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Bb Learn Assignments -- Assignment Settings

  1. Enter the assignment's name in the "Name and Color" text box.
    1. Choose a color for the name if you wish.
  2. Enter instructions in the "Instructions" field if you wish.
    1. If you want to include an icon from the CCI collection of icons, see the following page:
      1. Bb Learn Content Collection -- INCLUDE -- Adding CCI Icons
  3. In the "Attach File" area, attach a file if you wish by clicking "Browse My Computer," finding and selecting a file.
    1. Repeat this step to attach multiple files.
    2. Remove a file by clicking "Do Not Attach" in the file's row.
  4. Enter a "Due Date" if you wish.
    1. Late submissions are still allowed but are marked "Late."
  5. Enter the "Points Possible."
  6. Add a Bb Learn rubric or choose from an existing Bb Learn rubric if you wish by clicking "Add a Rubric" and making the appropriate selection.

    1. Additional instructions for creating rubrics are found at the webpage below.

    2. Note that you do NOT have to go to the "Control Panel," click "Course Tools" and click "Rubrics" to create a new rubric.
    3. https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Grade/Rubrics
  7. Click "Submission Details" and select whether this should be an "Individual Submission" (where each student in the class has to submit the assignment) or a "Group Submission" (where only 1 student in a Bb Learn group has to submit the assignment).

    1. If you want a group assignment, click to expand the link below for instructions.

      A group Bb Learn assignment allows 1 student in a Bb Learn group to submit the assignment for the entire group, and you can grade and comment on 1 student in the Bb Learn group to provide grades and comments for all students in that group.

      1. If you haven't already, create student groups in your Bb Learn course shell.
        1. The webpage below provides a method for creating multiple groups of students.
          1. Bb Learn Groups -- Manual Enroll Group Set Creation
        2. Return to these instructions after creating the groups. You need to assign groups to a group assignment for a group assignment to work.
      2. Click "Submission Details" and select "Group Submission".
      3. Select "Group Submission."
      4. To add a group:
        1. Select the group from the "Items to Select" box.
        2. Click the top > button between the "Items to Select" and "Selected Items" boxes.
        3. The selected group should now appear in the "Selected Items" box.
      5. To remove a group:
        1. Select the group in the "Selected Items" box.
        2. Click the < button between the "Items to Select" and "Selected Items" boxes.
        3. The selected group will no longer appear in the "Selected Items" box.
      6. Repeat steps d-e above for each group you want to add or remove to the assignment.

      Tip for Group Assignments

      You may want to create a Bb Learn Item with the assignment details above a Bb Learn group assignment submission link, as Bb Learn group assignment submission links are not visible to students until they are in a group. Having a Bb Learn Item with the assignment details and related files would be a way to show students early what an assignment will be if you are going to wait awhile before creating groups.

      If you are not sure how to add an Item, see the following page:

  8. Click to expand "Submission Details" and select the "Number of Attempts" or the number of times each student can submit.
  9. Click "Grading Options" and check the appropriate boxes if you want to "Enable Anonymous Grading" or "Enable Delegated Grading."
    1. Anonymous grading will anonymize names shown in "Grade Center," but names within any files submitted by students will still appear. So this usually isn't a helpful option.
    2. If you are the only instructor for your course, do not use delegated grading.
    3. Delegated grading lets you set other instructors, TAs or Graders as a provisional graders for an assignment. Each grader provides separate grades, feedback and notes to students. Instructors have the ability to reconcile grades and can review all the grades given to a submission and decide the final grade for the submission. For more information about delegated grading, see the following link:
      1. https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Assignments/040_Grade_Assignments/030_Delegated_Grading
  10. Click "Display of Grades" and decide what you want the primary and secondary displays for the grade to be.
    1. The primary display shows in "Full Grade Center" to instructors, TAs, and graders, and it shows in each student's "My Grades" area (if made available to the student). The secondary display only shows in "Full Grade Center" to instructors, TAs, and graders, and options for the secondary display are whatever is not chosen for the primary display.
    2. Options for either display are:
      1. "Score" is a numeric score.
      2. "Letter" is a letter grade. See the webpage below if you choose this option.
        1. Bb Learn Grade Center -- Letter Grades and Checking the Grading Schema
      3. "Text" lets you enter words, phrases, etc. (Let us know if you use this option.)
      4. "Percentage" displays the score out of 100%.
      5. "Complete/Incomplete" will display a check and award points if any character (including a zero or "0") is entered.
  11. Under "Display of Grades," choose if you want to include this assignment in "Grade Center grading calculations," such as those used for total columns in "Full Grade Center."
  12. Under "Display of Grades," choose if you want to show this grade to students in their "My Grades" area (if you have made this area available to students in your Bb Learn shell).
  13. Under "Display of Grades," choose if you want to show the average and median grades to students in their "My Grades" area (if you have made this area available to students in your Bb Learn shell).
  14. Under "AVAILABILITY," check the "Make the Assignment Available" box, even if you set the assignment to display after or until certain dates and times in the next step.
  15. If you wish, under "AVAILABILITY," set the specific dates and times when the assignment will become available ("Display After") or unavailable to students ("Display Until").
  16. If you wish to "Track Number of Views," check the box next to this option.
    1. If you are unsure how to check tracking statistics on assignments, see the following webpage.
      1. Bb Learn Course Reports -- General Information
  17. Click "Submit."
    1. An assignment submission link will be created in the content area you were in, and a new column for the assignment will be added to "Full Grade Center."
  18. At some point, check calculated columns, like total columns, after making an assignment to make sure that the assignment is being included in those columns as you wish it to be.
    1. If you have any questions about calculated columns, let us know.

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