Date

September 30, 2024

Type

Knowledge Base (KB)

Owner

Alex D'Adamo

Creating an assignment in your course gives students a place to submit their work electronically. Creating an assignment also creates a column in the Grade Center, and Blackboard will send you a notification when a student submits their work. To create a file upload assignment, follow the steps below!

1. In the content area where you’d like the assignment to be located, click “Assessments” and then “Assignment.”

2. Give the assignment a name and write instructions for the student, such as what they need to write about, page count, citation format, etc.

3. If applicable, include a file with your instructions, such as a template for students to use, an exemplar of a good submission, something they need to read and reflect on, etc.

4. Set the number of points this assignment is worth. Optionally, you may create or add a rubric here.

There are other options under “Submission Details,” “Grading Options,” and “Display of Grades” that you can adjust if this is a group submission, if you want to limit the number of submission attempts, if the student submissions should be checked for plagiarism, etc.

5. Optionally, adjust if the assignment should be available now (you can come back and make the assignment available later), and if the assignment should show after and hide on a certain date and time.

6. Click “Submit” to create the assignment.

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