Assessments

Blackboard Academic Suite

Tests, Surveys & Pools…Oh My! Blackboard allows instructors to create online

assessments which students can take and submit directly within their Blackboard course.

Two Types Tests: Graded assessments Surveys: Assessments which receive no grade

Pools: Why reinvent the wheel? Pools allow you to save questions and reuse them in different exams.

Creating Tests To create your first test, visit Test,

Surveys, and Pools Under the Course Tools section of the

Control Panel menu click Test, Surveys, and Pools

Click Tests Click Build Test (or you can Import a

Test) Fill out the form appropriately and click

submit To begin adding questions

Hovering your mouse over the Create Question button, select the type of question you would like to add from the dropdown list and click it.

Make the Test Available Open a Course area, hover over Evaluate and

select Create Test. Select the Test to add and click Submit. Set the Information, Availability, Feedback,

and Presentation options for the Test. Then press submit!

Add a Question To add a question,

hover over Create Question and select the type of question you would like.

Re-Arrange Questions To re-arrange questions, place your mouse

over the arrows, click AND hold and drag to where you would like it.

Change Test Settings To adjust the default point value, options for

question feedback and the inclusion of images, click Question Settings.

Change the Test Name, Description or Instructions To change the test name, description or

instructions, press the dropdown arrows next to header and click Edit.

Modify a Question To modify a question, click the dropdown

arrows next to the question and select Edit

Remove a Question To remove a question, click the dropdown

arrows next to the question and select Delete

Survey Manager Creating tests and surveys are very similar. The significant

difference is a survey does not contain “right” or “wrong” answers

To create your first survey, visit Tests, Surveys, and Pools Under the Course Tools section of the Control

Panel menu click Test, Surveys, and Pools Click Surveys Click Build Survey (or you can Import a

Survey) Fill out the form appropriately and click

submit To begin adding questions

Hovering your mouse over the Create Questionbutton, select the type of question you would liketo add from the dropdown list and click it.

Make the Survey Available Similar to the test, Open a Course area, hover over

Evaluate and select Create Survey. Select the Survey to add and click Submit. Set the Information, Availability, Feedback, and

Presentation options for the Test. Then press submit!

Pools Are Not Just for Swimming! The Pool Manager allows instructors to store

questions for repeated use. Pools from other courses can be imported

through Pool Manager A pool SHOULD NOT be modified if students

have already begun taking an assessment that draws questions from the pool.

When creating questions for pools, instructors must add correct answers as if they are creating questions for Tests. These answers will be ignored once the question is copied into a Survey.

How does Creating a Pool Differ from Creating a Test?

Pool questions do not have point values associated with them. When a pool question is added to a test, the instructor can assign a point value

A file of pool questions may be imported from the pool manager page

Creating a Pool Creating a Pool is done the same way as the Tests and

Surveys with the exception you do not release a pool to the students.

To create your first pool, visit Tests, Surveys, and Pools Under the Course Tools section of the Control

Panel menu click Test, Surveys, and Pools Click Pools Click Build Pool (or you can Import a

Pool) Fill out the form appropriately and click

submit To begin adding questions

Hovering your mouse over the Create Questionbutton, select the type of question you would liketo add from the dropdown list and click it.

Using a Pool To use a Pool, first you need to create a test. Once the test is created and you are at the

screen where you can create questions, Hover over the Reuse Question button.

Select Find Questions

Find Question Mode In the pop up box, select whether you would

like to copy or link the questions. Copying the question creates a new instance of

the question so any edits do not affect the original Linking the question will carry any changes over to

any other instance of that question

Select Your Questions If you have multiple questions in your pool,

you can sort them by clicking the column title. You can search through your questions You can also filter the results using the criteria on the left

Select the question(s) that you wish to add to the test

Press the Submit button. The selected question(s) are added to the test.

Select Your Pool Questions

Questions? Contact the IT Call Center at 203-365-7575 for

immediate assistance. Email Blackboard@sacredheart.edu.