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Submitting an Assignment

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Submitting assignments on Blackboard is a simple process that allows you to upload your completed work to your instructors for grading and feedback. To submit an assignment, follow these steps:

• Log in to your Blackboard account.
• Navigate to the course where the assignment is located.
• Locate the assignment in the course content area and click on its link.
• Follow the instructions provided by your instructor for uploading or submitting your work. This may include attaching a file, typing in a text box, or using a submission tool provided by Blackboard.
• Review and verify your submission before finalizing it.
• Click the “Submit” button to submit your assignment.

It is important to check with your instructor or the course syllabus for specific instructions on how to submit assignments and for the deadline. Keep in mind that Blackboard has a feature for automatically saving your work, but it is recommended to keep a backup copy of your assignments in case of technical issues.

By submitting your assignments on Blackboard, you will be able to track your submissions and receive feedback from your instructor in a timely and efficient manner.

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Submitting an assignment or exam in Blackboard

Your lecturer or tutor may ask you to submit your assignment (exam, essay, report, project, etc.) using Blackboard. If your department provides specific instructions for how to submit an assignment in Blackboard, use those first, otherwise follow the general instructions below:

• Log in to Blackboard and click on the paper name for which you're submitting the assignment.
• Find the name of the assignment (it will be in one of the content areas — browse through the buttons in the paper menu to find it), then click on the name of the assignment link. If you are unsure where the assignment submission might be, you can ask your lecturer.
• You can either attach a file or use the Submission box to type in (or cut and paste) your assignment. Type relevant comments into the Comments box to make it clear who you are and what assignment file you are submitting.
• Click on Browse My Computer to locate the file on your computer and double-click to select it. Tip: keep your file names simple and don't use odd characters (#, !, &, etc.). If you need to submit more than one file for this assignment, repeat this step.
• When your assignment is ready to send, click Submit . If you click Save as Draft instead your assignment will not be submitted to your lecturer/tutor. You should see a message at the top of the page: " This assignment is complete. Review the Submission History. " If you want to check that everything has gone through okay, click on the name of the assignment link. Look in the Review Submission History to see the file or files you have submitted.
• If the assignment type is a Turnitin Submission, Turnitin should display a receipt upon successful submission and you should take a copy of this by either taking a screenshot or clicking Print and saving as a PDF . Blackboard Assignments will send you an email to confirm that your submission was received.
• If your lecturer has only allowed one submission and you upload the wrong file or make a mistake, contact AskOtago urgently via telephone.

See also the related article: Confirming exam submission in Blackboard

The Blackboard website has a video you can watch online showing you how to submit an assignment using Blackboard:

Student Tutorial: Submitting Assignments

If you have attempted to submit an assignment or exam using Blackboard but forgot to attach the file, the submission will be blank and have a timestamp. Contact AskOtago immediately. They may be able to arrange for the assignment to be re-opened for another submission.

You are unable to edit an assignment in Blackboard, you must resubmit the assignment, and not all assignments can be resubmitted .

• If you submitted your online exam in Blackboard accidentally before you were finished, first check with AskOtago
• If you accidentally uploaded the wrong file when submitting your assignment using Blackboard (for example, an earlier draft or an assignment for another paper), contact AskOtago immediately. See the related article: Wrong file (assignment/exam) uploaded to Blackboard
• If your lecturer allows you to submit an assignment more than once, you will see a Start New Submission function on the Review Submission History page. You can access this page by clicking the assignment link in your course

Contact AskOtago if you have any problems submitting your assignment through Blackboard.

Assignment grades

To find out whether your assignment in Blackboard has been graded:

• In the Course Menu , click Tools , and then click My Grades.
• If your assignment has not been graded, the Grade column contains a symbol indicating its status. See the Blackboard Help website for an explanation of the different symbols: Blackboard Help — Where are my grades?
• If your assignment has been submitted and graded, the grade will appear in the Grade column.
• To view more detail, click the link to see the assignment's Review Submission History page.

Only internal marks will be available on Blackboard. Final marks will be presented in eVision.

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Blackboard: Clearing or deleting a Blackboard Assignment submission

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You may find that you need to clear a submission made to a Blackboard Assignment link. For example, a student may have mistakenly submitted the wrong file.

Clearing an assignment

1.    In your course, go to the Control Panel > Full Grade Centre .

2.    Click on the downward grey chevron arrow icon in the right of the cell corresponding to the submission.

3.    Select View Grade Details .

4.    Select Clear Attempt in the bottom right of the page.

5.    Blackboard will issue a warning message reminding you that the submission cannot be recovered.  Click OK to delete the attempt.

You will see in the Grade Centre that the ‘Needs Grading’ icon has disappeared, indicating that the attempt has been deleted.

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Creating a Turnitin assignment

Only alpha-numeric characters should be used when creating an assignment title. We do not support special characters and punctuation.

Select whether the assignment will require Originality Reports for submissions or whether any file type can be uploaded. The default option is to  Allow only file types that Turnitin can check for similarity .

For assignments that do not require Originality Reports instructors can select Allow any file type which allows instructors to leave feedback on every file type.

Choose where files will be submitted using the Submit Papers To option.

If the repository options are enabled for an instructor by the administrator, two or four options will appear within the Submit papers to dropdown list . Select from the dropdown list where you would like papers to be submitted to. The settings provide you with the ability to select whether papers are stored in a Turnitin standard paper repository, your institution's paper repository, the student's choice of paper repository, or no repository at all.

The benefit of submitting papers to the standard paper repository is that student papers submitted to the assignment are checked against other institutions' student submissions. However, by selecting to submit papers to the institution's paper repository, this means that the assignment will only be checked against other students' submissions within the institution. If you select no repository , your students' papers will not be stored in the Turnitin standard paper repository or the institution's paper repository, therefore meaning that the papers will not be checked for collusion between students of the same or different institutions.

• Modify any other assignment options.

Attach a rubric to the assignment

If you would like to use a rubric to grade the papers submitted to the assignment you may use the rubric list drop down menu to select a previously created or imported rubric or you can launch the rubric manager by clicking on the Launch Rubric Manager  link and create a new rubric to attach to the assignment.

Enable e-rater® grammar check?

This feature of assignment creation provides instructors with the option to enable the e-rater grammar and spelling check for all submissions to the assignment. When enabled student submissions receive detailed grammar feedback in GradeMark automatically through the e-rater technology. Select yes to enable the e-rater  engine for the assignment. If this assignment option is not available then the e-rater   grammar check is disabled for the account. Contact the Turnitin account administrator to enable the e-rater grammar check for the account.

(Optional) Select the ETS handbook level from the drop down menu. The ETS handbooks provide students with in depth information about the grammar errors the  e-rater technology finds in their paper.

Select the dictionary used for the spelling check.

The Categories enabled by default option allows instructors to choose which categories of feedback are enabled when viewing assignment submissions in GradeMark. The default is to show the feedback for every category.

Changing Advanced Assignment Option Defaults

If any changes have been made to the advanced assignment options, an additional option will be available at the bottom of the options panel. The instructor is asked Would you like to save these options as your defaults for future assignments? Select yes to save these advanced assignment options as the default for all future assignments created within this course. These default advanced assignment options will not apply to new assignments created in any other course on the Blackboard  Learning System, but will be applied to all assignments created in the current course by any instructor.

The default settings can be changed at any time when creating a new assignment or updating an existing assignment. 

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