{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading","provider_url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support","author_name":"adambailey","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/author\/adambailey\/","title":"Blackboard Tests Overview - Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LXUMzrDWJV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/blackboard-tests-overview\/\">Blackboard Tests Overview<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/blackboard-tests-overview\/embed\/#?secret=LXUMzrDWJV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Blackboard Tests Overview&#8221; &#8212; Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading\" data-secret=\"LXUMzrDWJV\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*! 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How to deploy a test. How students complete a test. Trouble-shooting during a test. How to mark a test with non-automatically marked questions. Tests: Roles and Responsibilities Academics are responsible for\u00a0test\u00a0content and\u00a0ensuring that tests\u00a0are\u00a0set\u00a0up correctly &#8211; see\u00a0Blackboard Tests: quality checking your test. Formal or summative tests: Academics should\u00a0liaise with\u00a0their\u00a0Programme Administration team\u00a0in good time before tests take place\u00a0to clarify\u00a0roles or arrange additional support, for example, to ensure tests are set up correctly or to deploy the test in the Blackboard module. Recommended Settings for Tests There is specific guidance on the settings to use for formal summative assessments: Recommended settings for Online Exam submission points\u00a0(Word document)\u00a0Updated for Summer 2023 In-class tests Recommended settings (2020\/21)\u00a0(Word document) These settings should be used when creating and deploying a Blackboard test and adhered to wherever possible. If you need to deviate from these settings for any reason you should liaise with your Senior Programme Administrator.\u00a0 For other uses of Blackboard Tests, for example, formative quizzes, you can choose your own settings but be aware that adding restrictions on how students can take a test can increase requirements for support when the test is taken. 1. How to create a Test\u00a0 Screencast: How to create a Blackboard test (10 mins) Getting started &#8211; creating a test: Blackboard Tests\u00a0and Surveys: Getting Started\u00a0 Create a test\u00a0 Removing unintentional text formatting\u00a0(when copying and pasting questions from MS Word)\u00a0 Embed Audio and Video Files in Questions Creating test questions offline\u00a0in Excel and uploading to Blackboard course\u00a0 Quality checking your test Timed tests: Timer, Auto-submit and force completion settings\u00a0\u00a0 Timed Tests\u00a0\u2013 Adding a time limit\u00a0(Blackboard Help screencast: 1 min)\u00a0\u00a0 Question management: Reusable question pools\u00a0 Edit a question from a question pool\u00a0\u00a0 Copying or moving\u00a0tests between courses\u00a0\u00a0 Scoring: Using negative scoring in tests\u00a0 2. How to deploy a Test\u00a0 Screencast: How to deploy a test (11 mins) Making a test available to students\u00a0(deploy the test)\u00a0\u00a0 Availability Exceptions (to give individual extensions for specific students) 3. How students complete the Test Screencast: How a student completes a test (4 mins) Students have access to guidance on how to complete and submit a Blackboard Test. TEL Support site for Students:\u00a0Blackboard Tests 4. Trouble-shooting The following guides may be of use should a student have a technical difficulty whilst completing or submitting a test attempt and require staff intervention: Submit a test for a student Clear a test attempt Clearing and submitting &#8216;in progress&#8217; test attempts\u00a0 Test access log\u00a0(shows student progress through test, access times) 5. Marking the Test Screencast: How to mark a test (non-automatically marked questions) (10 mins) Marking and moderating Blackboard Tests Marking File Response questions Marking with usernames hidden Viewing Student Scores Downloading Test results Analyse data from a Blackboard Test Video playlist on Blackboard Tests This playlist enables you to watch, in sequence and in less than 35 minutes, the instructional videos featured on this page: how to create a test, deploy a test, how a student completes a test, and how to mark non-automatically marked test questions."}