Inline Grading and Assig

Office of Instructional Technology

http://webs.purduecal.edu/oit/

1/20/2016

Kristina Hansen
Purdue University Calumet
Creating an Assignment in Blackboard
1. Log into the course
2. Hover mouse over Assessments. In the drop-down menu, click Assignment.

3. Provide a name, instructions, and attach a file if needed.

4. In the Grading section, enter the Points Possible for the assignment (required) and
attach a rubric.

Adding a Rubric to an Assignment

1. To link your rubric with an assignment, navigate to the link and Edit the assignment.

2. To add the rubric to an assignment/discussion; hover your mouse over Add Rubric and
click on Create New Rubric.

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 3. Provide a name and description for the rubric.

4. In section two, specify the type of Rubric you would like to use for grading: No points,
Points, Point Range, Percent, or Percent Range.

5. To add rows or columns in your rubric, click the appropriate button (e.g. Add Row).

Note: Levels of achievement and criteria will be pre-set; however, these can be
customized by clicking on the action link next to the title of achievement level or criteria
(E.g. Novice) and clicking on Edit.

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 6. In each rubric box, provide the appropriate points/percentages for grading; as well as
associated comments.

7. Once finished with the rubric, click Submit.

8. To show the rubric with scores to your students, hover your mouse over the icon below
Show Rubric to Students.

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 9. Once you have selected all of the options for your assignment, click Submit.

Safe Assign

10. In the Grading section, enter the Points Possible for the assignment (required), and
select Submission Details.

11. Click Submission Details, and under Plagiarism Tools, check the two Safe Assign boxes
(Check submissions for plagiarism and Allow students to view SafeAssign originality
report). Note: Check the third box (Exclude submissions from the Institutional and
Global References Databases) only if the submission is a draft.

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 12. Set-up the due date/availability, and click Submit to finish creating the SafeAssign drop-
box.
13. Successful submissions will resemble the image below, which the student can access by
clicking on the assignment link.

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 a. Grading Options: These options allow you to enable Anonymous Grading, where
students’ names are hidden from submission attempts during grading.

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 You can also use Delegated Grading when you wish to delegate grading
responsibilities to additional graders, such as Teaching Assistants.

b. Display of Grades: This feature allows you to choose how you would like the
grades to display in the grade center (score, letter, percentage, etc.)

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 14. Set-up the due date/availability, and click Submit to finish creating the Assignment
drop-box.

Note: At this time, please click the below icon to enter Student Preview, and submit an
assignment in the dropbox you have just created. Once finished, exist Student Preview
and go to Grade Center > Needs Grading.

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How to use Blackboard Learn’s New Inline Grading Feature?
For assignments that require a Word document or PDF submission, Blackboard now offers the
ability to add comments, highlighting, and more without leaving the grading screen.

1. Log into the course.

2. Click on Grade Center and select Full Grade Center.

3. Click the arrow on the column heading for the assignment you wish to grade, and select
Grade Attempts.

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 4. You will see the document load on the left side of the window.

You can now Comment, Draw, Highlight, add Text, or Strikeout text.

Comment
Clicking the arrow next to the Comment button lets you choose a Point Comment, Area
Comment, or Text Comment. A Point Comment allows you to mark a single point and leave a
comment at that point.

An Area Comment allows you to select a rectangular area of any size and leave a comment.

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A Text Comment allows you to highlight a selection of text and leave a comment (this is similar
to commenting in Word).

For any type of comment, you can delete the comment by moving the mouse over it and
clicking Delete.

Draw
Clicking the Draw button will allow you draw freehand over any portion of the document.
When you are done with a drawing, click Complete underneath it. From that point, even if your
drawing consists of multiple lines, you can move it around the document as a whole.

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Highlight
Clicking the Highlight button will allow you to highlight any portion of text that you select.

Add Text
Clicking the Text button will allow you to add standalone text anywhere in the document. In
addition, after you finish typing, you are able to move the text around the document.

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Strikeout Text
Clicking the Strikeout button will add a strikeout to any text that you have selected. Besides
simply striking out the text, you are also able to add text directly above the strikeout. This does
obscure anything underneath the added text, however.

5. After adding all of your feedback, you may also download the original file or an
annotated PDF version with your feedback by clicking the Download ( ) button, if you
wish.

6. Once you have completed your feedback on the actual document, you may enter a
grade for the Attempt and any general Comments on the right side of the screen.

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 7. Click Submit.
8. After the submission is graded, students will be able to view the graded document inline
as well, without needing to download the document beforehand.

Grading with a Rubric in an Assignment

10. In the full grade center, hover your mouse over the cell of the submission you wish to
grade, click on the action link within the cell and click on Attempt.

11. At the attempt screen, click on View Rubric.

12. A new window will appear with the gradable rubric and you will be able to grade the
rubric according to your specifications.
13. Once you have graded the rubric and provided feedback, if desired; click Save.
14. Click Submit on the submission screen to save your changes to the assignment.

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