Hello BB Users
Blackboard offers several ways to provide feedback to students about their assignment. Today, I am going to review one of these options.
With this tip , we assume you are familiar with the process of retrieving a student’s assignment. If not, please review email sent on the subject on 2/24/2010. If you don’t have it, you can find the document and other tips by clicking the help button in the top middle of your blackboard page, then go to “Setup Your Course”, and click “Assignments”.
For this example, we will be using Microsoft Word 2007. If you are using a different version, the Richter Library is offering training videos for current and older versions of Microsoft Office as well as thousands other programs. Click here to access the Library Digital Media Services and then click on the link at the bottom to access Lynda.com. If you are at home you will need to enter your cane ID and password.
How to provide feedback using Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word offers a great feature called track changes. It allows you to provide feedbacks on a document and track all changes made.
1. Open Student Assignment in Word
2. Go to the “Review” tab
1. Click on Track Changes dropdown and click on Change User Name to make sure your name appears as the person editing the document.
2. Change name and initial if necessary and Click OK
3. Check tracking Options by clicking Track Changes Dropdown and click “Change Tracking Options”.
I recommend to leave the default settings but accessing this option will give you an idea of what you will see.
The examples below were created using the default settings.
4. Turn on the Track Changes feature by clicking Track Changes Dropdown and click “Track Changes”
Now everything you change in the document will be tracked.
5. Adding text to the document will show in red
6. Removing text will show a strikethrough
7. If you want to ask a question or want to add a comment about a subject,
a. Highlight the sentence you want to ask a question about.
b. Click on “New Comment” in the ribbon
c. A Comment field will show on the right of the document with your initials linking to the highlighted sentence.
d. Enter your question or comment
8. Save your work in your computer.
It is now time to provide the student with your comments and remarks about his assignment in Blackboard
The process is similar to retrieve the assignment in the Grade Center. If you are not familiar with the process please review the email attached.
1. Go to the Grade Center
2. Next to the icon
, click on the dropdown and got to “Grade Details”.
3. You will now have access the “Grade Details” page:
4. Click on “View Attempt” to locate the assignment uploaded.
**Be careful NOT to click on “Clear Attempt”, it will remove the assignment and the student will have to resubmit it**
5. Enter Grade
6. Attach the document you saved with your track changes
7. Click Submit
8. Students should now be able to review their grade and comments by clicking “View/Complete Assignment: Blackboard assignment”
9. They can now review the grade and feedback from instructor
Please feel free to contact me if you have any question about this tip or about anything else you need assistance with.
Thanks,
Rick Ramos
Blackboard Help Desk Supervisor
305-284-3949
