{"id":3470,"date":"2020-11-05T11:22:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T11:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/?page_id=3470"},"modified":"2026-09-25T10:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:08:41","slug":"how-to-submit-a-blackboard-group-assignment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/how-to-submit-a-blackboard-group-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Submit a Blackboard Group Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3470\" class=\"elementor elementor-3470\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e5b4598 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e5b4598\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee1217a\" data-id=\"ee1217a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04e9c41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04e9c41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/assessment-and-feedback-support\/\">&lt;&lt; <\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/faqs-for-students\/\">Main menu<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8577cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"f8577cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"groupatop\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62bc0b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62bc0b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b031bf6\" data-id=\"b031bf6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-affffcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"affffcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Submitting a Group Assignment in Blackboard<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2392a52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2392a52\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94699aa\" data-id=\"94699aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-665801a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"665801a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c32ce70 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c32ce70\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-336bb71\" data-id=\"336bb71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b37ddb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b37ddb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Important: Only one student can submit on behalf of the team. Please decide who makes the submission on behalf of the team. &#8211; Please follow the guide below.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>As a group, you can assign one student to submit on behalf of the group. The submission will be recognised as a group submission, so group members do not need to make separate submissions.\u00a0<\/p><p>Submitting a group assignment is similar to submitting an individual assignment. Click on the link <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/submitting-a-blackboard-assignment\/\">Submitting A Blackboard Assignment<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to follow the steps on how to submit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>After making a submission, all members in a group will be able to see the submitted assignment.\u00a0<\/p><p>There are only a few user interface differences.\u00a0<\/p><p>When you open the assessment panel, you will be able to see who is in your group.\u00a0<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22797\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/Groups-Submission-1.png\" alt=\"Groups Submission 1\" width=\"932\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/Groups-Submission-1.png 932w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/Groups-Submission-1-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/Groups-Submission-1-768x262.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/p><p>When you have opened the submission panel by selecting &#8220;Continue Attempt 1&#8221;. You can message members in your team by selecting the &#8220;envelope&#8221; icon.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22798\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/Groups-Submission-2.png\" alt=\"Groups Submission 2\" width=\"387\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/Groups-Submission-2.png 387w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/Groups-Submission-2-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9900e01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9900e01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>WARNING:<\/strong> A group assignment submission link only permits ONE attempt. This means that if your group members each need to submit a file as part of the group assignment, you will need to co-ordinate this within your group. We advise that you either nominate one member of the group to make the submissions on behalf of the whole group.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-011cb71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"011cb71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3482b85\" data-id=\"3482b85\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c7fa41 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2c7fa41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a693a97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a693a97\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcc6057\" data-id=\"fcc6057\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb37020 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb37020\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"#groupatop\"><strong>Back to top<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Updated September 2026<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;&lt; Main menu Submitting a Group Assignment in Blackboard \u00a0Important: Only one student can submit on behalf of the team. Please decide who makes the submission on behalf of the team. &#8211; Please follow the guide below.\u00a0 As a group,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3470","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3470"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22801,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3470\/revisions\/22801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}