Before submitting please make sure that you have followed local instructions relevant to your particular assignment, for example regarding file formats, naming of files etc.
Then submit as follows:

For a Blackboard assignment:

• Click on the appropriate course
• Find the point in the course where you need to submit (hopefully this is clearly signposted in the course).  In some courses you may be required to complete a checklist before you can see the submission point.
• Once you find the point, click on the view/complete assignment link
• Use the browse button to locate your file to upload and then click on submit.

To check that the submission has been successful please refer to the following FAQ:
As a student how can I check that I have successfully submitted an assignment?

For a Turnitin assignment through Blackboard:

• Click on the appropriate course
• Find the point in the course where you need to submit (hopefully this is clearly sign posted in the course). In some courses you may be required to complete a checklist before you can see the submission point.
• Once you find the point, click on the view/complete link
• Click on the Submit button, then follow the instructions.

For Turnitin assignments you should receive an e-mail receipt when you have submitted.

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If you have any questions regarding online submission of assignments please contact the relevant lecturer or administrator in the first instance.

 

You can check whether an assignment has been successfully submitted to Blackboard without needing to contact course administrators or Blackboard support.

1. Log in to the appropriate course
2. Go to Course Tools (left hand side menu)
3. Click on My Grades. You should see an overview of your grades for the particular Blackboard course.
4. If an assignment has been submitted and is awaiting marking you should see a green exclamation mark (!) next to it. Click on the exclamation mark.
5. The uploaded assignment should appear in the User's files section.
6. Click on the file and check that you can open it.
   
   

• If you see an attempt in progress icon at step 4 rather then an exclamation mark, then your assignment has not been submitted.  If the deadline has not yet passed then go back into the assignment submission point , check that the file is there (or upload it) and then make sure you click on Submit (not Save). Then follow steps 2 - 6 above.

• If your assignment has not been submitted and you are unable to access the submission point then please contact the relevant lecturer or administrator in the first instance.

Please note - the above instructions relate to Blackboard assignments. If you are submitting to Turnitin through Blackboard you should receive an e-mail receipt.

Currently, there are many different ways to be enrolled on a Blackboard course, so the answer is not simple. You will need to work through the following decision tree to identify the likely problem and the person who can help.

Please note that the link between the University’s datahub (which stores the data on which courses you have registered on) and Blackboard is very robust. About 85% of the problems with students not being enrolled on the correct course is “upstream” and can be rectified very quickly and simply within the Department. The aim of this decision matrix is to help you identify who to contact to rectify the problem as quickly as possible.

Decision 1: Is the course id a unit code?

If the course ID is not an official unit code, i.e., it is not in the format of aaaa11111 then there is no automatic enrollment on these courses. So if you are not enrolled on this type of course you should contact your lecturer to arrange for you to be enrolled.

Decision 2: Is the course actually available in Blackboard?

You may not be aware, but not every taught course uses Blackboard. So you need to check with your lecturer(s) that they are using Blackboard to support their teaching.

If they say that they are using Blackboard and you aren’t enrolled then you need to do the following;

Login to Blackboard, click on the courses tab and search using the unit code. If the course is not listed, but the lecturer says they have been adding information then you need to contact them and suggest that the course needs to be set as available. Please note, by default courses are created as not available. If you do not feel comfortable approaching the lecturer about this then contact bb-help@bristol.ac.uk.

If the course is listed, and it is a unit code and you are not enrolled then access the University Portal and check your, Courses >> My Courses >> Unit registration to make sure that you are actually registered on the right unit. If you are not, then contact your Departmental Administrator and say you’ve not been registered on the unit.

If you are, then leave it for 24 hours (it might be a blip and the link between student records and Blackboard can take 24 hours to work through). Then after 24 hours if you still aren’t enrolled, contact your Departmental Administrator to check if the registration process has been completed.

If the department administrator confirms that your registration is fine, and you are still not on the correct unit, then contact bb-help@bristol.ac.uk stating the unit code that you are having problems with and confirming that you have worked through this document.

As we are approaching the end of the academic year, please consider when you plan to archive and recycle your Blackboard courses.

It is the responsibility of course lecturers to archive (save a copy of) their course, or arrange for a departmental administrator to do this for them. Archiving  ensures that important information is available if needed for subsequent appeals or in the event of accidental deletion during the recycle process. Recycling ensures that old or out of date information is removed from courses before the start of the new academic year (this can include students).

The key steps are outlined below, please be aware that if you co-teach on a Blackboard course then you might wish to discuss the procedure with your colleagues before commencing.

 

Step 1: Archive the course

Background

This will allow you to save an exact copy of the course as a zip file on your local intranet / computer. If you ever need to see this course you’ll need to contact bb-help@bristol.ac.uk or your local Blackboard Administrator to request that the archive file be restored. 

Instructions

1. Enter the course Control Panel
2. Click on Archive Course (bottom left corner)
3. Follow onscreen instructions to create the archive
4. Once the archive has been generated (you will receive an automated e-mail informing you when this is complete) you then need to save it outside of Blackboard.
   
5. To do this go to the Control Panel again, click on Archive Course, and you will see an archive file zip package.
6. Click on the file and choose to save it to an appropriate location e.g.shared network drive
   

 

Step 2: Recycle the course

Background

This will allow you to remove parts of the course in preparation for the start of a new course, i.e., remove all your announcements, remove users (students), clear discussion boards. Please note, that the recycle process can not be reversed, once you’ve deleted it, it has gone. Therefore, please archive the course and ensure you have saved the archive file outside of Blackboard beforehand.

Instructions

1. Enter the course Control Panel
2. Click on Recycle Course
3. Follow onscreen instructions

Please note – if you decide to remove (recycle) course content then it will remove the folder structure as well as the documents !

If you have Turnitin submission points in your course removing them may prevent you from being able to view submissions and originality reports. Please email bb-help@bristol.ac.uk for more advice.

 

Step 3: 1-2-1 course review

Why not contact bb-help@bristol.ac.uk to request a 1-2-1 course review. This will give you the opportunity to discuss with a member of the e-Learning Team how you might use Blackboard to further support your teaching.

 

Yes. Details of how anonymous marking works in Turnitin can be found on the Turnitin website.