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=Instructions for Blackboard Learn 9.1: Resetting Assignments and Assessments=

Follow these instructions to allow a student to resubmit an assignment or retake a quiz. You may also want to set up your assignments to allow multiple submissions by default.
==Allow Additional Attempts on Assignments==

1. From the ‘Full Grade Center’, click the dropdown arrow beside the assignment you need to edit and click ‘View Grade Details’. 
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2. On the ‘Grade Details’ page, you have several options for allowing another attempt. 
* Choose one attempt to delete. This will delete all traces of the submission from Blackboard.
* Clear the attempt. 
* This will delete all traces of the submission from Blackboard.
* Ignore the attempt. This will retain the submission but it will not be counted in the student’s grade calculations and it will not be counted as an attempt.
====The recommended way is to simply allow an additional attempt.====
* Click ‘Allow Additional Attempt’ to allow the student to submit the assignment again. 
* This option will only show if the student has reached the maximum number of allowed attempts and will retain a record of the student’s submissions.
* Click ‘Return to Grade Center’ to return to the grade center.
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===Allow Multiple Submissions===
You may want to set the default to allow multiple attempts so that you do not have to continually allow additional attempts.
* 1. From the ‘Assignments’ page, click the dropdown beside the assignment you need to edit and choose ‘Edit’. [[File:Settings_1.png|450px|centre]]
* 2. In section 4, ‘Availability’, edit the number of attempts to ‘Unlimited’ or set a specific number.[[File:Settings_2.png|450px|centre]]
* 3. Click ‘Submit’ at the bottom or top of the page to save your settings.

==Reset an Assessment (Quiz or Mid-Term)==

====From the ‘Full Grade Center’, click the dropdown arrow beside the assessment you need to edit and click ‘View Grade Details’.====[[File:Reset_Ass_1.png|450px|centre]]
====You may either delete an attempt, clear an attempt, or ignore an attempt.====
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If you have questions, please contact elearningfacilitator@tru.ca.