SafeAssign for Instructors

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The following tutorial will help you create a SafeAssign on your course Home Page and mange the SafeAssign Assignment, check the SA Report and assign a grade.

Step 1. Log in to Blackboard, choose a course you want to create the SafeAssign for. Make sure you have the Build tab selected.

Step 2.

Click on the Add Content Link drop-down menu:

and select the SafeAssign option. You may choose from the inventory if previous SafeAssign Assignments were created or just click on the Create SafeAssign button:
Step 3. Enter a title for the SafeAssign and click on the Configure! button.
Step 4. A message will appear on the Home Page indicating that “the items were added to this folder” and you should be able to see the SafeAssign icon on the Home Page
Step 5. In order to create or modify a specific assignment for SafeAssign you need to switch to the Teach tab
Step 6.

From the Home Page, click on the SafeAssign link you created.
Click on the Create SafeAssignment button
. Provide a Title for this assignment, optional description and read through the options for modification provided.
Click on the Save button .
A message will appear indicating that a new assignment was created and you will be able to see the assignment with a green check mark:
Step 7.

Click on the Assignment in order to view it. If you wish to check the SafeAssign Report (SA Report), click on the green check mark.
To assign a grade for the assignment, click on the exclamation mark
(!) under Grade:

Note: A column will be created automatically for the assignment in the Grade Book with the title you created for it.