Navigating Through Folders and Items | Navigation Path | Assignments

Announcements

Instructors often times use the Announcements screen to provide you with current information about the Blackboard course. Usually, when you first login to the course, it is the Announcements screen that first appears. However, sometimes your instructor may alter Blackboard so you login to a different area other than the Announcements screen.

If that happens, but you would like to go and see the Announcements screen, click the Announcements button on the navigation Button Bar. Doing this will navigate you directly to the Announcements screen.

Navigating Through Folders and Items

Professors may want to place a number of single item course material all in one location. To properly manage the material then, professors will create folders and place the materials there. These folders, in turn, can be placed in various sections of Blackboard.

For you to access the material inside the folders, all you need do is click the title link that is to the right of the folder.

Navigation Path

As you click on folders and move deeper into the course site, the path that you have followed will be displayed at the top of the window.

Each step in the path is a link back to that section or folder. Sometimes called "breadcrumbs," these links can help you find your way around the Blackboard site.

Assignments

When your professor creates an assignment, it will appear somewhere in your Blackboard course site. When you open the Assignment, you will see your professor's instructions and you may find files that your professor has attached for you to use in the Assignment. You read the instructions, download the files and begin working on the Assignment. When you are finished with the Assignment, you can enter your comments to your professor in the comments section, attach your own files, (if you have any,) and submit the Assignment to your professor. Finally, your professor grades the Assignment and returns it to you.

Open an Assignment

1. Login to Blackboard and open the course containing the Assignment.
2. Go to the section of the course web site containing the Assignment.
3. Click the View/Complete Assignment link.
4. Read the instructions.
5. If necessary, view/download any attached files.
6. Begin working on the Assignment.

Save an Assignment
Some assignments can be completed in one sitting. You may have other assignments that you work on for several days or weeks before submitting them. Blackboard allows you can begin an assignment, save your work and return to it later.

1. Click on the Assignment to open it.
2. If applicable, enter your comments into the comments box.
3. If applicable, attach your files to the assignment. (See instructions on attaching files below.)
4. Click Save.

Attach a File

1. Click on the Assignment to open it.
2. Click the Choose File button in the middle of the window.
3. Select the file you wish to attach from the dialog box that appears.
4. If necessary, click the Add Another File button to attach additional files.
5. Click Save or Submit.

Submit an Assignment
When you have completed an Assignment, you must submit it to your instructor.

1. Click on the Assignment to open it.
2. Enter your comments into the comments box.
3. If necessary, attach any files that you need to submit with your assignment.
4. Click Submit.

View a Graded Assignment

1. Login to Blackboard.
2. Open the Course containing the assignment.
3. Click the Tools link in the course navigation bar.
4. Click My Grades.
5. You will see your grade displayed under the name of the Assignment.
6. To view detailed feedback, click on the grade. A window displaying the instructions, your answers and the instructor's feedback will open.

Submitting a Safe Assignment

1. From a content area within a course, select the Safe Assignment and click View/Complete.
2. The Upload Safe Assignment page will appear.
3. Complete the page using the table below as a guide and click Submit.