How to Prepare a Test for Conversion in Blackboard for Medical School

Introduction

• • Tests take time to convert and verify. Please send your Microsoft Documents to the Office of Curriculum Support at least one week before you expect them to be available for students.

Multiple Choice Questions and General Formatting

Standard Question Example:

3. Who determined the exact speed of light?

a. Albert Einstein

*b. Albert Michelson

c. Thomas Edison

d. Guglielmo Marconi

• 1. Each question must begin with a question number, followed by a period.

     1. (Do NOT use any automatic numbering, tabbing or formatting.)

  2. There must be a space after the period, followed by the question wording. 

  3. Each answer must begin with a letter (a through t) followed by a period and a space.

  4. Place an asterisk " * " next to the correct answer.

     2. 1. (There should NOT be any space between the asterisk and the correct answer choice letter.)

Question with Image:

3. Who determined the exact speed of light?

[Image can go after the question but before the answer choices]

a. Albert Einstein

*b. Albert Michelson

c. Thomas Edison

d. Guglielmo Marconi

• • Make sure you have a space AFTER the question number and period when you add your image.

• Important things to keep in mind when using images

Question with Feedback Example:

Example:

3. Who determined the exact speed of light?

~ Albert Michelson was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Physics (1907) for his measurements of the speed of light. 

@ Albert Michelson was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Physics (1907) for his measurements of the speed of light. 

a. Albert Einstein

*b. Albert Michelson

c. Thomas Edison

d. Guglielmo Marconi

• 1.  After you finish writing the question, form a new line with the " ~ " symbol and write your feedback after the symbol.

     1. (Make sure there is one space between the ~ symbol and the feedback.)

        1. (This symbol represents correct feedback)

  2. On the next line begin with the " @ " symbol.

  3. Copy the same feedback you had and paste it after the " @ " Symbol.

• • 1. (Make sure there is one space between the @ symbol and the feedback.)

       1. (This symbol represents incorrect feedback)

1. Question with Feedback for Each Individual Answer (Individual Feedback is optional)

Matching Questions:

Example:

Type: MT

1. Match the correct name to the discovery or theory.

a. Michelson-Morely = Speed of light

b. Einstein = Theory of Relativity

c. Marconi = radio waves

• • The formatting must begin with the words "Type: MT" BEFORE the question number.

Final steps to take:

1. Send your Test to the Office of Curriculum Support (OCS)

• • When you have finished editing your Word Document, send the document over to the office of curriculum support (OCS).

  • Send OCS any information they need to fill out the Test Request Form (How long the test will be, what day it opens and closes, etc.)

  • OCS will make sure the formatting of the test is correct and they have all the information they need for the settings of the exam.

  • If there are formatting errors, OCS will send the test back to you for corrections.

  • When the test has been processed, you will receive another email, and your test will be available for your review in your Blackboard course. The test will be set to "unavailable."

2. Review the Test

• • Open your Blackboard course, and find your test by going to the area where you asked us to deploy it. Note that the test shows as "Item is not available."

  • Using the double-down chevron  to the right of the Test title, choose Edit the Test. You will find a detailed list of all the questions, showing your question text, provided answers (if multiple choice), the correct answer, feedback, and point values.

  • If there are errors, you can fix them directly on this page in Blackboard.

  • If a question requires editing, use the action links to the right of the question title to bring up the drop down menu and select Edit. You can edit the text of the question, answers, feedback, change the images, change the correct answer, etc.

  • To change the point value of a question, do this from the Edit the Test area (to the right of each individual Question). 

  • Make sure to also review the test as a student would by click on the name of the Test directly and selecting "Begin".

3. Verify your test settings and make it available

• • The Course Director is responsible to review the Test and release it to the students.

  • Go back to where your Test is deployed. Next to the test title, use the double-down chevron  to select the option "Edit the Test Options" This will bring up the Test Options page.

  • Verify that the settings are as you requested. Check length of time, availability window, and display options. (Do not change these settings on your own. If there is an incorrect setting, send an E-mail to the Instructional Technology Group and the Office of Curriculum Support to request a change)

  • If all is as you expected, make the test available directly underneath the option labeled "Test Availability". Select Yes next to "Make the Link Available".