in your Content Manager, accessible from your Blackboard Home Page (the page you enter immediately after logging in) In Blackboard Home, select the Content Manager tab.

Click OK.

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Publish, republish or unpublish an assignment

1. Click on the Teach tab.

2. Click on Assignment Dropbox in the Instructor Tools menu.

3. Click on the All tab.

4. Click on the ActionLinks icon next to the relevant assignment title.

5. Click on Publish Controls.

6. Click on either the Publish, Republish or Unpublish button.

7. To view published assignments, click on the Published tab.

Note: Publishing an assignment allows everyone enrolled in the unit to read that assignment. You must have the student's permission to publish any work they have submitted.

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