Assignment Inbox overview

Annotated Assignment Inbox

1. Now viewing – Determines what papers are shown in the current view:

  • All submitted papers
  • Papers that need grading
  • New papers
  • Viewed papers.

2. Submit – Submit a paper on behalf of a student.

3. Export – Download an Excel spreadsheet of the Assignment Inbox statistics. This option is only available after the Post date has passed.

4. Online grading report – View the usage reports for the rubrics, grading reports and QuickMarks associated with this assignment.

5. Roster sync – Update the students able to submit to this assignment:

  • Turnitin is only aware of the students in a Blackboard module at the time the assignment was created.
  • If students join your module after this date, they will not appear in the Submission Inbox until they have accessed an assignment in the course.
  • Click Roster sync to update the Submission Inbox.

6. Edit assignment settings – Edit the assignment settings.

7. Email non-submitters – Opens a blank email within Blackboard to email students who have not submitted.

8. Author – This shows the name of the student:

  • If Anonymous marking is enabled this is masked until after the post date.

9. Title – The name given to the assignment by the student, this often includes their Candidate number:

  • It is also a link to open the assignment in the Document viewer in Feedback Studio.
  • -nosubmission- indicates this student did not submit.

10. Similarity – Shows the Similarity Score from Feedback Studio:

  • It is also a link to open the assignment in the Document viewer in Feedback Studio with the Similarity Report showing.
  • Two dashes indicates that the Similarity Report is pending.

11. Grade – Shows the mark given to this assignment:

  • It is also a link to open the assignment in the Document viewer in Feedback Studio.
  • The pencil indicates that this assignment does not have a grade.

12. Response – Indicates whether the student has viewed their feedback:

  • Dot – this student has not seen their feedback.
  • Person and tick – this student has seen their feedback for at least 30 seconds.

13. File – Download the original submission file or a PDF version.

14. Paper id – the unique reference number for this submission.

15. Date – the date of the submission:

  • Dates in red indicate a submission made after the deadline.
  • ‘Late’ there is no submission at this point.

Need help? Contact the Technology Enhanced Learning team on telsupport@aston.ac.uk