Blackboard Student Handout: Using the Assignment Tool

Find Your Assignment

· Your professor will tell you where your assignment is located within your course.

· Locate the assignment, click onto the “View/Complete” link.

Selecting the “View/Complete” link to download an assignment.

· Within the next screen, you are given two options:

1. Download the assignment file to your computer so you can complete it.

2. Submit the assignment to your instructor (after completion).

Download Assignment File

· To download the file your instructor has attached to the assignment, click onto the name of the assignment file (see below)

Selecting the link to the Assignment file to download.

· Here are your download options:

1. You can either download the attached file to your computer (if your instructor wants you to work on that file), or

2. Open it, view it, and print it out.

· OPTIONAL: Use the save button only if the assignment is completely online (not an attached file). Save indicates to your instructor that you are working on the assignment. If you use this option, you MUST remember to later submit the completed assignment using the Submit button.

Submit Assignment to Your Instructor

1. Return to the place within your course where your instructor placed the assignment.
2. Select the View/Complete link.
3. Get ready to upload your completed assignment.
4. Find the Assignment Materials section of the page. Do the following:

a. Comments – Enter comments to your instructor about the assignment you are about to submit (required).

b. Attach local file – attach your completed assignment file. Use the Browse button to locate the file you want to attach. To attach more than one file, click onto the “Add Another File” link.

c. Click Submit at the bottom of the page to submit the assignment to your professor.