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Create and Edit Tests

Assessment helps faculty members evaluate student understanding of course material.  Tests in particular can provide a way of measuring student performance, and enhance the overall effectiveness of your course.  The Assessment section of your Blackboard course site in the Content area allows you to create three different types of student assessment: Test, Surveys, and Assignments. This tutorial will focus on the basics of test creation.  While tests are held in a Test Manager portion of your course site, individual tests...

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Build / Add Content, Create Assessment, Tests Surveys & Pools , , , , , , Updated: September 12, 2016

How do I print or download a test in Blackboard?

The answer is, its not very easy to do! That’s by design to help preserve the integrity of your online exams. However, there are times when faculty may need to print a test for review, to provide paper version for a student, or any number of reasons. You may not be able to download or print a test very easily, BUT IDS CAN HELP! If a test is in Blackboard, currently you have to manually copy/paste each question or copy...

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For Faculty, Tests Surveys & Pools , , , Updated: April 29, 2016

Creating Tests Using Question Pools and Random Question Blocks

In this video we’re going to look at how to build a test in Blackboard, using Blackboard’s Test creation tools. Rather than simply build a test, we’re going to show how you can use question pools and random blocks of questions to make it more difficult for students to cheat through collaboration and answer sharing. If the question-creation process looks too time consuming, IDS can create question pools of some question-types for you if you provide us a properly formatted...

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Create Assessment, Tests Surveys & Pools , , , , , , Updated: May 4, 2016

Academic Integrity, Testing, and Blackboard

More and more courses are being taught online or at least have an online component in the course work. Testing is often a part of online courses, just like it is in traditional, face-to-face courses. When administering an online test, there are a few strategies you can employ that will encourage honesty. Random Questions, Random Answers The first and most effective strategy is to provide students with a randomized test. IDS recommends putting your test questions into one or more...

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Create Assessment, Tests Surveys & Pools , , , , Updated: May 2, 2013
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