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Assessment Questions In Blackboard 6
There are many different question types available in Blackboard 6 for use in assessments, surveys and pools. Below is a comprehensive list of all the question types, and a list of the steps necessary to use each one.
New Question Types(Release 6.3)
A Calculated Formula question is similar to a Calculated Numeric question, but there is greater flexibility. Unlike a Calculated Numeric question, a Calculated Formula question gives the instructor the ability to generate multiple parameter sets that each correspond to a different correct answer. Students taking the test will receive a random set of these parameters and be prompted for an answer. The test creator using this question type can generate a question which focuses on a specific method or topic, and will show different parameters for each person taking the test. NOTE: WHEN USING THIS QUESTION TYPE, THOROUGH TESTING OF ITS SETUP WILL PREVENT HUGE GRADING HEADACHES LATER!!!
- Block 1 Set question text using variables enclosed in brackets, e.g. [x], to represent the parameters of the equation that should be randomly generated. Each parameter must be represented by a unique variable. Set an answer formula by which the parameters should be operated to produce the correct answer. NOTE: Be sure to include all operators explicitly within the answer formula; if x=400 and the answer equation expresses 4x, then make sure it is written as 4*x or it will be displayed as 4400 as opposed to 4*400. Set a point value of the question.
- Block 2 define the acceptable error range of the answer as well as whether units are required, and if partial credit is available
- Block 3 choose next or cancel
- PAGE 2 Block 1 choose minimum value, maximum value and number of decimal places for each parameter
- Block 2 choose required decimal places for answer, choose number of random sets of questions generated from the parameters
- Block 3 choose back, cancel or calculate
- PAGE 3 Block 1 you may modify by hand the values for each of the equation sets
- Block 2 choose response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 3 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 4 choose submit or cancel
This question format prompts the student to enter a numeric answer in response to a question or formula.
- Block 1 set question text and point value
- Block 2 set the correct answer and any applicable range of acceptable error
- Block 3 choose response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 4 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 5 choose submit or cancel
Similar to True/False, as it has only two answer options. However, the choices of text for these answer options include true/false, agree/disagree, right/wrong, and yes/no.
- Block 1 set question text and point value
- Block 2 choose answer orientation (horizontal/vertical)
- Block 3 choose the label of the answer choices (yes/no, agree/disagree, right/wrong, true/false); select the correct answer
- Block 4 choose response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 5 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 6 choose submit or cancel
Similar to Fill in the Blank, but allows multiple blanks within the same question. This question type uses variables to designate the different blanks.
- Block 1 write the question text using unique variables within brackets, [x] [y] [z] etc., to designate where in the question text the blanks will occur; select point value
- Block 2 choose whether to allow partial credit
- Block 3 choose next or cancel
- PAGE 2 Block 1 displays the question text in variable form
- Block 2 corresponds to first variable; enter the number and text of acceptable answers to the first blank space
- Block 3 corresponds to the next blank in the question; enter the number and text of acceptable answers for this blank
- Block 4 corresponds to the next blank, or if there are only two blanks then it corresponds to the submission section with options of back, cancel or next; more variables means more Blocks before the submission section
- PAGE 3 Block 1 choose response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 2 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 3 choose submit or cancel
A file response question is similar to an Essay question, but the student will upload a file in response to the question text. This provides somewhat greater flexibility as the file format of the upload is completely up to the student. File Response could be used for prompting submission of a visual or audio assignment, or other submissions that are not text based. This question type requires instructor review to record a score.
- Block 1 set question text and point value
- Block 2 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 3 choose submit or cancel
A Hot Spot question allows a student to click on a certain area of an uploaded picture when prompted by a question; the student gets full credit if the location where they click is within a rectangular region of the picture set by the test maker.
- Block 1 set question text and point value
- Block 2 choose the picture to be uploaded (must be a local file on your computer)
- Block 3 choose next or cancel
- PAGE 2 Block 1 click, hold and drag a rectangle on the uploaded image; this designates the area that student answer clicks must be within to get credit
- Block 2 choose response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 3 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 4 choose submit or cancel
Allows students to compose a sentence or paragraph with multiple blanks by selecting answer choices for each blank from a single drop-down menu.
- Block 1 question text and point value; write the sentence using a unique variable letter enclosed within brackets, [x], for each of the words you would like to be a choice from the drop-down menu
- Block 2 choose whether to allow partial credit
- Block 3 select number of answers and text of answers for the drop-down menu (this should contain all of the different words to be supplied to the blanks in the sentence)
- Block 4 select next or cancel
- PAGE 2 Block 1 use drop-down menus to display correct answer
- Block 2 choose response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 3 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 4 choose back, submit or cancel
This question type prompts the student to choose from an instructor-specified number of answers. This question type is almost identical to a Multiple Choice question.
- Block 1 question text and point value
- Feature Coming Soon! Block 2 choose whether the answers are bulleted with roman numerals, Arabic numerals, capital letters or nothing; choose the orientation of the answers (horizontal/vertical); choose to allow partial credit or randomize answer order
- Block 3 choose number of possible answer choices and set each answer choice; if partial credit is enabled, set percentage value for each incorrect answer
- Block 4 choose the response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 5 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 6 submit or cancel
Questions for which the answer must be a hand typed interrogative. All answers must come in the form of a question.
- Block 1 question text and point value
- Block 2 choose whether to allow partial credit and set the amount of it by percentage
- Block 3 select the number and type of different interrogatives that are acceptable as a part of the answer
- Block 4 select the number of and the text of acceptable answers
- Block 5 choose the response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 6 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 7 submit or cancel
Just like an Essay question but has a smaller field presented to the student for typing text. This question type requires instructor review of each submission to record a score.
- Block 1 fill in question field, fill in point value
- Block 2 set number of lines in field to receive students answer, choose font and text formatting for the answer
- Block 3 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 4 choose submit or cancel
Pre-existing Question Types
This question type prompts the student to choose one of an instructor-specififed number of responses.
- Block 1 question text and point value
- Block 2 choose whether answers are bulleted (options include roman numerals, Arabic numerals, upper and lower case letters), choose answer orientation (horizontal/vertical), choose whether to allow partial credit, choose whether answers are randomly ordered
- Block 3 select number of answers (if less than currently displayed, must click remove button next to answer fields), fill in text of possible answers, select correct answer
- Block 4 choose the response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 5 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 6 submit or cancel
A True/False question is most accurately described as a subset of Multiple Choice questions. However, there are two key differences: only two answer choices and the answers to choose from are pre-determined.
- Block 1 question text and point value
- Feature Coming Soon! Block 2 choose answer orientation (horizontal/vertical)
- Block 3 choose correct answer (true/false)
- Block 4 choose the response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 5 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 6 submit or cancel
This question permits the instructor to create as many as twenty answer choices, and mark any or all of them as correct answers. The student must then decide which of the possible answers are correct and select them.
- Block 1 question text and point value
- Feature Coming Soon! Block 2 choose whether answers are bulleted (options include roman numerals, Arabic numerals, upper and lower case letters), choose answer orientation (horizontal/vertical), choose whether to allow partial credit, choose whether answers are randomly ordered
- Block 3 select number of answers (if less than currently displayed, must click remove button next to answer fields), fill in text of possible answers, select correct answer(s)
- Block 4 choose the response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 5 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 6 submit or cancel
An instructor may define up to twenty items that must be placed in the correct order. The student then marks each item to indicate its position in the correct order.
- Block 1 question text and point value
- Block 2 choose how answers are bulleted (options include roman numerals, Arabic numerals, upper and lower case letters), choose whether to allow partial credit
- Block 3 select number of answers (if less than currently displayed, must click remove button next to answer fields), fill in answer text in the boxes corresponding to the actual order of the correct answer
- Block 4 choose cancel or next
- PAGE 2 Block 1 choose the order of the answers as they appear to the student
- Block 2 choose the response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 3 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 4 submit or cancel
The instructor defines a number of question items and answer items. Each has a maximum number of twenty, and the amounts of answer items and question items does not have to match. The student then determines which items match each other.
- Block 1 question text and point value
- Block 2 choose how answers are bulleted (options include roman numerals, Arabic numerals, upper and lower case letters), choose whether to allow partial credit, choose whether choices are randomly displayed
- Block 3 select number of questions (if less than currently displayed, must click remove button next to question fields), fill in the question items in the order in which they will appear
- Block 4 select number of answers (if less than currently displayed, must click remove button next to answer fields), fill in the answer items in the order in which they will appear
- Block 5 choose cancel or next
- PAGE 2 Block 1 match each question item with each correct answer
- Block 2 choose the response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 3 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 4 submit or cancel
To use a Fill in the Blank question an instructor first must write the text of the question, and then choose how many possible correct answers they would like, defining the text for each. There is a maximum of twenty defined answers. A student response is compared to the defined answers and credit is given if the students answer matches any of the correct answers.
- Block 1 question text and point value
- Block 2 choose the number and input the text for each correct answer
- Block 3 choose the response text for correct and incorrect answers
- Block 4 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 5 submit or cancel
In response to an instructor specified qeustion text, a student writes a response into a text box. The instructor then reviews the submission and assigns credit as appropriate. This question type requires instructor review of each submission to record a score.
- Block 1 question text and point value
- Block 2 Optional Field choose whether to supply an example answer by filling in the text box
- Block 3 associate the question with a category, a topic or keyword, and choose level of difficulty
- Block 4 submit or cancel
Random Block questions are a fast way to set up an assessment. However, it is only truly effective if you have taken the time to build a large library of questions in a question pool. First, select the categories of questions from which you would like to obtain a random cross-section. Next fill in the total number of questions you would like to import, as well as the point value of each question. Choose cancel or import.
This performs a function similar to a Random Block. This is a way to select a particular question instead of a random question. You may choose to select a question from any previously created assessment or from any pool of questions; by clicking the advanced tab, you may choose a question based upon its category, topic, difficulty or keyword as well.
This feature allows the user to upload a question or set of questions from a local file, as well as assign a universal point value to each of the questions uploaded in the same batch.
- Block 1 choose file location for importation
- Block 2 choose cancel or submit
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