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Q) How do I view, submit, upload and view grades of my assignments in Blackboard?

A) The Assignment tool allows the instructor to make documents available for you to download to your computer, make changes to the assignment and upload back into Blackboard. These documents do not have to be in HTML.

Assignments

The Assignments tool is usually available as a link from a Content Page or the Navigation Bar on the left of the course.

View assignments

1. From Assignments, click the name of the assignment you want to view. The Assignment screen for that assignment appears.
2. If your instructor has included assignment-related files for you to download, an the files will be listed.

Submitting assignments

Submitting an assignment involves two steps:

1. Upload the file from your computer to Blackboard
2. Submit the file for grading

Uploading an assignment

1. From Assignments, click the name of the assignment you want to submit. The Assignment screen for that assignment appears.
2. To choose which file to upload, under Submit Assignment, click Upload File. The Upload File For Assignment screen appears.
3. To locate the file, click Browse to open your computer's browser.
4. Select the file by clicking on it and click Open.
5. Click on the Upload button to upload the file. You are then returned to the Assignment screen for that assignment, with the name of the file in the Student Files table.

Submitting the file for grading

1. To submit the uploaded assignment(s), under Submit Assignment, click the Submit Assignment button. Note: All assignment files in the Student Files table will automatically be submitted. The Assignment Submission Confirmed screen appears.
2. When asked to confirm the assignment click Ok.
3. As part of the submission confirmation you will see a success message, date assignment was submitted, list of files submitted and whether or not you can retrieve your assignment for resubmission.

Viewing Graded Assignment Files

1. Click Assignments. The Assignments screen appears, with the message Graded appearing in the Status column and your grade appears in the Grade column.
2. Click the Graded link to view your instructor's comments about your work. The Assignment Results screen appears.
3. Under Graded Files you will see the table of graded files from your instructor.
4. Click the name of the file you want to view or download.