{"id":1102,"date":"2011-09-23T16:20:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T21:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2011-09-23T16:20:16","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T21:20:16","slug":"bb-tip-48-wheres-the-digital-dropbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-48-wheres-the-digital-dropbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Bb Tip #48: Where&#8217;s the Digital Dropbox?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The digital dropbox is not available in Blackboard Learn version 9.1. The digital dropbox was replaced with a more robust Assignment tool. The Assignment tool significantly improves file collection and exchange. Rather than having one large unorganized drop box, the Assignment Tool lets faculty create a secure location for students to submit work for each course assignment. Faculty use the Grade Center to monitor the submission process, to view and\/or download submitted work, to compose and send confidential feedback to students, and to grade the assignment. Faculty can download all of a particular assignment\u2019s student submitted files in a single zip file. In the download zip file, each student submitted file will be renamed automatically to include the assignment\u2019s name, the student\u2019s username, as well as the filename the student originally submitted. <\/p>\n<p>Multiple options are available when creating an assignment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assignment Files - allows faculty to attach supplemental information<\/li>\n<li>Assignment Availability - allows faculty to create assignments in advance<\/li>\n<li>Date and Time Restrictions - allows faculty to decide when students can access the assignment<\/li>\n<li>Individual or Group Assignments \u2013 allows faculty to choose who has access to assignment<\/li>\n<li>Tracking Statistics - track the number of views and by whom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Want more information?<\/strong><br \/>\nGetting Started with Assignments - instructors [<a title=\"Assignments\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/Getting_Started_with_Assignments.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">PDF<\/a>].<br \/>\nSubmitting Assignments - students [<a title=\"Submit Assignment\" href=\"http:\/\/ondemand.blackboard.com\/r91\/movies\/bb91_student_submit_assignment.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Video<\/a>].<br \/>\nVisit the <a title=\"Bb FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard FAQs<\/a> for additional blackboard information<br \/>\nor <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a> or call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The digital dropbox is not available in Blackboard Learn version 9.1. The digital dropbox was replaced with a more robust Assignment tool. The Assignment tool significantly improves file collection and exchange. Rather than having one large unorganized drop box, the Assignment Tool lets faculty create a secure location for students to submit work for each <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-48-wheres-the-digital-dropbox\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Bb Tip #48: Where&#8217;s the Digital Dropbox?\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[28,102],"class_list":{"0":"post-1102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blackboard","7":"tag-assignments","8":"tag-digital-drop-box","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-hM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1596,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-69-simplify-assignment-collection\/","url_meta":{"origin":1102,"position":0},"title":"Bb Tip #69: Simplify Assignment Collection","author":"Janice Florent","date":"February 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Assignment Tool is an efficient way to manage and collect your student's individual and group assignments digitally. 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