Before Authorship can be enabled for assignments in Blackboard LMS, it must be installed by an admin. Learn more: Set up Grammarly Authorship in Blackboard LMS
Once Authorship is set up, instructors can enable it for assignments in Blackboard LMS by following these steps:
1. Open your assignment settings
Create or edit an assignment in Blackboard, then scroll to the bottom of the assignment settings panel to find Enable Grammarly Authorship under Originality Report.
2. Enable Grammarly Authorship
Switch on the Enable Grammarly Authorship option. A short confirmation explains that Authorship will be enabled after you save.
3. Save and return
Click Save and return to apply the setting to the assignment.
4. Confirm Authorship is enabled
Back in the assignment settings, the Originality Report row now reads Grammarly Authorship enabled.
After you enable Authorship, a Grammarly Authorship panel appears on the right whenever you open the assignment from Courses, Recent Activity, or the Calendar.
Before any submissions, the panel shows an empty state with no reports yet: