Create tests in Blackboard from Word doc
Monday, March 29th, 2010You can convert
Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer, True/False, Essay, Fill in the blank, and Matching questions from a document into BlackBoard test items thanks to a Quiz generator program available online from the College of Southern Idaho.
Instructions
1. Get questions into the proper format
Open a document that contains questions or go to Word or Notepad and type your test questions. They must be in the proper format.
Each question must have a number (they don’t have to be in numerical order).
Skip one line between questions.
Sample of a properly formatted questions:
Multiple Choice
* Question on a single line.
* Answers immediately following the question.
* Asterisk (*) in front of the correct choice.
Example:
1. What is 3+2?
a) 4
*b) 5
c) 6
Multiple Answer
* Exactly the same as multiple choice, only with multiple answers marked correct.
* Question on a single line.
* Answers immediately following the question.
* Asterisk (*) in front of all correct choice.
Example:
1. Which of the following is a prime number?
*a) 2
*b) 3
d) 4
*e) 5
f) 6
*g) 7
True/False
* Question on a single line
* The answer on the next line. Can be any of the following: T, t, True, TRUE, true, F, f, False, FALSE, false
Example:
1. New York is the capital of New York State.
False
Essay
* This is simply a question with no answer given.
Example:
1. Tell me your life story.
Fill in the blank
* Begin your question with the keyword blank
* Leave a blank somewhere in the question.
* Give all of the possible correct answers.
Example:
blank 1. Two plus two equals _____.
a. four
b. 4
Matching
* Begin your question with the keyword: match
* Put the matches separated by slashes (/).
* You can have entries with no match, i.e. leave the other side blank.
* The entries will be randomized.
Example:
match 1. Match the number with it’s spelling.
a. 3 / three
b. 1 / one
c. 12 / twelve
d. 4 /
e. / fore
2. Copy and paste test items into website
Once you have created your test putting your asterisks in the proper places, copy all (CTRL-A) and paste (CTRL-V) into the text box on the College of Southern Idaho site. http://www.csi.edu/blackboard/bbquiz/ Be sure to give your test a name. (If you don’t name the file, the final pool will be named Blackboard Quiz.) Click Create Quiz.
If it worked properly, you’ll see a note that “Your test seemed to have (number) questions.” If this number matches the number of questions you were trying to add, then it worked.
If it didn’t work properly, the number won’t match, or you will see “Your test seemed to have 0 questions.” Either way, you’ll need to try again.
Once you think the quiz generator worked properly, click the Here button after the words, “The package is available:” You will be asked if you want to open or save the file. Save the zip file to your local drive. [Note: don't try to edit the zip file.]
3. Import test items to a BlackBoard pool
Go to Blackboard. Open your course and go to Control Panel.
Go to Control Panel/Tools / Tests, Surveys & Pools.
On the next screen, click Pools . (Not Tests)
Click the Import Pool button near the top of the page.
On the Pool Import page, click Browse and navigate to your zip file.
Click Submit.
You should see a confirmation page that your file was uploaded successfully. Click OK. You can now add these questions in any test you are creating.
4. Add your pool items to a test
Note: this seems to work best in Internet Explorer.
Open your test and choose Reuse Question/ Find Question.
On the Find Questions page, in the Search window select the pool you want from the list of Pools.
Use the selection boxes to the left to choose which questions will be added to your test.
Click the Submit button to finish adding your questions.
Questions are added to your test.
