Assessments and Surveys

Instructors use Assessments to test Student knowledge, measure Student progress, and gather information from Students.

Tests are created to check the knowledge and skill level of users enrolled in the course. Tests permit the Instructor to assign point values to each question on exams or quizzes. When a Student completes a Test it is submitted for grading. The results are recorded in the Gradebook.

Surveys are useful for polling purposes, evaluations, and random checks of knowledge. They function in the same way as Tests and offer most of the same options. Questions on Surveys are not assigned a point value. Surveys are not graded.

Click on one of the topics below to link to specific instructions from the Blackboard Academic Suite Instructor Manual .

About assessments
Test manager
How to create or modify a test
Test info
Test canvas
Test creation settings
Question completion status
Question metadata
Add/modify random block
Upload questions
Search pools and assessments
Survey manager
Pool manager
Pool import

Creating Specific Types of Assessment Questions

Multiple choice questions
True/false questions
Fill in the blank questions
Multiple answer questions
Matching questions
Ordering questions
Essay questions
Calculated formula questions
Calculated numeric response
File response questions
Hot spot questions
Fill in multiple blanks questions
Jumbled sentence questions
Opinion scale/Likert questions
Short answer questions
Either/or questions
Quiz bowl questions