Tests/Quizzes
Creating a Test
- Navigate to the Control Panel, under Assessment click on the Test Manager link.
- Click on the Add Test button.
- Provide test name, description and instructions. (These can be modified later).
- Click on the Submit button.
- Click the Creation Settings link and choose the desired options.
- Using the drop-down box, select the first question type.
- Select number of answers needed:
- Provide point value for question.
- Question Types:
- Multiple Choice allows for one correct answer while Multiple Answer allows more than one correct choice.
- Ordering:
- Type answers in correct order when entering.
- Press Continue.
- Change display order when prompted.
- Matching:
- Fill in the questions and answers in any order.
- Press Continue
- Match questions and correct answer
- Fill in the blank:
- Words must match exactly
- Not case sensitive.
- Variant answers can be listed (example: President Lincoln, Abe Lincoln, Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln)
- Responses for correct and incorrect answers can be provided for each question.
- Submit each question when prompted.
- Questions are automatically saved after submission.
- After each question added, you have options to Modify or Remove
- Tests can be created, modified and deleted from Test Manager in the Control Panel
Adding Questions from Existing Exams or Pools
Questions can be added from existing exams or pools. One does not have to create a pool in order to use questions from another assessment.
- Select From a Question Pool or Assessment under question type.
- Choose the assessment or pool that contains the questions to copy, from the provided list.
- Blackboard will allow the INSTRUCTOR to select types of questions, all questions or individual questions.
- Submit choices.
Making Tests Available to Students
INSTRUCTORS set test availability in the appropriate content area.
- Control Panel > (Content Area of choice) > +Test
- Select appropriate test from menu of available exams
- Submit then OK in the next two screens
Setting Test Options
After the test is added to a content area, the next step is to set test options. To modify the actual test, select Modify the test. To dete0-[r'rmine how the test will be displayed to students, Modify the test options.
- There are four sections of options. Experiment with the various delivery methods to determine which works best for your purposes.
- Test Information: important selection - decide whether the test will launch in a new window or be displayed in the right-hand frame of the Blackboard screen
- Test availability:
- set link visibility (do you want students to see a link to the test now?)
- number of attempts: one time only or multiple times
Note: If multiple times option is selected, only the results of the latest attempt will be saved by Blackboard. - set time limits when test is available
- set password for exam
- Test Feedback: how much information do you want students to have?
- Test Presentation
Note: Please review the documentation on recommended settings to reduce testing errors.- Grading the exam: Exam questions (with the exception of essays) will be automatically graded with scores placed in the gradebook. See gradebook documentation for more information.
Exams from Pools
To deploy an exam it must be in the form of an assessment rather than a pool. To create an assessment from a pool or series of pools:
- Control Panel > Assessment > Test Manager > Add Test > name and describe> choose questions from an existing pool
Questions from several different pools can be combined to make one assessment. Create the assessment with questions from one pool (or other assessment) and then modify the exam and add questions from additional pools.
