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BlackBoard Usage Tips and Tricks

This info for facilitators. No test answers or grading information here, sorry, these are reminders on actions we as course faculty may need to take during the semester.

Release a column for students to view in Grade Center

Let students see how they did.
It's easy to open or release a column in Grade Center for students to view. It's also the same steps to hide the column from view.

  1. Go to Grade Center
  2. Go to column you want to open (or close)
  3. Click on the to open the options dropdown
  4. Click on Hide from students (on/off) option to flip state

Let students see the answers to the quiz

Make assessment answers visible to students

1. Assessments, for the assessment in question, right-click and Edit the Test Options
2. Scroll down to Show test results and feedback to students
3. Set After submission and tick 6 boxes
4. Then Submit

Let students take an assessment after due date

Let students take the quiz late.

1. Assessments, for the assessment in question, right-click and Edit the Test Options
2. Scroll down to DUE DATE
3. Remove the checkmark from Do not allow students to start the Test if the due date has passed
4. Then Submit

View TurnItIn (TII) Data in Grade Center

It used to be easy. Now it's a bit less obvious, as of late 2023+.

  1. Grade Center
  2. Full Grade Center (or pick a group)
  3. Turnitin for assignment 1 (5 or 6)
  4. For a student, any student
  5. Grade User Activity

Allow a student to retake a quiz or resubmit an assignment

A student has taken a quiz or submitted homework. They want to retake the quiz or resubmit the homework, and you have Instructor permission to allow this. The idea is to (a) retain the current attempt and (b) allow another attempt that will be scored. It's important to retain the history1)

  1. Grade center
  2. Go to the cell with the student's quiz or assignment data, that will be re-attempted
  3. Open the dropdown and select View Grade Details
  4. See the current submission; click on Ignore Attempt

    although this figure is for a quiz, you would do the same for an assignment.

Examity: How to see what students have and have not scheduled their final exam

  1. From course menu, select Examity
  2. Reports
  3. Schedule Status
    • For the current course you see the exam start and end dates, number of test takers, number scheduled, number unscheduled.
  4. Click on the number under Scheduled Test-takers or Unscheduled Test-takers to see a list of students in each situatation.

OR

  • Schedule Details – also lists each student in the class who has signed up for the final, adding when they created their appointment and other details.

OR

  • From the top Examity menu, select Test-takers
  • This shows all students. Profile=Complete means they've scheduled their final. Profile=Incomplete means they have not.

OR

  • From top Examity menu, select Courses
  • Select current running of the course
  • Select Test-Takers * See those who have scheduled their final (Profile=Complete) or not (Profile=Incomplete); and also students with “Accommodation”. ===Other items of note with Examity=== * From the top Examity menu, Courses'' shows past final exams (e.g., 2021 Spring, 2022 Fall, etc). You can see the information from these previous final exams.
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I don't know why but heck it's not a bad idea
blackboardtips.1713529053.txt.gz · Last modified: 2024.04.19 08:17 by Steve Isenberg