The document provides instructions for instructors on how to add assignments in Chalk&Wire and assess student submissions. It explains how to enable grading in Blackboard, set the assignment name and points, and submit it. It then describes the assessment process for instructors, including accessing submitted assignments, opening them to assess using the rubric, selecting performance levels, and optionally entering a percentage grade to appear in Blackboard.

1. ADDING AN ASSIGNMENT
Instructor

2. You can set up a Chalk&Wire
assignment by using this link
under the Assessments tab.

3. Enter a name for the
assignment.

4. If you use the Blackboard
Grade Center, you can
Enable Grading.
Set to 100.
Allow students to
view their grade in
Blackboard.
This feature allows you to give students a
percentage grade along with their regular
rubric scores and comments.
Using this feature is optional.
Then click “Submit” at
the bottom of the page.

5. In Blackboard, click on the new
C&W link.
This will take you to a dropdown menu from
which you can select your department and then
the Table of Contents your course requires.

6. ASSESSING SUBMISSIONS
Instructor

7. The assessor, Paul Allen, logs into the Blackboard and selects the
Chalk&Wire assignment.

8. This list on the left is all the
submitted work this assessor
has yet to assess.
To open an assessment, click on
it and then select “Assess” from
the pop-up menu.
When you first open
Chalk&Wire, you will be brought
to this main dashboard screen.

9. This list on the left is all the
submitted work this assessor
has yet to assess.
To open an assessment, click on
it and then select “Assess” from
the pop-up menu.
To access your assessments, click on the
grey Menu bar, then select “Assessments”
from the Main Menu, and “Assess” from
the following menu.

10. This list on the left is all the
submitted work this assessor
has yet to assess.
To open an assessment, click on
it and then select “Assess” from
the pop-up menu.
To access your assessments, click on the
grey Menu bar, then select “Assessments”
from the Main Menu, and “Assess” from
the following menu.

11. If you would like to be automatically brought to
the Assessment page whenever you login to
Chalk&Wire, click the button indicated below to
make this screen your C&W homepage.

12. This is the assessment interface.
The grading rubric appears below
or to the left of assignment pages.Documents can be
downloaded or viewed
directly in the page
using Crocodoc™.

13. Hovering over a performance
level displays its description
text. Clicking the box selects it.

14. The rubric panel can either
display one criterion at a time
or expand to show all at once.

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After saving the assessment, you are
presented a box to enter the grade, as a
percentage, to appear in the Blackboard grade
center. Adding a percentage grade is optional.