Submitting an Assignment

Submitting an Assignment

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Submit an Assignment

  1. On a computer or external USB flash disk, make sure the name of the file you wish to send to your instructor contains only letters and numbers. The file name cannot have spaces or special characters except for underscores ( _ ) and only one period before the file extension (such as, termpaper1.doc)
    • Mac users: Please remember to add a three letter file extension to the end of your file's name.
    • Office 2007 users: BeachBoard cannot handle the new file formats used by Microsoft Word 2007, PowerPoint 2007, or Excel 2007. Please convert your Office 2007 files by opening them on the computer, clicking on the Office logo in the upper left corner of the page, choosing Save As, and either
      • Choose Word 97-2003 Format for Word documents, Excel 97-2003 Format for Excel documents, or PowerPoint 97-2003 Format for PowerPoint files; or
      • Choosing PDF or XPs and saving your Microsoft Office 2007 document as a PDF.
  2. Login to BeachBoard.  https://beachboard.csulb.edu/ .
  3. Under My Courses, click the name of the course for which you need to submit your assignment.
  4. Using the links on the left side of the course homepage, find and click the View/Complete Assignment link.
    • Many instructors place their Turnitin View/Complete Assignment links in the Assignments folder, which you can access by clicking the Assignments link.
    • If you cannot find the View/Complete Assignment link in the Assignments folder, click on the other course links on the left side of the course homepage.
    • If you still cannot find the View/Complete Assignment link, check your notes for any special instructions your instructor may have given you in class.
    • Finally, if all else fails, contact your instructor for assistance. You can email your instructor from inside of BeachBoard or you can contact your instructor using the contact information found in his or her syllabus.
  5. In the Comments box, enter any comments (this is required) you would like to send to your instructor. This is required.
  6. In the Attach local file box, click the Browse button. This opens a Choose file pop-up window.
  7. Find the file on your computer you wish to submit and click the Open button.
  8. Click the Submit button to submit your assignment. The Save button only saves your assignment to BeachBoard, but it does not submit the assignment.

Verify an Assignment Was Submitted/View the Results

To verify that an Assignment was successfully submitted,

  1. Login to BeachBoard. https://beachboard.csulb.edu/
  2. Under My Courses, click the name of the course in which you need to submit your assignment.
  3. Using the links on the left side of the course homepage, find and click the View/Complete Assignment link.

If you have successfully submitted an Assignment, BeachBoard will display a message telling you that "This assignment is complete. Click OK to review the result."

Click OK and BeachBoard will take you to a page that shows you:

  1. The Assignment's name.
  2. Your comments and a link to your assignment file.
  3. Your assignment grade, comments from your instructor, and any files your instructor wants to return or send to you.

More Information

Q: I tried to check my Assignment grade, but all I see is an exclamation point. What's wrong?
A: Nothing is wrong. In BeachBoard's Gradebook, and exclamation point signifies an item that has yet to be graded by your instructor. Once your instructor grades your Assignment, he or she will change the exclamation point to an actual grade.