Blackboard Tools > Assignment Manager

The Assignment Manager tool allows you to post an assignment for viewing/completion, and then have students view this assignment and submit completed assignments and/or file attachments that will be appended individually to the on-line gradebook. This tool is an improvement upon the Digital Dropbox - now assignments are appended on a user by user basis and will be neatly organized in the gradebook as opposed to being uploaded into an unordered file repository.

Posting an Assignment
To use this tool login in and click on "Control Panel" and browse to the specific content area where you'd like to post the assignment for students to view. In the upper right hand corner of the content area you will see a dropdown menu where you can select what you'd like to add. Choose the option labeled "Assignment" and click the button labeled "Go".

Provide instructions for the assignment, then type in the text of the assignment or attach your file as you would when adding any other content.

Students Complete the Assignment
Students log in to your site, browse to the content area where the assignment is uploaded, and then click the "View/Complete" link.

They will finish completing the assignment and then they are given the option to submit a file as the completed product. In addition to submitting the file they can also append comments.

To view completed assignments

Log in to your course site and click on "Control Panel>On-line Gradebook". You will now see that an additional column has been appended for the assignment that you distributed. Scroll down your list of students; you will see exclamation marks ( ! ) next to students that have completed the assignment.

Click on the exclamation mark to see more details. From here you will have a button labeled "View" that you will use to view the completed assignment file attachment that the student has submitted. You can then browse the content of the attachment, assign a grade, and also post comments and notes back to the student regarding the assignment.

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Related FAQ's

Q: I sent an e-mail message via the "Send Mail" tool and I received an error message back stating that the message was not delivered to a few of my students - whats wrong?

When we create blackboard accounts for students we use the UIC e-mail address as the default address associated with their account. If students do not use this address or if they have set their account to use another e-mail address that is no longer active you will receive a message stating that the mail could not be delivered. In order to fix this the students in question must login and set their Blackboard e-mail account to a valid, active account. Any Blackboard user can change this themselves by logging in and clicking the MY UIC tab on the main login page and then the "Personal Information" link.

Q: Can I edit a students submitted assignment and then send it back to them using the "Assignment Manager"?

You can edit a students submitted assignment and then send it back to them using the assignment manager. In order to do this you must login and access the students assignment by clicking on the "Grabebook". Once you are in the gradebook find the assignment in question that the student submitted and click on the exclamation point and then the button labeled "View". To view the assignment click on the link to the file.

In order to edit it you must make your edits and then save the file on your own hard drive before re-attaching a file to send back to them.

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