Learning Technology

Tests - Deploying the Test

Sections: Creating Online Exams in Test Manager; Types of Questions; Developing Questions; Deploying the Test; Student View of Tests; Tests in Grade Center

After you have finished adding questions to your test canvas, deploy the test to a content area.

Go to the Edit View of Assignments or the content area of your choice and click on the +Test button.

Select your test and click Submit. This will make the test appear in the instructor Edit View, but it must be made available to students before they can take it.
Click the OK button on the success receipt screen.
Click Modify the Test Options to set when and how the test will be deployed:

Pick Yes for Make the link visible, so that students can take the test.
Pick Yes for Add a new announcement for this Test to create an automatic announcement when the assessment becomes available, otherwise, pick No.
Check the Multiple attempts box if you want students to be able to take the test more than once.
Check the Force Completion box if you want students to complete the test the first time they open it.
Check the Set timer box if you want the have a time limit.
You can pick a specific time period during which the assessment will appear on Blackboard course page. Check the box(s) which you wish to apply and set the date and time.
Note: You still have to select Yes for Make the link available if you wish to use this feature.
Check the Password box if you want to have students enter a password before they can take the assessment.

At Test Feedback, choose what students will see when they finish taking the exam. Simply check the box next to the item you wish to include.

At Test Presentation, choose how the test will be displayed to the students:
Presentation Mode > All at Once will display the whole test on one page.
Presentation Mode > One at a Time will display each question on a seperate page.
Check Prohibit Backtracking to prevent students from changing the answers to questions they have already answered.
Check Randomize Questions to make your test questions appear in a random order for each test attempt.