ASSIGNMENTS AND RUBRICS
Connie Weber
CWEBER@BLACKBOARD.COM
Managing Assignments & Tests
More Efficiently
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Bb Assignment Lifecycle
Instructor creates
assignment
Assignment
is made
available
for
students
through
Content
Area
Grade
Center
Column
Create
d
Students Complete
assignment
Instructor accesses
Assignment(s) via
grade center
Instructor
assigns final grade
and feedback
Student reviews
final grade
and feedback
OR
Instructor marks, &
returns for
resubmission
Student(s) review
grade and
feedback.
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Focus on Design: Presenting Assignments
Option A: All assignments appear in one Content Area
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Focus on Design: Presenting Assignments
Option B: Add assignments to different Content Areas
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Focus on Design: Presenting Assignments
Option C: Add all assignments to one Content Area PLUS links in other
areas
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Creating Assignments
1.
In Edit Mode, access the Content Area.
2.
On the Content Area’s Action Bar, click Evaluate.
3.
On the drop-down list, select Create Assignment.
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Creating Assignments
4.
Enter a Name.
5.
Add Instructions.
6.
Attach a file (Optional).
7.
Enter Points Possible.
8.
Select Availability
and Attempt* options.
*Note: Under Availability, if you allow more than one
attempt, Grade Center uses the most recent
attempt. A different attempt can be used for
the score by editing the column in the Grade
Center.
9.
Optionally, select a Due Date.
10.
Select the radio node by the
intended Recipients.
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Creating Assignments: Due Dates & Recipients
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Needs Grading View
No more scrolling to find out
what needs to be graded.
Dashboard and Email
Notifications.
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Reviewing and Grading Assignments
1.
On the Control Panel, click Grade Center under
Evaluation.
2.
In Grade Center, locate the cell for the student’s
assignment containing an exclamation mark.
FTCC Basic Math MOOC
3.
Move the mouse pointer over the cell to see the Action Link.
4.
Click the Action Link to access the contextual menu.
5.
Select View Grade Details.
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Inline Assignment Grading
Supported document types that can
be converted include Word (.doc,
.docx), PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx),
Excel (.xls,.xlsx), and PDF (.pdf).
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Rubrics
• What are rubrics?
– Scoring guide
– Authentic assessment tool
– Working guide for students
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Delicious
3
Good
2
O.K.
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Poor
Chocolate chip in every
bite
Chips in about 75% of
bites
Chocolate in 50% of
bites
Too few or too many
chips
Chewy
Chewy in middle, crisp
on edges
Texture either
crispy/crunchy or 50%
uncooked
Texture resembles a
dog biscuit
Color
Golden brown
Either light from
overcooking or light from
being 25% raw
Either dark brown
from overcooking or
light from
undercooking
Burned
Taste
Home-baked taste
Quality store-bought
taste
Tasteless
Store-bought flavor,
preservative
aftertaste – stale,
hard, chalky
Rich, creamy, high-fat
flavor
Medium fat contents
Low-fat contents
Nonfat contents
Number of Chips
Texture
Richness
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… teaching
Rubric design based on
learning outcomes
Make adjustments to
teaching based on
reflections
PLAN
REFLECT
TEACH
Emphasise the
use of rubrics
Identify common
areas of strengths and
weaknesses
ASSESS
Look for
patterns
Score student work
using rubric
Adapted from Stevens & Levi, 2013
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Let’s see the cookie rubric in Blackboard
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Resources
Instructors, Students and Admin:
Blackboard Help
• New Release Info
• Supported Browser Information
• Help Manual: Key Topics, Search, All Bb Learn Topic and Details
• https://help.blackboard.com/
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