Blackboard

Quizzes and

Tests

Day 6 – Monday, June 9

2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

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Blackboard Session Overview

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, faculty will be able to:

Create a Test shell in Blackboard

Identify three methods of creating Test

questions

Add three or more questions to a Test

Configure and deploy the Test to studentsAcademic Technology Services

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Blackboard Session OverviewYou will learn how to:

Create a Test canvas

Determine the difference between the ~20 types of Test questions in

Blackboard

Find installation and configuration information for Respondus

Format and upload an Excel spreadsheet of questions to a Test

Create Pools and question banks

Configure Test settings, including Timers and question randomization

Take a Test as a student

Grade a Test

Reset or Ignore Test attempts

Release Test grades to students at the appropriate time

Review attempts statisticsAcademic Technology Services

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Blackboard Session Overview

Why use it?

Blackboard automatically grades multiple-choice,

True/False, multiple answer questions (and more), saving you

time

You can import publisher test banks, also saving test

creation time

Randomization of Test questions and answers can reduce

the chances of students cheating

You can use Attempts Statistics to determine which

questions were “good” questions and which your students

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Blackboard Session Overview

A few tips to remember:

Know how to reset a student’s Test attempt in case their

browser crashes while attempting the assessment

Importing Test questions via Excel can be tricky the first

time around

Creating and deploying tests does take some time to

initially set up, but you can easily copy and reuse the tests

in future courses

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