Topic Overview

Follow the steps below to download an attachment a student has submitted with an electronically submitted assignment that has been created by using the Assessment/Assignment tool in Blackboard.

There are 2 basic methods for downloading student assignments - individually or as a bulk (.zip) download.

Steps for Individual Download

  1. Go into the Grade Center.
  2. Scroll to the right until you see the assignment title you are looking for in the header row of the grade center
  3. Hover your mouse over cell of the assignment for an individual student. You'll notice the green exclamation point indicating that there has been an uncollected submission for this student. The drop-down arrow will be highlighted and become active and you can click it for more options.
  4. Choose "View Grade Details".This link will return a comprehensive view of all the details of this students' assignment submissions including any multiple attemps, grading history etc...Click on the "View Attempts" button.


  5. Assignment information and links to submitted work is listed.
  6. In section 2 of the page you should see the attached document of the submission which is being reviewed -  click on it to download it.

Steps for "Bulk" Download

  1. Go into the Grade Center.
  2. Scroll to the right until you see the assignments you are looking for.
  3. Hover your mouse over the assignment until the icon shows with the double down arrows, and click on that.
  4. Choose "View Grade Details".
  5. In the Attempts section, click the double down arrow icon next to the green and select "Open Attempt".
  6. In section 3 of the window that appears you should see the attached document, click on it to download it.

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