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Blackboard: Tests and Surveys

Tests and surveys are used to measure student knowledge, gauge progress, and gather information from students. You can create tests and surveys and then deploy them in Blackboard. You assign points to test questions for grading evaluation, but survey questions are not scored.

Source

Use it to formally or informally assess student understanding

Tests and surveys are used to measure a student’s understanding of the course content formally and informally. These tools can be adapted to meet your instructional needs and are embedded within the Blackboard platform.

Pros

The tools offer a variety of options. There are numerous options in Blackboard for creating and editing tests and surveys, including setting a timer, allowing for multiple attempts, providing feedback, grading, randomizing questions, and running item analysis (just to name a few).

It’s easy to grade and assign points with tests in Blackboard.