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Create an Assignment Using Blackboard LTI 1.3

Create an assignment in Spark using Blackboard® LTI 1.3.

Prerequisite: Create a Course
Important To ensure student scores are captured in the Gradebook, do not create an assignment directly in Spark. Follow the steps below and create a direct link for your students.

Launch the National Geographic Learning Content Selector

Before you can create an assignment, you must first lauch the National Geographic Learning Content Selector in Blackboard.

  1. Navigate to your Blackboard course.
  2. Add the content app.

    Blackboard Ultra

    1. Click +Add Content.
    2. Select Content Market.

    Blackboard Original

    1. Click Content.
    2. Click Build Content.
  3. Select the National Geographic Learning Spark content app.
  4. Scroll to the Spark program and level you want and click Link to Course.
  5. Click Select Content.

Create an Assignment

After you have launched the Content Selector, you can create an assignment.

  1. Click Create.
  2. Click New Assignment.
    Assignment menu with New Assignment button.
  3. Select content to add to your assignment.
    1. Click Expand on the right side of the screen to view the available content in your course.
    2. To add all activities in a unit, click Add all to the left of the unit name.
    3. To view lessons in the unit, click Expand next to the unit name.
    4. To add all activities in a lesson, select the lesson.
    5. To view activities in a lesson, click Expand next to the lesson name.
    6. Select an activity to add it to your assignment.
    Note For games such as crossword puzzles, students are only allowed one attempt to complete.
  4. Click Continue.
  5. Enter the assignment’s basic information.
    Name
    Assignment title
    Start Date and Time
    When students can first access the assignment
    End Date and Times
    When the assignment is due
    No dates
    Optional: Do not set start and due dates for the assignment. Students can access the assignment throughout the course.
    Notes
    Optional: Additional instructions for your students
  6. Click Continue.
  7. Apply the assignment settings.
    Activity attempts
    How many times students can attempt the activities within an assignment
    Show correctness marks
    When students can see if their answers were correct
    Show correct answers
    When students can see the correct answers
  8. Click Continue.
  9. Select the students who should complete the assignment. You can select all students by clicking Assign to all students, including students that join the course later, or select individual students.
    Selecting All, assigns the assignemnt to all the students in your course.
  10. Click Assign to save your new assignment.
  11. Click Create Links.
  12. Scroll to Assignments and select the assignment you just created.
  13. Click Link to LMS.