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Download Assignments
Downloading assignments refers to the grading data of student submissions, handled through the Grade Center (for Bb Original Courses) and the Gradebook (for Bb Ultra Courses).
Download Assignments from the Grade Center (Original)
- Log in to learn.bu.edu using your BU login name and Kerberos password
- Enter your course using the My Courses widget.
- Select Assignments under Full Grade Center .
- Click on the down-pointing chevron next to the column title of the assignment that you wish to download.
- On the Download Assignment page, select the check boxes to download available submissions.
- Click Submit . You’ll see a message confirming that the files have been exported.
Download Assignments from the Gradebook (Ultra)
The following instructions detail how to download assignments from the Course Gradebook in Blackboard Ultra. For more information and instructions about using the Gradebook, check out this page .
To accelerate your grading process, you can download students’ assessment submissions and view them offline. You can download all or only selected submissions as a single ZIP file. Unzip or expand the file to view the contents.
- Each submission is saved as a separate file with each student’s username.
- Your TAs, Facilitators, and Graders are also allowed to download assessment submissions.
- From the Institution Page or your course’s Course Content page, navigate to the Ultra Gradebook .
- List view : Item’s Submissions page > menu in the header row
- If you allowed multiple attempts, the files for all attempts for each student are included.
- Select Create ZIP File to start the process.
- In the pop-up box, select Send . The file is created in the background and you automatically return to the Submissions list page or grid view. The process takes a few moments based on the size of the file.
- If you delete the email and course message with the link to download the file, you have to rerun the download.
You can also download the full gradebook or select columns from your Ultra courses. You can export the file in a comma-delimited (CSV) or tab-delimited (XLS) format. Visit the Blackboard Learn Ultra Gradebook instructions page to learn more.
How to View and Download Blackboard Assignment Submissions
After students have submitted assignments you may view them online or download them. If you download assignments you have the option to download all assignments en masse.
Grade Centre
1. From your course’s Control Panel, expand the Grade Centre menu and choose Full Grade Centre .
Columns and Rows
2. Within the Grade Centre you will see a column corresponding to any assignments you have created.
3. Each row shows a student on the course. Where their row meets the assignment column you will see if they have made a submission . The icon legend will explain the icons you may see. When a student has made a submission the “ needs grading ” icon appears. This is a quick way to identify those who have made a submission and those who have not.
In the next slides we will look at viewing and downloading individual submissions and then at downloading submissions en masse .
Individual Submissions
4. To view an individual student’s submission first identify the cell where the student’s row corresponds with the assignment column and hover you mouse over it.
5. An action button will appear, click on it to reveal a menu .
6. Click on View Grade Details .
Grade Details
7. The Grade Details screen summarises a number of details about the submission such as when it was made, how many attempts have been submitted, and any feedback and scores that have already been entered.
8. To view a student’s submission click on View Attempts .
Preview and download
9. You are presented with a preview of the file. This is possible with certain filetypes that can be previewed.
10. The student’s accompanying comments are displayed on the right .
11. To download the file click on the download icon , which is encircled in the above screenshot.
12. Next we will look at how to download all submissions en masse.
13. Go back to the Grade Centre .
Assignment File Download
14. Find the column that corresponds to your assignment and hover your mouse pointer over the name of the assignment at the top of the column. Click on the action button .
15. Choose Assignment File Download from the menu that appears.
Select Students
16. Select the students whose submissions you wish to download by placing a tick in the box beside their name . Note that you may select all by ticking the box at the top of the column as shown in the screenshot.
17. Choose whether you wish to download the most recent attempt , or all attempts .
18. Click Submit .
19. A zip file containing the assignments will be made available to you to download.
20. Right click on the link to the file and choose Save link as…
21. Choose where to save the file. You may then open it from your computer and access the submissions.
Downloading papers
You can download and save papers submitted to an assignment one by one, or in bulk, as a zip file. If the GradeMark or Peer Review products are active on your account, you will have the option of downloading a PDF version of the submission, or the file in its original format.
- For Peer Review and GradeMark accounts, a pop-up window will prompt you to opt to download the submission in its originally submitted format, or in PDF format.
Media files can only be downloaded in their original format.
Bulk downloading papers
You can also download papers in bulk into a zip file, either in the submission's original file format or in GradeMark format.
- Click on ok to accept the download.
- We'll now work away in the background creating a zip file with your requested files. Feel free to use Turnitin as normal while we process your files.
- Inside your Messages tab you will have a new notification from us. Open the message to find your download link.
Downloading files in the document viewer
Files can be downloaded directly from the document viewer.
By clicking Download PDF of the current view for printing when dealing with a media file submission, only the submission information and comments added in GradeMark will appear within the PDF.
Downloading media files in the document viewer
When opening a media file submission in the Turnitin Document Viewer, you will immediately be prompted to download the file in its original format. From here, you can provide feedback on the submission in GradeMark using the blank paper provided.
- Select the title of the paper from the Title column in the Assignment Inbox; this will open the paper in the Document Viewer.
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In the Grade Center, access the assignment column's menu and select Assignment File Download. On the Download Assignment page, select the student submissions to download -OR- select the check box in the header bar to choose all available submissions. Select Submit . On the next Download Assignment page, select the Download assignments now link.
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assignment at the top of the column. • Select the option Assignment File Download from the menu. • From the Download Assignment screen: Check the box next to each student assignment to download (or check the box next to Name to select all). • Select which attempt(s) and click the Submit button (Last Attempt file or All Attempt files).
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