Blackboard Online (Non-Anon/Group) (Ultra): 4.1: Non-distributed & distributed marking guides


  1. Navigate to the submission point and click the assignment title to enter it.
  2. Click on Submissions to review all submissions to the submission point.
  3. Change the Student Status filter to Submitted.
  4. Change the Marking Statuses filter to Needs Marking.
  5. With these filters applied, only those students who have submitted work that requires marking will be displayed.
  6. Click on each student’s name to enter the review and marking interface for their submission.
  7. If you need to review work you have already marked, alter the filters to adjust what work is visible.


If you are marking using a distributed system, follow the instructions below to locate the submissions allocated to you. Once you have located your allocated submissions, follow the marking instructions below.

  1. Navigate to the Gradebook.
  2. Go to the Marks
  3. Click on Filter.
  4. Change the Groups option to the group you have been allocated. Your administration team or the unit director will have advised you which group you need to mark.
  5. Change the Markable Items option to the assignment you have been asked to mark.
  6. Click apply.

Only the students within your marking allocation should now be visible to you. Click on a cell and select View to get to the marking screen.