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Assignments & Rubrics
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Should I use a rubric?
- Should students see rubric descriptions?
- Should students see rubric score range?
- Should students see rubric after grading?
Should I use SafeAssign?
- Should students see the originality report?
- Should submissions be excluded from the Institutional or Global Reference Databases? (common for draft assignments)
Assignments
Rubrics
- Rubric
- A scoring tool you can use to evaluate graded work and for students to know your expectations for grades given
Create Rubrics
Associating Rubrics with Gradable Content
More with Rubrics
SafeAssign
- Get Started with SafeAssign
- Blackboard Learn (Enable SafeAssign) | Video - Use SafeAssign (4 min)
- DirectSubmit (Run Paper Through SafeAssign, but not Assignment)
- Originality Report
- Grade with SafeAssign
- How do I add SafeAssign after a student submits the assignment?
- Other SafeAssign FAQs
- What students see when you have selected SafeAssign
- When submitting a paper
- Viewing Originality Report (if you let them view it)
- When submitting a paper
Tests & Surveys
Create Tests and Surveys
More with Tests & Surveys
Discussion Board
- Forum
- An area of the Discussion Board where participants discuss a topic or a group of related topics
- Thread
- An initial post in the Discussion Board and all replies to it
Grading
- Grade Columns
- Assignment Inline Grading | Video - Inline Grading (1.5 min)
- Grade with Rubrics | Video - Grade with Rubrics (1 min) - Locate and select point values when grading with an embedded rubric in the Grade Center.
When using a rubric, don't forget to add feedback through the Show Feedback option.
Class - Video Conferencing
Class is a virtual classroom you can access in your course within Blackboard.
Tips to using Class
- You can use it on Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iPad, or Mobile.
- Chromebook and Mobile users must join from the Web App.
- The Class Web App must be launched in Chrome or Edge. It will not work on Firefox, Safari, or any other web browser.
- For a better experience, try to minimize the number of tabs you have open when using Class.
From your Original View course, look for the Class Video Conferencing link found in Blackboard Tools on the left-hand navigation and click on it.
Click on the Join Class Blue Button
From here you will be given two options to Launch Class
- Launch Class Button
This button launches the desktop app version of Class. First-time users will be asked to download the Class app before entering the room. Please follow the default prompts for installation. We strongly recommend the app for the best Class experience.
- Launch Class for Web Button
This launches Class in your web browser; no download is needed to enter the room. Class for Web must be launched in Chrome or Edge only. Firefox and Safari are not supported.
