Creating Questions:

For this section we will be creating Multiple Choice and Short Answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Click on Create Question. You will see a blue box come up with the different question types available in Blackboard. Click on Multiple Choice.

Many of the questions on this list, Blackboard will Grade for you!

Blackboard will NOT grade:

• Essay
• File Response
• Fill in Multiple Blanks
• Short Answer

2. You are now on the Create/Edit Question Page. On this page you can put in the Question Text.

Under Options you can choose how you would like to have your questions formatted, including if you want the answers to randomize each time the test is taken and if you would like students to receive partial credit for answers. 

3. Under Answers you can choose how many answers your students should pick from. Here you will also type your answers. Make sure to change the toggle to which answer is correct. 

4. In Feedback you can write a response to the answers the student chose. This is not required. 

5. Categories and Keywords are not required but they are useful in tagging questions with certain criteria if you plan to reuse them in other tests. 

6. Instructor Notes is a place where you can type notes to yourself about a question. Students cannot see these. 

7. When you have created your question and filled in the answer click Submit.

8. You are brought back to the Test Canvas page. At a quick glance you will see the question and correct answer. To change anything about your question or answer click on the chevron above the question and then click Edit.

Short Answer Questions:

1. Click on Create Question. You will see a blue box with different question types. Click on Short Answer.

2. You are now on the Create/Edit Question Page. On this page you can put in the Question Text.

3. Under Answer you can put a sample of what a correct response would look like. Here you can also set what size space you would like your students to have to type in their response.

4. Rubrics allow you to set up criteria for what you think constitutes a good response. Rubrics can be displayed to students during the test as a reminder of what constitutes a good answer and when grading you can fill out the categories of the rubric to see what score the student gained. 

5. Categories and Keywords are not required but they are useful in tagging questions with certain criteria if you plan to reuse them in other tests.

6. Instructor Notes is a place where you can type notes to yourself about a question. Students cannot see these. 

7. When you have created your question and filled in the answer click Submit.

Test Canvas Page

Now that you have some questions added to your test you can begin to explore features of the Test Canvas page. Some of these features include setting question point value, deleting unwanted questions, and ordering questions.

Changing the point value of the questions: It can be done in two ways, individually or as a group:

• To change the point value of an individual question, click on the points value on the right side of the question. A blue box will come up and you can put in the corrected value and Submit the change. (You can set Extra Credit Points by checking the box next to the point value)

• To change the point value of a group of questions, check the boxes next to the question and type in the changed value at the top of the screen. Click Update and the point values for the selected questions will be changed.

Delete a question from the Test Canvas: Check the box next to the question and click the Delete button.

Change the order of questions: To move questions to a different order in the test move your cursor over the double headed arrows to the left over the question you wish to move. Your cursor will change and you can click and drag the question to your desired location.

Deploying a Test

When you are finished making any changes to the appearance of your test you are now ready to deploy it. To deploy it means that we are placing it in a content area where students can access it.

1. To deploy a test you must first enter a Content Area. Content Areas are parts of the Blackboard site that students can access and that you can post content to. Default titles for these areas in Blackboard are Documents and Assignments. Click on the link for Assignments.

2. At the top of the Assignments Page you will see a button for Create Assessment. When you hover over Create Assessment a blue menu will show and you will have the option for Test. Click on Test.

3. You are now on the Create Test Page. You will have an option to Create a New Test or Add Test. Create a New Test will bring you to the Test Canvas to create a test. The Add Test box will have a menu with all undeployed tests. Click on the Name of the test you just created in the Add Test Box.

4. Click Submit. Your test is now deployed and you will be brought to the Test Options page.