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Blackboard Assignment: Access and View Assignments

Accessing an assignment.

You can access assignments through the Blackboard course Control Panel. There you’ll find the Grade Centre. You have two options – the ‘Needs Marking’ and ‘Full Grade Centre’ options.

‘Needs marking’ shows a contextual list of students’ work that requires attention. Use this to access anonymous assignments easily. ‘Full Grade Centre’ will show a list of students with a column for each assignment set up.

Access through the Full Grade Centre

In the Full Grade Centre you will see all the assignments on the course and all the students in a spreadsheet view.

The ‘Needs Grading’ Yellow exclamation mark means that this student’s submission for the particular assignment needs marking.

1.    Hover your cursor over the field and click on the ‘more options’ down arrow to open the menu.

2.    Select the Attempt you’d like to mark. There will be a list of attempts with the date of submission. If you’ve allowed multiple submissions to this assignment, all will be listed here.

Access through Needs Marking

In this section you’ll see a list of assignments that need marking or have been marked and saved as draft .

Under User attempt you’ll see either the name of the individual student or Group that has submitted, or the Attempt ID if the assignment was set up to be marked anonymously.

Use the Attempt ID to identify submissions made to an anonymous assignment. This identifier is temporary and only visible until whilst anonymity is enabled , after which it is replaced by the student’s name and the ID disappears .

Click on the name or Attempt ID to access the submission.

Use the Attempt ID to find specific submissions

When marking an anonymous assignment, the Attempt ID will appear above the paper instead of the student’s name. It also appears in the ‘Needs Marking’ screen and can be used to identify the attempt when anonymity is in place.  Please make a note of this if you plan on returning to an attempt later.

Use ‘Save Draft’ when marking an anonymous paper to keep the Attempt listed in the ‘Needs Marking’ screen if you want to return to it easily.

Using ‘Jump To’ Filters

To quickly navigate between all assignments in your course, even anonymous submissions you’ve already marked, while viewing any of them:

1.    Click on the Jump To button in the top right – this will bring up some useful filters you can use.

2.    Choose an assignment under ‘Item’

3.    Pick a student name (or Attempt ID for anonymous assignments)

4.    Pick an Attempt if applicable (only for assignments which allow multiple attempts)

5.    Click Go and you’ll be taken to that submission

This is very useful when you want to return to an anonymous submission after you’ve pressed Submit and it is no longer under ‘Needs Marking’ . If you know the Attempt ID , you can use these filters to quickly go back to it.

Viewing an assignment

Clicking on the attempt will open it in the viewer inside Blackboard. There is no need to download the file as long as it is one of the supported formats.

Supported formats for on-screen viewing – Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx), PowerPoint (.pptx) and PDF

1.    Expand the Assignment Instructions provided to students.

2.    Display the Assignment details (Name, Due Date, Class Statistics).

3.    Hide the Details Panel or Go into Full-screen view to increase the size of the paper.

4.    Expand the Feedback Pane to provide summary feedback or mark an attached rubric.

Next steps: 

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This recipe will show students how to view feedback on their assignments. All you need is access to your student Blackboard profile.

Step 1: Sign into Blackboard.

Step 2: Click on "Grades" or "My Grades."

Step 3: Search for the course which houses the relevant assignment (the one with feedback you want to see). The picture below is showing "Current Courses and Organizations," but if you click on the arrow in the upper left hand corner, you can see courses from past terms is well.

Step 4: Once you find the course, select "View All Work."

Step 5: If your assignment has feedback from the professor, you will see a little text bubble next to the assignment grade (with one exception, which we will deal with in Step 7).

Step 6:  As you probably guessed, your next step is to click on the assignment name! Your submission will pull up. You will see little comment bubbles on your assignment. If you click on them, you'll see what your professor had to say. You will also see more generic comments over on the right.

Step 7: There is one situation where you might have received feedback from a professor but the little chat bubble will not show up next to the grade. The situation is when your professor only uses the rubric to deliver feedback to you, and they make no comments on the actual submission itself. In this situation, you will simply see a "View Rubric" below the title of your assignment. Unfortunately, BB doesn't visually alert you when feedback is communicated via a rubric. You simply have to click on it in order to see if there is feedback waiting for you.

If you click on "View Rubric," then you will see something like the following:

Pro Tip: If you ever see a rubric icon inside of your assignment, you can click on it to see the rubric and/or if your professor has already communicated to you via the rubric.

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Parents will soon get their children back on a morning routine as the time for kids to return to school approaches.

And with tax-free weekend approaching, parents can save a little on school supplies and clothes.

Here is what you need to know about tax-free weekend in Texas .

When is tax-free weekend in Texas?

This year’s sale tax holiday begins Friday, Aug. 9, and goes through midnight Sunday, Aug. 11.

The sales tax holiday exempts qualifying items from sales tax when purchased between those days.

More: When does school start in August? Mark your calendar for Austin-area's first day of school

What will be tax-free?

During tax-free weekend, most shoes, clothes and school supplies are sold tax-free as long as they are less than $100. There is no limit on the number of eligible items you can buy.

Here are school-related tools that are tax-free, according to the Texas comptroller.

School Supplies

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• Glue, paste and paste sticks
• Highlighters
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• Pencil boxes and other school supply boxes
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Clothing, footwear and other items

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• Pants and jeans
• Dresses and skirts
• Jackets and coats
• Shoes, boots, and sandals
• Socks and hosiery Underwear
• Hats and caps Scarves and gloves
• Uniforms (sports, scouts, etc.)

What will not be tax-free?

• Items sold for $100 or more
• Clothing subscription boxes
• Specially-designed athletic activity or protective-use clothing or footwear
• Items used to make or repair clothing, such as fabric, thread, yarn, buttons, snaps, hooks and zippers
• Jewelry, handbags, purses, briefcases, luggage, umbrellas, wallets, watches and other accessories
• Framed backpacks
• Athletic, duffle or gym bags
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Does Texas tax-free weekend work online?

During the sales tax holiday, qualifying items can be purchased in-store, online, by mail, or by any other method, as long as the sale occurs within the designated three-day period.

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We would like to welcome all Bobcats arriving on campus for Move In activities. Please find below a review of supporting campus Transportation & Parking accommodations to aid in Move In efforts Thursday, August 22 through Saturday, August 24, 2024.

For a comprehensive Move In guide, please reference the Arrival Guide .

Recommended Travel Approaches

Recommended travel approaches and campus entry points are outlined below. To assist with relieving traffic congestion we encourage guests to follow posted directional event signage.

West, Upper East, and Side Five Residence Halls:

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• Take the exit for SR 682 North
• Exit the traffic circle onto Richland Avenue crossing the Hocking River
• Students in West Green residence halls should be in the left lane while students on Upper East or Side Five should be in the right lane.
• Follow the signage on campus for specific areas or housing assignment

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• Take the exit for SR 682 North

Lower East, Front Four, and Back South Residence Halls:

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• Take left exit for Stimson Ave.
• Use traffic circle and take N. McKinley Ave/1804 Way
• Students in Lower East residence halls will be directed to go right on Mill Street while students on Front Four or Back South will be directed to go left on Mill Street.

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Campus Parking Accommodations:

Several parking accommodations are available to students during the Move In time period. Based on your housing location please see available parking with proximity to your green. All parking areas detailed below will be available from Thursday, August 22 through Saturday, August 24, 2024.

General Move In Parking: available for utilization once vehicles have been unpacked and if students plan to remain on campus. Students may utilize campus dark green and purple lots in regular non-metered, non-restricted spaces for move in purposes. Individuals should also avoid parking in sign restricted spaces and areas closed for special events. For a complete list of campus lots please reference the TPS website .

30 Minute Parking: available in lots with close proximity to residential housing locations where available. Students may utilize these designated locations to unload their vehicle and move to a general parking area if planning to stay on campus beyond unloading. 30-minute parking lots include:

• Lower East Green: Parking will be available along East Green Drive and Gamertsfelder Hall. Signage will be present designating 30-minute loading zones and restricted parking to allow for emergency vehicle passage.
• Back South, Side Five & Front Four: Lots 56-58 along South Green Drive will be available for 30-minute loading, Living Learning Center, Morton Hall Lot 90, and Ping Center Lot 93 and Lots 51 & 54 behind Pickering Hall. 
• Bromley Hall: Students may utilize the parking lot located behind Bromley to unload items in addition to nearby Light Green Lots 18, 19, and 20.
• West Green: Treudley Hall Lot 119, and the West Green Gulch, Lots 114/115.
• All Campus: All Ohio University metered spaces are available for 30-minute parking.

Student Parking Permits: A valid parking permit or paid meter will be required to park on campus beginning Monday, August 26, 2024. Students should purchase parking permits from the online Parking Portal . 

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Accessible Transportation: Free accessible transportation for Faculty/Staff and students with mobility limitations. Call 740-593-1917 for more information.

For more information on Transportation & Parking resources please connect with the TPS Customer Care Center Team at 740-593-1917 or [email protected] . Follow us on Twitter @OUTransParking for live parking and transit updates. 

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Instructors need robust, easy to use tools when creating their assessments. 

To create a better experience, the new Assignment page includes these improvements: 

• A new Instructions box where instructors can use the full content editor to craft assignment instructions.
• There are no options to add questions to an assignment. 
• The Settings panel now includes only options relevant to assignments. 
• Blank attempts are no longer created when students view assignment instructions. The system only creates an attempt when students add content to the file drop zone / content editor. Note: Group or timed and proctored assignments continue to create attempts when students view the instructions.

Assignments created before this release will continue to create blank attempts when students view the instructions. We'll address this issue in a future release. 

The New Test page remains unchanged. Instructors can access all the same question types and settings options. Attempts are still automatically created when students view the test questions. 

Image 1. Instructor view of the New Assignment page with the new Instructions box

Image 2. Instructor view of adding instructions to an assignment

Image 3. Students view of the new Assignment Information panel and the View Instructions option

Image 4. Student view of the assignment instructions

For administrators: This feature is available for all Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed.

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