{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading","provider_url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support","author_name":"andyturner","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/author\/andyturner\/","title":"Marking and moderating Blackboard Tests - Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WIKRRKsdTk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2020\/04\/07\/marking-and-moderating-blackboard-tests\/\">Marking and moderating Blackboard Tests<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2020\/04\/07\/marking-and-moderating-blackboard-tests\/embed\/#?secret=WIKRRKsdTk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Marking and moderating Blackboard Tests&#8221; &#8212; Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading\" data-secret=\"WIKRRKsdTk\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*! 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Blackboard marks most question types in a Test automatically. The two scenarios where you will need to mark Test attempts are questions without a right\/wrong answer (for example Essay, Short Answer, File Upload) answers submitted after the Test timer has elapsed. For more on marking File Response questions, see\u00a0Blackboard Tests \u2013 marking File Response questions For more on Timed Tests, and viewing the Access Log which shows when a student answered each question, see Blackboard Tests: timer, autosubmit and force completion settings. Any Test answers which need marking can be identified by the presence of the Needs Marking icon. Accessing work to mark Through Needs Marking You can access all of the submitted tests via Grade Centre &gt; Needs Marking. Change the Category drop-down to Test and press Go. From any submission, you get these options: Alternatively you can click on the student\u2019s name in the Grade Centre column and go direct to their test response. Then work your way through all of the student responses in turn. Through the Grade Centre You can also access these options from the Test column in the Grade Centre. Go to Grade Centre &gt; Tests, locate the column and click on the down arrow From the contextual menu, you can choose to Mark Attempts &#8211; Mark each student\u2019s work in turn Mark Questions &#8211; Mark all responses to a particular question. \u00a0 Whichever route you take, you can Mark All Users &#8211; mark each student&#8217;s submission in turn Mark by Question &#8211; mark all responses to each Question in turn. Mark by Question might be most time-efficient where only a few of the questions are short answer type, so only those questions need to be marked manually. When marking by question, you click on the number (the number of responses) to view each student\u2019s answer. For more details see the Blackboard Help site:\u00a0Grade Tests by Question. Multiple Markers: If more than one person is marking questions in the test, be careful not to overwrite each others scores by having the a student's test paper open at the same time. Choose defined times for each person to mark to avoid this. If markers use the 'Mark Question' option to mark different questions in the test, then this can be done at the same time but markers should not use 'Mark Attempt' at the same time as this can cause loss of marks. Analysing test results From the Grade Centre column you can access these tools to get stats for the test. For more details see the Blackboard Help site: Item Analysis Analysis of each question https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Tests_Pools_Surveys\/Item_Analysis Column Statistics Range of scores, median, distribution etc. https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Grade\/Grade_Reports_and_Statistics"}