Student Guide: Piazza
A student guide to using Piazza.
Tag: Blackboard
Piazza: Get Started
Step-by-step instructions for setting up Piazza for your Blackboard course.
Turnitin: A student guide to submitting an assignment
A student guide to submitting an assignment using Turnitin.
A Little Glossary of Online Marking
This page explains some of the common terms used in online marking.
Blackboard Assignments vs Turnitin: Which tool should I use?
This article offers a comparison between Blackboard assignments and Turnitin assignments, and explains the common features and considerations that might influence the choice of tool.
Online Submissions: Supported files
Turnitin and the Blackboard Assignment tool can be set up to allow any file type. However, only supported file types can be checked for similarity or graded online. Read more about supported files here.
How to create an individual assignment in Blackboard
This video details the process of setting up an individual (as opposed to group) assignment in Blackboard.
How to create a group assignment in Blackboard
This video shows the step-by-step process of creating a group assignment in Blackboard.
Setting up a Blackboard online assessment
This pages explains how to setup an online assessment using Blackboard to create a test, add questions, and make the test available to students.
Using Blackboard assignments for online exams
This guide is aimed at setting up a Blackboard assignment tool for use in the upcoming exam period. Some of the settings discussed here are specific for the exam context and will not be suitable for a piece of course work.