Create a Blackboard Learn Assignment

You can use assignments to present a variety of learning activities to students which they can view and submit from one location. Students can submit assignments as:

• Text that students include on the Upload Assignment page.
• Attached files.
• A combination of both text and attached files.

View the video below on how to create a Bb assignment:

To add a Blackboard Assignment in your course follow the steps below:

• Visit a content area i.e. Assignments in the course menu.
• Make sure the Edit Mode is ON.
• Roll over the Plus button.
• Click Assignment, from the right pop-up menu.
• Fill in the Name (required field) in the Create Assignment page.
• Add instructions in the content editor (optional).

Enter a descriptive title so students can easily find the assignment among your course content. On the Course Content page, the title appears as the link students select to view the materials. If you don’t add a title, “New Assignment” and the date appear in the content list. If you don’t add content, the assignment won’t appear on the Course Content page.

Attach Files

• Attach a file from your computer by clicking the Attachment button or Drag and Drop the file you want to attach. You can drag one or more files from your computer to the highlighted Attachments area.
• You can save time by uploading documents directly from your preferred Cloud storage solution when authoring content or creating assignments. Your students can also upload assignments directly from their chosen solution. In order to upload through the Cloud Storage you will need to click the Plus button to access the drop-down menu. Select the Cloud Storage.  You can also select to add some of the other options, such as Math equations, Images, Media, and YouTube videos.

Keep in mind: Students can access their cloud storage files when they submit assignments.

• Change the Due Date: Enter the Due Date for the assignment. After Due Date has passed the submitted assignments are graded as late.
• Grades : Add the Points so as to grade the assignment (required field). If you do not wish to grade the assignment add the 0 value.
• In the Submission Details field, choose if this would be an assignment for each student to submit individually – choose Individual Submission radio button – or it would be assigned to a group of students you have already created in Blackboard – choose Group Submission radio button. Select the Number of Attempts for assignment submissions that will be allowed to the students.
• Change Grading Settings: In the Grading Options field you can enable Anonymous Grading, which hides the name of all students during the grading process. You can disable this option on a specific date or after all student submissions are graded. You can select Delegated Grading, which passes grading responsibilities to other graders. Once you have enabled this option, a field will appear below where you can select where to give grader privileges and which papers you want them to grade.
• In the Display of Grades field, you can select how you want to grade the students and how these grades will appear . In the Primary Display option, you can select in what format you want to grade the students (ex. Score). In the Secondary Option you select in what format you want the grades to appear in the grade center.
• Check Include in Grade Center grading calculations if you don’t want to include anonymous graded assignment in column calculations.
• Check Show to students in My Grades, if you want to enable student to view the grade of this specific assignment.
• Check Show Statistics if you want to show statistics of this specific assignment like the average of all the grades of the  students.
• Define the availability of the assignment by checking the Make the Assignment Available check box and select the Number of Attempts for assignment submissions that will be allowed to the students. You can also choose the assignment to be available on a certain period of time by filling in the Limit Availability fields.
• Check the Track Number of Views check-box so as to receive reports on submission and views of students for this assignment.
• Click Submit to finish.