How to Create Blackboard Assignment
How to setup a Blackboard Assignment?
Go to “Submit Coursework” folder inside the ‘Assessment’ section of your module’s content area. Click on the “+” icon and press ‘Create’.
This will open a ‘Create Item’ panel on right hand side with a list of items to choose from; select “Assignment”.
Name your assignment exactly as it is named in the SRSweb module ‘Assessment Pattern Name’ (please see at the bottom of this page the Assessment naming convention)
Setting Blackboard Assignment options
Click on the ‘cogwheel’ icon on the right side to open the setting panel.
Set the Assignment due date and time.
Use the default ‘Mark category’ ‘Assignment’
You can choose how many times a student is allowed to submit. It is recommended to allow two or three attempts.
Always Mark using ‘Points’
Maximum points are always 100.
For anonymous marking, select this option and the students names will be hidden when marking.
An existing rubric or new marking rubric can be associated with the assignment using this option.
It is University Policy that Safeassign option is enabled for all assignments and that students are allowed to view the Originality report. Please ensure both these options are ticked.
Do not forget to save the assignment setting.
How to add a description or content to a Blackboard Assignment?
To add content, click on “+” button as shown in the picture below. Here you can ‘Add text’ to add a description, attach a file or you can also add questions types.
Marking Blackboard Assignments
Assessment naming convention
It is recommended to name an assignment based on the ‘Assessment Pattern Nmae’ found on SRSweb.
To get the right name go to http://westminster.ac.uk/srsweb and select Module Search.
Enter the Module Code
Under the Assessment pattern(s) copy the name from Assessment Name column and paste it in the title of the assignment you are creating.
Last updated January/2022