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Create an Assignment

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Take aways from this tutorial:

I. Create an assignment in a course area including:

a. Detailed instructions such as

i. Number of pages

ii. Font type and/or font size

iii. Spacing

iv. Other content such as tables or images

v. File type. i.e. Word (.doc or .docx), PDF, etc.

vi. How to attach the assignment for turn in.

b. The due date.

c. Late penalties if any.

II. Submit a sample assignment as a student.

III. Grade submitted student assignment.

I. Create an Assignment

For the purpose of this tutorial, we will ask students to complete an assignment in any word processing software, like

Word, save this file and submit it by attaching the completed assignment file to the submission link.

NOTE: There is a free MS Office compatible suite that students can download at openoffice.org.

1. Access your developmental course.

2. Ensure Edit mode is On.

3. If you are using the template, click Assessments

on the course menu situated on the left of the

screen, otherwise, any other content area

designated by you for assignment submissions.

4. On the Action Bar, hover over the Create

Assessment tab chevrons to enable the drop-down

list.

5. Select Assignment

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6. On the Create Assignment page

under option 1, Assignment

Information, give the assignment a

name. This name will appear as the

header of the Grade Center column.

7. Type in the specific instructions for

the assignment.

8. If you desire to attach files for

student use it is recommended that

you use the Attach File button

located in the lower left corner of the

text editor controls box. Place the

cursor in the text editor in the position you want the attachment to go to and click on the icon.

9. Under option 3, Grading enter the points possible for the assignment. Provide a rubric.

10. Under option 4 Availability select any

options needed such as Number of

Attempts and availability limitations such as

when the assignment is viewable by the

student. For practice purposes select Allow

single attempt and pick a suitable range of

dates.

11. Under option 5, Due Dates, select the

due date. If selected, the Due Date will be

visible in the Grade Center. It will also copy

into the next section, so please, remember to

change with every copy.

12. Under option 6, Recipients, leave it set

to All Students Individually. Chose Groups

of students, if using pre-defined Groups.

13. Click on Submit

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II. Submit a Sample Assignment as a Student.

Create a sample assignment by opening Word Document and typing any sentence into it, e.g. This is my practice

Assignment submission. Save the assignment as “Assignment Demo” in a location/folder at your computer that you later

access.

1. Log out of Blackboard and log back in as a Test Student. Otherwise, use a different browser, e.g. use Internet

Explorer for a student login, and FireFox for instructor login. See Adding a Test Student if you haven’t already

created your test student ID.

2. Navigate to the Content Area where you created

the assignment.

3. Open the assignment by clicking on the

underlined Assignment Name. It may be helpful to

tell students to click the title in the assignment

details/instructions.

4. Under Option 2, Assignment Materials, add any

comments in the Submission box.

5. Attach your assignment by clicking on Attach

File -> Browse My Computer.

6. Navigate to where your assignment file is saved,

select it, and click on Open. The selected

document will now upload to Blackboard.

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7. The uploaded assignment will appear here.

8. Click on Submit. This will bring up the

Review Submission History.

9. In the Review Submission

History window the student can

verify that the assignment was

submitted successfully.

10. Click OK when finished.

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III Grade the submitted assignment.

1. In the Control Panel select Grade Center.

2. Select Needs Grading. NOTE: you can use Full

Grade Center, or Assignments, but for our purposes,

we’ll use Needs Grading

3. Click on Test Student

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4. In order to grade the

assignment it must first be

downloaded.

a. Under Option 2, Review

Current Attempt, go to

Attached Files and click on the

file name.

b. When the pop-up opens,

select Save File.

c. Click OK. Remember where

you saved the assignment.

Once you have read the assignment, you are ready to enter the grade.

5. Return to the Grade Center and

follow steps 1-3 to pull up the Test

Student again. Under Option 3, Grade

Current Student, enter the grade

points.

6. Add your feedback for the student.

(Optional)

7. Under Option 4, Instructor Notes,

may want to add Grading Notes for

your reference (these will not be

visible to students).

8. Click on Save and Exit.

You have created, submitted, and graded the assignment.

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