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The Assignment Manager tool is located within the content areas of your Blackboard course.

Please Note: The Assignment Manager will automatically generate a Gradebook item for an assignment upon creation. If you previously manually entered the assignment into the Gradebook, you should remove the original entry to avoid confusion.

To create an assignment, click on a Content Area (such as Course Documents) in your course.

Select Evaluate>Create Assignment.

Type the Name of the assignment and the Instructions. Click Browse to attach a file or files (if any) and enter the Points Possible. Set the Availability,Number of Attempts, Tracking, Due Date, and Recipients. Click Submit.

To view submitted assignments, go to the course Gradebook. In the assignment column, you will see an exclamation point for each submitted assignment. Click on the exclamation point to view the assignment.

You may also wish to download the submitted assignments for later review. You may download a compressed folder of assignments through the Gradebook:

1. Click on the item menu.
   
2. Click Assignment File Download:
   
   
3. Select the students to download. Use the Check All to select all students or use the Select Ungraded to select all ungraded assignments. Click Submit.
   
   
4. Click Download assignments now. Click the Save button. Select a location on your computer in which to save the file.