Blackboard Test Manager

Key Features

Easy to use - the test manager's wizard interface makes it easy for anyone to create a publish an online quiz
Already available to you - most Duke courses are automatically provided with a Blackboard course site or can request one
Secure - only students officially enrolled in your course will have access

Overview

What Is It?

Blackboard includes a test manager tool that provides a "wizard" type interface to guide instructors step-by-step through the process of creating an online graded quiz or test, as well as ungraded self-assessments. Tests permit instructors to assign point values to each question on exams or quizzes.

How Does It Work?

The Blackboard 6.3 instructors manual and Blackboard@Duke Help site describe how the Test Manager works. The Instructor creates a test and makes it available to students via the Test Manager in the Control Panel. When a Student completes a Test it is submitted for grading and the results are recorded in the Gradebook.

Test Manager Overview (Blackboard™ 6.3 users manual)
How to Create or Modify a Test ( Blackboard™ 6.3 users manual)

Uses as an Instructional Technology

Online testing can enable instructors to gauge students' learning quickly and efficiently. Automated grading can be a big time-saver for instructors of large classes. In addition, online testing tools used in an ungraded mode provide students with valuable opportunities to self-assess their learning, identify misunderstandings more quickly, focus on key concepts, and improve student performance on subsequent graded in-class assignments.

Additional resources

Tests vs. Surveys (Blackboard@Duke)
Limiting time for tests (Blackboard@Duke)
Using technology to assign and grade problem sets
8 Ways to Use Online Assessments for Face-to-Face Courses (University of Oregon)