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Blackboard Support

Your main Blackboard contact:
Susan Mrozowski
410.955.2359
oac@jhmi.edu

Questions concerning Blackboard enrollments and logins? Please contact:
Kim Thornton
kthornt5@jhmi.edu

How To Create a Quiz

Overview
Practice quizzes are a useful tool for content review and discussion. There are 8 question types. You have the option to attach images, URLs, and files to questions and answers.

Note: Your test is created and managed through the Test Manager in Assessments. However, it is made available from a Content Area.

Add a Quiz

To create a quiz, go to Control Panel - Assessment - Test Manager (Fig 1)

Fig 1: Test Manager, Control Panel view
Click "Add Test"
In the Test Information page - Enter the name of the test (required) - Add Description and Instructions (optional) - ClickSubmit
To add quiz content, from the Test Canvas page - Select a question type from the "Add" drop-down menu, (common types are multiple choice, short answer, and matching) (Fig 2)

Fig 2: List of question types

Click the “GO” button
Enter Question text - Provide "Point Value" (e.g., 1 point per question, 5 points per question, etc)
Enter Correct Answer(s) as needed
Continue to add questions in Test Canvas, as needed
When done, click OK - OK

Post in Content Area

To post a test for student use, return to the main Control Panel area
Choose a Content Area for the test location, e.g, "Assignments"
Click the "Add Test" icon, located in the upper toolbar (see Fig 3)

Fig 3: Add test icon
Select to highligh ta new quiz from the "Add Test" drop down menu (Fig 4)
Submit - OK

Fig 4: List of tests shown in drop-down menu

Adjust test settings

On the Modify Test page, to modify content, Select “Modify the Test”
To make the quiz available, and to change feedback and presentation options, on the Modify Test page, Select “Modify the Test Options”
On Test Options Page, in the “Test Availability section, check "YES – Do you want to make link visible?"
Click to select other options as desired
When done, click Submit - OK - OK
To confirm quiz availability, return to main course area
Select content menu button; Clickthe quiz link to preview

Support

If you have any questions about assessments, please contact:
Susan Mrozowski
410.955.2359
oac@jhmi.edu