Blackboard 6.3 Help: Test Manager
- Testing
- Create a Test in Blackboard
- Display the Test in the Course
- Revise a Question in a Test
- Make Test Available to Students
- More Testing Topics - Bb Manual: Chapter 12 - Assessment
Testing
The Blackboard Test Manager allows an instructor to create, modify and remove tests from a course. There are many question display options available, including multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, matching, ordering, essay, random block and ten new question types added to this new version of Blackboard. Point values may be assigned to each question. Images, files and external links may be added to a question. The order of the answers may be set to random on the question display. After a test is created and deployed, the test will automatically post to the gradebook.
Create a Test in Blackboard |
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| The test is created through the Test Manager, deployed to a Content Area in Blackboard and then the test must be made available to students. To add the test to your course, go to Display Test in the Course. To make the course available to your students, go to Make Test Available to Students. | ||
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Open the course and go to the Control Panel. |
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Click Test Manager and click the Add Test icon to create a test. |
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Give the test a Name, a Description of the test and Instructions to the students, and click Submit. | |
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Click Creation Settings if you wish to view all possible Option Settings available or change the Scoring Default Point Value for the questions you are about to create. These options will only appear on question creation screen if they are selected. The default setting does not display all the options. |
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Select the Options you wish to display on the question creation screen.
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The default Point Value may be changed and partial credit may be given to a question if you select Specify Partial Credit. Note: If the Point Value is changed, only those questions that are created after the change will be assigned the new value. The point value may be individually changed when you create the question or modified later. |
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Select the display Options you wish to apply as you create the question. | |
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Click Submit and OK to confirm the options that will be displayed on the question creation screen. |
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To add a question to the test, go to the dropdown menu and select the question style and click Go. |  |
The instructions for each question type will be displayed on the screen as you create the question.
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Select the desired Options and click OK to add the question to the test.
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Note: If you need more information on how to create a question or the question type, refer to the Blackboard Manual in the Control Panel under Help. |
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Revise a Question in a Test |
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Open the course and go to the Control Panel. | |
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Select Test Manager under Assessment. | |
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Locate the test and click the Modify button to open the test. |
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Locate the question you wish to revise and click the Modify button to open the Modify Question screen. | |
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Revise the question, click Submit and OK. |
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Display the Test in the Course |
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| After creating a test, you must deploy the test for it to appear in the course. The test may be deployed to any content area of the course (Course Document, Course Information, Assignments, etc.). Test modification can be made after it is deployed without wiping out the grades in the gradebook. | ||
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Open the course and go to the Control Panel. |
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Go to Content Areas and select the area (Course Document, Course Information, etc.) you wish to display the test. |
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Click the Add Test icon on the tools bar to open the Add Test screen. |
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Select the test you wish to deploy. |
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Click Submit click OK to post the test in your Content Area. |
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| Make Test Available to Students | ||
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Go to the course and open the Control Panel. | |
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Go to Content Areas and select the area you placed the test. | |
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Locate the Test and click on the Modify button. | |
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The Modify Test screen will appear. Select Modify the Test Options to set the test options.
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Scroll down to Test Availability and select Yes at Make the link available. Other test options are available under this screen. Options include allow multiple attempts, force completion, set a timer, a choice of feedback display, random question display and one at a time question display. |
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IMPORTANT - Set the Test Presentation Mode to One at a Time. This option will help eliminate some potential problems when a student takes a test. The Randomize Questions option is available in this area as well. | |
NOTE: Avoid using the All at Once Presentation Mode. Students may have difficulty maintaining a connection to the Internet while taking the test. This option does not provide interactivity with Blackboard until the student submits the test, which may trigger the Internet Service Provider to disconnect. If a student disconnects from the Internet while taking a test, the student will be locked out of the test. This will require you to reset the test and the student will need to take the test again. |
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Click Submit once all options are selected and OK twice to return to the content area. The test will appear at the bottom of the content page and may be moved to the desired location. |
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