Add Test or Survey

Use Blackboard to administer a practice exam, graded quiz, or anonymously poll your students.

For tests, Blackboard offers several question types, from multiple choice to fill in the blank, that it will automatically grade based on your input when setting up the exam. Blackboard allows you to set time limits, post the exam for a limited amount of time, allow multiple attempts, or force completion. You can display all the questions on one page, or display only one question at a time. There are also several ways to give feedback to the students. You can choose to show only the score they received, or to display detailed results such as the correct answer and feedback for the answer chosen.

Surveys are anonymous after three or more students have taken the survey. Blackboard records which students have taken the survey, but you cannot associate specific answers with any one student. These are great for assessing content comprehension or pre and post topic knowledge assessments.

To add a Test or Suvey to a Content Area

1. Control Panel > [Name of destination Content Area] (from Content Areas pane)
2. Add Test (or use the right-side drop down box to Add Survey and click GO.).
3. Select a Test from the list of titles from the Test Manager.
4. NOTE: Yes, you had to have created a Test in the Test Manager first.
5. Submit.
6. Modify the Test Options.
7. Choose dates of Availabilty (visibility) in section 2.
8. Choose volume of Feedback in section 3.
9. Choose Presentation style in section 4.
10. Submit.