Blackboard Annotate

Blackboard Annotate is the much-anticipated update to the Inline Grader. Bb Annotate offers a more robust feature set to provide customizable feedback to students.

Support documentation

• Visit the Blackboard Instructor help page
• Watch the Bb Annotate Overview video (opens YouTube in a new tab)

Key New Features

• New Document types: OpenOffice® Documents (ODS, ODT, ODP), Digital Images (JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIF, TIFF, TGA, BMP), and other file types are now supported.
• Content Library: Create a bank of reusable comments. You can add, edit, delete, and search comments in the library. You can also drag a comment directly to the submission page from the menu.
• Sidebar: View Thumbnail, Outline, Annotation, or Bookmark views of the submission.
• Drawing, Brush, and Eraser: Draw freehand on the submission with various colors, thickness, and opacity. Select the eraser to remove annotations. You can erase parts of a freehand drawing with the eraser or select the Delete icon to delete the whole drawing.
• Image or Stamp: Choose a preloaded stamp or create your own customized stamp or image to add to the submission.
• Shapes: Choose Line, Arrow, Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, and Polyline. Each shape has its own settings to change the color, width, opacity, and more.
• Print or Download: Print or download the submission with the annotations.

Important Notes

• When entering comments on a student's work, you MUST click SAVE for the comment to be saved to the student's work. If you do not click SAVE, the comment will be lost.
  
  
• The highlighting tool works best in Firefox
  
  
• Annotation sessions expire after one hour. You'll receive a warning message. After the time limit, annotations may not be saved. Need more time? Select Save Draft to save your work and continue later. Your annotations, feedback, and files are saved on the page. When you return, you can resume working.