Test How To. Creating a New Test

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1 Test How To Creating a New Test From the Control Panel of your course, select the Test Manager link from the Assessments box. The Test Manager page lists any tests you have already created. From this screen you can modify existing tests or create new ones. Click the Add Test button to begin creating a new exam: Clicking Submit will take you to the Test Canvas page where you actually create your test. 1 Test How To Bellevue University Center for Learning Innovation

2 Test Canvas Page The Test Canvas page is the home page of a specific test. This is what it looks like before any questions are added: There are many options available to you in creating your test. You can provide feedback to your learners based on the answers they provide, add images and links, organize questions by category, create a default point value for all questions, and even control how questions are displayed. 2 Test How To Bellevue University Center for Learning Innovation

3 Adding New Questions to an Exam: Blackboard gives you many different options for the type of question you would like to include in your test. All these options can be found in the Add pull-down menu on the Test Canvas page: After selecting the type of question you would like to add to your exam, click the GO button to enter a screen where your question, answer, and feedback can be added. 3 Test How To Bellevue University Center for Learning Innovation

4 After you have created some or all of your exam questions, the Test Canvas screen will look like this: 4 Test How To Bellevue University Center for Learning Innovation

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6 Deploying a Test Step 1: Decide in which Content Area you would like to add your exam, and access it through the Control Panel. Step 2: Once you are in the Content Area, begin by pressing the Add Test button: Step 3: Select the test you wish to add, and click Submit. Question Types 6 Test How To Bellevue University Center for Learning Innovation

7 There are many types of questions possible in a Blackboard Test. This chart lists the types of questions available and briefly describes each type: Question Types What the Learner/Instructor Does Calculated Formula Identify the correct answer from several choices after a formula is presented with variables randomly generated within a set range. Calculated numeric Provide the correct numeric answer to a question rather than select it from a list of possible answers. Either/Or Select one of two responses (ex: Yes or No ) File response Upload files from their computer to the test. Fill in Multiple Blanks Provide answers for as many as 10 blanks within a sentence or other text passage. Hot spot After an image is presented, click to identify a specific item within the graphic. Jumbled sentence After a sentence with missing items is presented, choose each component from a drop-down list to fill in the blanks and complete the sentence. Matching Pair up items from two different lists. Items can be paired with more than one item from the other list, and not all items must be paired with another. Multiple answer Select all correct responses to a question. Multiple choice Select the single correct response to a question. Opinion scale/likert Select from responses that range from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree or Not Applicable. Ordering Put a series of items into a specific sequence (chronological or numeric, for example). Partial credit is possible. Quiz Bowl Enter the appropriate question in response to an answer (a la Jeopardy) Short Answer* Respond to questions or prompts by entering text in the space provided; the length of responses may be limited by the instructor. True/False Select either True or False to a statement or prompt. Random block The instructor can identify a set of questions from a question pool which Blackboard selects for each learner s test. (Helpful if you want to allow multiple attempts on a graded test.) From a question pool The instructor can pull in previously written question from a pool or or assessment other Blackboard test. Upload questions The instructor can import and save test questions written in a text document.** *All question types except short answer are scored and graded automatically by the Blackboard Test Manager. Instructors must hand grade Short Answer questions. **In order to upload questions from a text document, they must be formatted very carefully. In most cases, it is easier to simply copy and paste the questions from the text one at a time into the test manager. Once questions have been entered in to the Test Manager, they will not need to be retyped if they are used in other tests; the From a Question Pool or Assessment option allows instructors to reuse test questions as many times as they wish. 7 Test How To Bellevue University Center for Learning Innovation