Blackboard QuickStart Guide for Assessors (LMS login)

Once you have been provided with your Anthology Portfolio User ID and Password, go to the Anthology Portfolio login web page for your institution. If you do not know the correct URL, please visit ep.chalkandwire.com and enter the name of your institution. You will be automatically directed to the correct login page. You should bookmark this URL.

If you have not yet received or have misplaced your Anthology Portfolio User ID and Password, please contact your local Anthology Portfolio Administrator to inquire about receiving your account information.

Step 1: Log In to Blackboard

Step 1: Log In to Blackboard

1. Enter your Username and Password.

2. Click Login.

Step 2: Access Anthology Portfolio via Asisgnment

Step 2: Access Chalk & WIre via Asisgnment

Locate the My Courses window on the right-hand side of your screen.

3. Select the appropriate course by clicking on it.

4. Click on the Content option in the panel on the left-hand side of your screen.

Your assignment link will appear on the content screen.

5. Click on the Assignment Link to access your assignment in Anthology Portfolio.

Step 3: Locate and Assess Student Submission

Locate the appropriate pending assessment and click anywhere on the row to reveal its options.

6. Select Assess.

Step 4: Review the Assessment Interface

The assessment interface will appear on your screen, displaying student work on the left and the assessment instrument on the right.

Step 5: Select Instrument View

Use the Full Instrument option to view the full instrument (all criteria listed at once) in a full screen view. Use the button again to return to the regular view.

Use the Toggle Instrument option to view the student work in a full screen view. Toggle the instrument back to reveal the assessment interface.

Step 6: Comment on Student Work

Providing feedback to students is an important part of their growth. Various commenting options are available in Anthology Portfolio to ensure that you have the necessary tools to provide your students with the best possible feedback.

For instructions on using a specific commenting method, select the method below:

Step 7: Assess and Comment on Criteria

8. Select which criterion you would like to assess by using the Select Specific Criteria drop-down menu, or the PREV and NEXT buttons.

Hover your cursor over the performance levels for the criterion to view their descriptions. Once you have decided which performance level will be selected,

9. Click on the Performance Level to select it. Once selected, it will appear in green.

10. Enter a Criterion-Specific comment.

11. Alternatively, use the Comment Suggestions feature. This feature will provide you with previous comments left on this criterion when the same performance level was selected, as well as your most frequent comments across all criteria and instruments.

If you are using the Comment Suggestions feature,

12. Select whether you would like to view Criterion Comments OR Frequent Comments.

13. Use the Arrows to move through the available comments.

14. When you see the comment that you would like to apply, click on it.

The assessment for the criterion is complete when you have selected a performance level and left a criterion-specific comment. In order to move on to the next criterion,

15. Click on the NEXT button.

Repeat Step 6: Assess and Comment on Criteria until all criteria have been assessed and commented on.

Step 8: Leave an Overall Comment

Ensuring that the Overall Comments tab is selected,

16. Enter an Overall Comment for the assessment.

Step 9: Set Notify & Release Options

Administrators have the ability to lock their own selections in place, disabling Assessors from making changes to the Notify & Release Options. You will still see which options are selected, but will not be able to make different selections.

Ensuring that the Notify & Release Options tag is selected,

17. Select the Notify options:

  • Yes: If you choose to notify the student, an email will be sent to alert them of the completed assessment. If you have also chosen to release the results, the student will be able to view the completed assessment from the My Results screen.
  • No: You can also choose not to notify the student, which means they will not receive an email when the assessment is completed.
  • Notify only When Results Released: This option should be selected if you do not want to notify the student that the assessment is completed until you decide to release the results. In this case, you would be selecting to hold the results of the assessment as well. Only when the results are released will the student be notified of the completed assessment.
  • Notify after Final Escalation Level Complete: This option should be select if the student's work will be sent through escalation, and you would not like for them to see their score until all assessments in the escalation process have been completed.

18. Select the Release options:

  • Immediately: If this option is selected, clicking the Save button, will trigger the release of the completed assessment results. Students will be able to access their results from the My Results screen immediately.
  • Never: This option will prevent students from ever seeing the results of the assessment .
  • Held until released: This option will prevent the results of the completed assessment from being released when completed and will hold the results on your Unreleased Assessments screen until you decide to release them.
  • After final escalation level complete: This option will release the results when the final level of escalation for the instrument has been completed.

Step 10: Save Assessment

19. Click on the green Save button to save the assessment.

If you have not finished the assessment but would like to save your progress, use the Save as Draft option, instead.

A message will appear in green to indicate that the assessment has been saved, and provide you with the final score.

Step 11: Save Grade for Blackboard

If the assessment was created by a submission via LMS integration, you will have the option to save a Final Grade which will appear in the Blackboard gradebook. Depending on the type of integration your institution is using you will either need to enter a percent (out 100%) or a point value (out of the total point value for the assignment).

In either case, the grade displayed in the Blackboard gradebook will be based on the total points selected for the assignment in Blackboard.

Assessors can confirm that the submission is correctly aligned with their LMS assignment and adjust the selection if the student did not submit the assignment via the correct LTI link.

A dropdown displays all possible LMS assignment options, with a highlighted "green" option suggesting the most likely match. Assessors can choose this suggestion or select another option based on their knowledge.

  • If a submission isn't aligned correctly, assessors will see a dropdown menu displaying all possible LMS assignment options. They will also be presented with a message letting them know that a match for this submission could not be located and a choice is required.
  • If a submission is aligned correctly, assessors will see a list with only the assignments that match.  A green highlighted option suggests the most likely match, based on the submission details. The correct LMS assignment option will be selected automatically. Assessors can choose the green suggestion or select another option that fits their knowledge.  
  • Assessors also have the option to choose "None. Don't Send Grade." if they do not want to send the grade to the LMS but would like to still save the LMS grade in Portfolio.

20. Enter the Final Grade % by typing in the text-entry box.

21. Use the For LMS Assignment drop-down menu to select the assignment

22. Click Save.

System Administrators can enable a feature that will auto-populate the Final Grade % field. If this occurs, the grade will be based on the performance level selections in Anthology Portfolio but may be edited if you think a different grade should be entered.

Step 12: View Assessment Results in Blackboard

Step 11: View Assessment Results in Blackboard

23. Click on the Home (house) icon for the course.

24. Using the navigation panel on the left-hand side of your screen, locate and click on Full Results Center until the Results Center heading.

25. The results of the student whom you just assessed in Anthology Portfolio will appear on the Full Results Center screen.

A note about editing grades in Blackboard :

When adjusting grades in Blackboard the grade attempt should be chosen directly and changed.

Editing the grade entry box directly is less reliable.