{"id":9415,"date":"2017-05-02T18:36:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T22:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/blackboard-test-taking-tips\/"},"modified":"2017-05-02T18:36:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T22:36:55","slug":"blackboard-test-taking-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/blackboard-test-taking-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Test-Taking Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>If you are taking final exams<\/strong><\/span> in <em>Blackboard<\/em>,\u00a0the odds are that some of you will encounter issues while taking your exams. Fortunately, you can go a long way toward avoiding problems when taking tests in <em>Blackboard<\/em> if you\u00a0follow this top-10 list of <em>Blackboard<\/em>\u00a0test-taking tips:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use a wired internet connection, rather than a wireless connection.<\/li>\n<li>Use a computer, rather than a mobile device, when taking a test in Bb (unless your instructor confirms that the test is mobile-compatible).<\/li>\n<li>Use\u00a0<em>FireFox\u00a0<\/em>when taking a test in\u00a0<em>Bb<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Clear your browser history and cache before taking a test (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=9185\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>How do I do that?<\/strong><\/em><\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Make sure your browser window is maximized.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t have multiple tabs open in your browser.<\/li>\n<li>Have pop-up blocking enabled on your browser.<\/li>\n<li>Try not to have other applications open when you take tests in <em>Bb<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t have multiple\u00a0<em>Bb\u00a0<\/em>sessions open at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>Log out of\u00a0Bb\u00a0and log back in <em><strong>before\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>taking your test, so that you start the test with a fresh\u00a0<em>Bb\u00a0<\/em>session.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Please feel free<\/span><\/strong> to contact the Distance Learning Office (<strong>629-7070<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0<em><strong>DLHelp@hvcc.edu<\/strong><\/em>) if you have any questions about this!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 02 May 2017 18:36:55 +0000 by\u00a0m.petersen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; If you are taking final exams in Blackboard,\u00a0the odds are that some of you will encounter issues while taking&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}