Leave feedback on Blackboard assignments in New Box View

The document viewer for Blackboard assignments was updated to an interface called New Box View at the start of January 2018. You can find out more in our get started with New Box View guide.

Important: Before you start adding any marks and feedback to a Blackboard assignment, please check that you have hidden any columns in Grade Centre that will contain marks you are not ready to release to students.

Important: Unlike Turnitin, feedback for Blackboard assignments does not save automatically. Please click Save Draft to ensure that you don't lose any of your comments.

a. Access the assignment submission that needs marking. See our guide if you need help.

b. When you have opened a student submission, you can enter marks and feedback in the panel on the right. Click the down arrow to expand the feedback section.

c. This will display a text box where you can type feedback for the student. Options in this panel may vary depending on your assignment settings, for example if you have attached a rubric, set up delegated marking, or if the assignment is for a sub-group.

d. When you have finished adding marks and feedback, click Submit. This will add the student's marks to the associated column in Grade Centre.

You can add inline comments to a Blackboard assignment submission by clicking on the document.

Important: Please note that New Box View does not currently support freehand drawing on a submission, or the printing of feedback annotations.

To add a comment:

a. Click the speech bubble icon at the top right of the document viewer.

b. Click anywhere on the document to add a comment.

c. Type your comment in the Add a comment here... text box, then click Post. Please note, the comment will not include any line breaks.

d. A blue speech bubble icon will mark the point in the document where you have added a comment. To view the comment, hover your cursor over this icon. It will display with your name, and the date and time that you left the feedback.

To delete a comment:

Important: You will only be able to delete comments added using New Box View. Any comments added before 1 January 2018 at 14:30 were added in the previous document viewer (Crocodoc) and are now read-only.

a. Hover your cursor over the comment icon that you want to delete.

b. Click the bin icon at the top right of the comment pop up.

c. Click Delete to confirm that you want to remove the feedback comment. Note, it is not possible to undo this action.

To highlight text:

a. Click and drag to select the text you want to highlight.

b. Click the highlighter icon that appears below your selection.

c. The text will be highlighted in yellow.

Note: It is possible to add a comment to the highlighted text by hovering over the highlighted section and clicking the comment icon that appears below it. However, we don't recommend this method as it makes it more difficult for students to find their feedback. This is because you have to hover over the highlighted area before the comment becomes visible.

To remove highlighting from text:

Important: You will only be able to remove highlighting added using New Box View. Any highlighting added before 1 January 2018 at 14:30 was added in the previous document viewer (Crocodoc) and is now read-only.

a. Select the text that you have highlighted.

b. If a comment pops up when you have selected the text, you will not be able to remove the highlighting without first deleting the comment.

c. Click the highlighter icon that appears below your selection.