1. Navigate to the course Gradebook and ensure that you have grid view selected in the top left:

2. Click the title of the column for the assessment.

3. Click the the down arrow and select "Download submissions".

4. Select the students that have work that can be download.

5. Click "Create ZIP File” in the bottom right:

6. At this point, Blackboard will group the submissions together and send you a link to download them as a ZIP file. Click “Send” in the popup window to confirm your request:

7. Once this action is complete, navigate to your course Messages tab:

8. Open the message containing the link to the download the ZIP file and click "Download now":

You will now need to extract the ZIP file in your downloads to view the downloaded submissions.