Quick & Easy Guidelines for Student Assignment Manager Submissions

Here are some quick guidelines you can copy and paste into your course(s) for your students. You might find them helpful in making sure your students understand how students use the assignment function in Blackboard.

Naming your files

• Please begin your filename with your last name, followed by some descriptive text. For example: smith_case_summary2.doc.
• Please do not use any of these symbols (or spaces) in your file names: # % $ & * as they sometimes cause problems in Blackboard.

Completing/Submitting Assignments

1. Every assignment has a View/Complete Assignment link at the bottom of the description/explanation of the assignment. This link takes you to an area where you can
   
   a. find attached files associated with the assignment (if any)
   
   b. attach/upload your completed assignment (i.e., return to this area when you're ready to submit your work)
   
   
2. When you're ready with your assignment file, go back to the View/Complete Assignment link that corresponds to the assignment you want to submit and follow the steps for attaching your file and sending me a brief comment. Be sure to click "Submit" (and not "Save" - see below).
   
   NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, all assignments are to be submitted as separately attached files (e.g., Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, etc., as appropriate). The comments box is generally not the place to enter your assignment response.
   
   
3. Once you submit an assignment, I will grade it and give you feedback. To access your grade/feedback, go to Course Tools > My Grades. If you see an exclamation point (!) where your grade should be, that means I haven't graded it yet, please be patient. If you see a padlock icon, that means that you have clicked Save rather than Submit (in lower right corner).
   
   Save means you intend to come back later and finish (e.g., it's a work in progress). Submit means you're ready to have the Blackboard system send it to me for grading and feedback.