Bb 9.1 April 2014
As you create a new test, or modify the options for an existing test while launching your course(s) for the Fall semester, you will want to know about a number of welcome features in the new version of Blackboard (Bb 9.1 April 2014)!
First, when you are setting the options for a test in the Test Options window and you set a test for multiple attempts, you can now tell Blackboard which test-attempt grade to display, whether Highest Grade, Last Graded Attempt, or otherwise (previously, you had to do this after you’d created or modified your test, by using the Edit Column Information control for the column for the test in your Grade Center):
Second, after you’ve set your Test Availability options (single attempt or multiple attempts, timer, auto-submit, forced completion, etc.), you now can set Test Availability Exceptions for selected users or groups in your course. After selecting the user(s) or group(s) for whom you want to create Availability Exceptions, you then specify what those exceptions are. For example, you can change the time allowed for a test for a user or group; change the number of attempts that a user or group can make on the test; or make the test available for a different block of time than it is for the rest of your class. This is a robust feature that will allow you to easily meet the needs, say, of students who require special accommodations, or students who can not take a test within the same time-frame as the rest of your class.
After setting the availability options in the Test Options window of a test that you are creating or modifying, here’s what you do:
Note: with this new feature in Blackboard, you can also create numerous different Test Availability Exceptions for selected users or groups!
As a third new test option, if you assign a due date to a test that you are creating or modifying, you can now prevent students from making attempts on the test after its due date:
Finally, it is now possible for you to provide tw0-tiered test feedback to your students! That is, if you normally provide test feedback, you now can provide one type or level of feedback while students are still taking the test, and another type or level of feedback after the test has been graded. In the following example, students can see their test scores once they’ve submitted a test attempt, but they will not see a full range of feedback until after the test has been graded:
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As always, please do not hesitate to contact the Distance and Online Learning Office (629-7070 / DLHelp@hvcc.edu), if you have any questions, or if you would like to receive training on this topic.
Published: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:51:34 +0000 by m.petersen