Optimizing Blackboard Test Creation Process for Online Courses
Explore the step-by-step guide to setting up a successful intermediate steps workshop, covering topics such as creating tests using pools, deploying tests with various settings, utilizing Panopto for video capture, and enhancing course content with YouTube links. Uncover the power of Blackboard tests, understand the significance of test pools, and streamline the process of test creation and deployment in your online courses.
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Agenda Finishing up content: video Creating tests using pools Deploying tests and choosing settings Deploying an Honor Code Statement A little about the Grade Center Changing the look and feel of the course IDA course set-up service Getting help
Panopto Panopto is the university s video capture, editing, and hosting solution. If you plan to make course videos, consider using Panopto. More training is at Wichita.edu/panopto Hands On Activity: Configure your course for Panopto
YouTube links and other video links YouTube and other video hosting sites are good places to put Zoom recordings and other videos you create (set as unlisted!). There is a special way to add these links to your course, so we will walk through it. NOTE: Never add MP4 files to your Blackboard course as uploads. Hands On Activity: Find a YouTube video and link it into your course.
The power of Blackboard tests Blackboard tests can be a pain to build, yes, but they are also very powerful. If you use math notation, upload video, or upload images, you need special 1-on-1 instruction, but otherwise, once you learn how to create Blackboard tests, you may never go back to in-person testing again!
Pools Because randomization is an important part of maintaining test integrity, plan to build your tests using the Pools function. Let s look at that now. Hands On Activity: Build a small test pool in a Blackboard shell, and make sure to randomize the answers for each question (with help!)
Creating tests Once you have at least one test pool, you can use it to populate your test with questions. The more pools and more questions, the more randomness and variety you introduce to your test. Hands On Activity: Build a simple test using your existing pool (with help!)
Deploying tests Tests can be put anywhere you want in a course. Typically they are deployed in the module/week where they are due, but you can also centralize them in a Exams area. Hands On Activity: Decide where you want your tests and deploy a test.
Test settings to meet your goals Test settings can be confusing in Blackboard, but they can be used to help ensure test integrity. Make sure to NEVER use force completion (Instead, use auto-submit. ) Hands On Activity: As you work through deploying your own test, we will talk over test settings so you understand how they work.
Deploying an Honor Code quiz/test IDA has a course file with an honor code 0 point quiz. You can use this before the first assignment, in the first module/week, or before the first test, or not at all. Hands On Activity: If wanted, take file that is transferred to you from IDA, upload it as an import (with help!), and deploy the honor code quiz with the desired settings.
Seeing and grading all submissions All submissions with a point value (even 0) will show up in the needs graded area of your course. Sometimes your comments can be hard for students to see, however. Hands On Activity: Go into your course as a student and take the practice test you were working with earlier. When exiting student view, choose to save data. Go to needs grading and grade it with comments. Then return to your test as your test student, and find your grade and the comments. Work through issues with your workshop leader.
Reordering columns in the Grade Center All new graded work will be added to the Grade Center for you by the system. New items get added to the end of the Grade Center. You may want to move them around. Hands On Activity: Go to the Grade Center, Manage Columns, Column Organization and move your items around.
Changing the look and feel of the course In the Course Building Workshop, you have the ability to get custom artwork for your course, but even if you don t have that, you can change the course theme in Customization, Teaching Style. Hands On Task: Play with different themes. Remember to check that everything remains readable!
IDA course set-up service Would you like a full course template with custom artwork to get you started on the right foot with course building? Come to our Course Building Workshop, or request IDA s course set-up service by working through the request form. Hands On Activity: Sign up for next workshop in myTraining or fill out service request form here: https://wichitastate.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV _djnpZ6ngRkFOpEh
Getting Help We have a great deal of online/on-demand help through Wichita.edu/IDA More information about summer training can be found at Wichita.edu/wsuarc We run regular labs, and you can find times and links at Wichita.edu/idalabs Send emails with questions to IDA@Wichita.edu
