Working With Blackboard Assignments

WORKING WITH BLACKBOARD ASSIGNMENTS

SUBMITTING AN ASSIGNMENT TO BLACKBOARD
1. Select the assignment you want to submit by clicking on the assignments title, for example, Module 1 Lab

2. This will display the Upload Assignment page

3. On the Upload Assignment page:
a. Click Browse My Computer to look for the file(s) you want to submit for the assignment on your
computers hard disk.
b. Once youve selected the file(s) you wish to submit, click the Submit button to send the file(s) to your
instructor

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4. On successful submission, you will be redirected to the Review Submission History page:
a. The left panel shows a preview of the file you submitted.
b. The OK button will exit this view.
c. If you want to make a new submission, click the Start New button.

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5. If you make multiple file submissions (for example, lets say you noticed a mistake and want to correct a
submission), each file submission will be accessible via a drop down as shown in the image below. You can select
the drop down to view the previous submission(s). If your instructor graded a submission and allowed
resubmission, you will also see the grade associated with each submission.

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REVIEWING INSTRUCTOR FEEDBACK ON SUBMISSIONS

1. You can view feedback for assignments by clicking on My Grades in Blackboard:

2. On the My Grades page, click Graded to display only the items that have been graded.

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3. For each graded item on the My Grades page:

a. You will see the grade you earned for the assignment submission.
b. You can click on the speech bubble to display any overall comments made by your instructor.
c. You can click the hyperlink to display the file submission and any markup. If you submitted a Word
document, clicking on the hyperlink will allow you to see the Word document with any instructor
comments

4. If you click on the speech bubble

, a dialog will appear on your screen containing a text message similar to
whats shown below. The dialog may show links to files your instructor has sent you, so its a good idea to click
on the speech bubble
if present.

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5. If you click on the hyperlinked assignment name

, Blackboard will redirect you to the Review
Submission History page as shown in the image below:
a. If you submitted a single Word document, the left-hand pane will preview of the document you
submitted.
b. If your instructor made comments to the document, or marked up the document in any way, the comments
in markup will be shown in a pane to the right of the document preview.
c. If your instructor made overall comments or send files back to you, the comments or links to the files will
be shown in the Comments section this is the same information you would see if you were to click on
the speech bubble icon
on the My Grades page.
d. The number of points you earned for the submission will appear here.
e. Click OK to return to the My Grades page.

Caveat: The document preview feature shown in this handout applies to Microsoft Office documents. If your instructor
requires you to submit work in a different format (for example, as ZIP files), you will be able to view your grade and
instructor feedback in exactly the same fashion as shown in this handout; however, there will not be a document preview
and there will be no Comments & Markups pane visible.

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