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Phillips Andover Academy
2/22/2006 - 11:30 – 1:00
Darek Sady
Blackboard Learning System (Release 6.3)
Assessments,Surveys,
and Pools
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Introductions
Darek Sady Education
– Utica College of Syracuse University– University of North Carolina Greensboro
Professional Experience– 6 Years in Academia– Faculty Development Trainer– College instructor for 3 Years– Director of IT
2 Years with Blackboard
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Introductions and Expectations
Please introduce yourself…Name, Position/Title, Courses that you teachExperience using BlackboardPlanned use or current use of BlackboardExpectation(s) for this workshop Interesting tidbit about yourself or a local
favorite restaurant
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Workshop Objectives and Agenda
Test/Survey Managers– Understanding Creation Settings– Developing assessment questions– Deploying, retrieving, and grading assessments.
Questions Pools– Building, categorizing, and searching for questions in
a pool
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Assessments
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Assessment Lifecycle
Creation– Using Pools or building from scratch
Delivery– Options, feedback, and availability
Completion by StudentGrading - “!” in Gradebook
– Automatic vs. Manual Item grading
Student Review– Viewing feedback and grades
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Tests and Surveys
Question types include: Multiple Choice
(answers can be randomized) True/False Multiple Answer Ordering Matching Fill-in-the-Blank Essay Short Answer Calculated Formula Calculated Numeric Hotspot Opinion Scale/Likert File Upload Jumbled Sentence Either/Or
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Advanced Question Types
Calculated FormulaCalculated NumericEither/OrFile ResponseFill in Multiple Blanks
HotspotJumbled SentenceOpinion Scale/LikertQuiz BowlShort Answer
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Advanced Assessment Questions
Additional questions types within assessments. Calculated Formula – Include calculations within the
question. The calculations can have changing values within them for each exam.
Calculated Numeric – Answer is a number or within a certain range of numbers.
Either/Or – Answer is Yes/No, Agree/Disagree, Right/Wrong.
File Response – Student answers the question by uploading a file.
Fill in Multiple Blanks – Type in free-form answers to multiple blanks within a sentence.
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Advanced Assessment Questions continued
Hotspot – Student designates a “hotspot” on an image that was previously uploaded by the instructor.
Jumbled Sentence – Select from a drop-down of answers to fill in multiple blanks within a sentence.
Opinion Scale/Likert – Answer is selection based on a scale such as Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, etc.
Quiz Bowl – Students must provide their answers in a question format.
Short Answer – Answer is typed into a free-form text box with a set limit.
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Calculated Formula – Student Perspective
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Calculated Formula
Create variable-based questions by using brackets [ ]
Create an answer formula using the WebEQ tool – provide method for Blackboard to solve the problem
Partial Credit and Unit requirements can be specified
Instructor-defined variables can be used on both sides of the equation
Answer formula is solved for missing variable
Variable ranges and decimal places can be defined
Blackboard will calculate variable answer results
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Calculated Formula – Instructor Perspective
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Calculated Formula – Instructor Perspective
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Calculated Numeric
Accepts numeric answers in a blank fieldAnswer range can be specifiedDoes not allow for partial credit
Student Perspective
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Calculated Numeric – Instructor Perspective
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Either/Or
Similar to a True/False question
Several answer choice options
Can change answer orientation
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Either/Or – Student Perspective
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Either/Or – Instructor Perspective
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File Response
Similar to an Assignment – allows instructor to collect file from students
Students can upload file from local computer or Content System (if available)
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File Response – Perspectives
Student View
Instructor View
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Fill In Multiple Blanks
Create variable-based fill in questions
Students can be provided with a text based list of potential answers
Instructor must devise potential student answers for each variable
Similar to single fill in blank question
Partial Credit Option
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Fill in Multiple Blanks –Perspectives
Student View
Instructor View
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Hot Spot
Image is uploaded, and select portion of the image is marked as correct
Student clicks on image to mark answer
Automatically graded
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Hot Spot – Student Perspective
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Hot Spot – Instructor Perspective
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Jumbled Sentence
Create variable-based questions by using brackets [ ]
Create list of potential answers that will appear throughout the sentence
Partial Credit can be specified
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Jumbled Sentence – Student Perspective
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Jumbled Sentence – Instructor Perspective
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Jumbled Sentence – Instructor Perspective
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Opinion Scale/Likert
Similar to a multiple choice question
Answer numbering, orientation, and partial credit can be configured
Answers can be displayed in random order
Often used for assessing opinions in a survey
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Opinion Scale/Likert – Student Perspective
Similar to a multiple choice questionAnswer numbering, orientation, and partial
credit can be configuredAnswers can be displayed in random orderOften used for assessing opinions in a survey
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Opinion Scale/Likert – Instructor Perspective
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Quiz Bowl
Jeopardy-like questions – answer presented first
Partial credit can be partially based on included interrogatives
Similar to a “fill in the blank” question
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Quiz Bowl – Student Perspective
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Quiz Bowl – Instructor Perspective
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Short Answer – Student Perspective
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Short Answer – Instructor Perspective
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Assessment Question Completion Status
Students may skip questions that they may wish to come back to in a question-by-question assessment.
This feature allows students to clearly identify which questions they have actually completed from the ones that they have skipped as they progress through the assessment.
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Test Manager
Test Canvas– Build and edit assessments, and then deploy them anywhere,
anytime– Use the Creation Settings feature to set default point values for
questions– Attach images and links to questions and to feedback– Built-in math and science notation
Test Manager– Change the properties for specific assessments– Choose the method for deploying assessments (e.g., question
by question or all at once)– Edit deployed assessments without clearing existing grades
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Survey Manager
Uses include polling, evaluations, and random checks of knowledge
Surveys differ from Tests in the following ways:– Questions cannot be assigned points– Surveys cannot include Random Blocks of questions– Instructors cannot give students feedback– Surveys cannot be graded– Surveys questions cannot be categorized– Questions may be imported into a Survey; however, they
cannot include correct and incorrect answers
Survey results may be viewed on the Assessment Statistics page (by percentage)
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Assessment Survey Results Download
Instructors can download the results from the attempts of a test or survey to an outside application such as MS Excel.
Supported question types: True/False and Multiple Choice. This allows further statistical analysis of the test/survey
results outside of Blackboard
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Question Pools
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Why Use Question Pools?
Easily transfer questions from Course to Course by importing and exporting Question Pools
Share and exchange Question Pools with colleagues
Search Question Pools to locate questions quickly
Randomize the order of questions presented to students in an Assessment
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From Question Pools to Deploying a Test
After creating a Question Pool… You must create a Test using the Question Pool as a
source of test questions. CONTROL PANEL > TEST MANAGER
You must deploy the Test from a Content Area. CONTROL PANEL > CONTENT AREA
You must make the Test link visible to make the Test available to students. CONTENT AREA > (Test Name) > MODIFY > MODIFY THE TEST OPTIONS
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Resources and Materials
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Tutorials
http://www.blackboard.com/quicktutorials/
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The Blackboard Community
Users Conference
Client Advisory Boards
Email Listserve
Behind the Blackboard for Administrators
Regional User Groups
Developer Community