The Blackboard Test Pool Generator was developed to help you create Test/Quiz/Exam questions for Blackboard Original and Ultra.
It allows you to type up the quiz offline in a program like Word, Notepad, or Google Docs and not have to go through the trouble of making assessment questions via the Blackboard web interface.
Simply type or paste your quiz in the text area and click the Create button. This will produce a zip file that you can import into the Pool Manager in Blackboard Original, or into Question Banks for Ultra.
The following are the step-by-step instructions for uploading the zip file to your course.
Basic Information
- Questions and answers start with an identifier (typically a number or letter) followed by a period or parenthesis, followed by the question or answer text on a single line.
- Don’t use newlines or return characters except when you’re going on to the next question or answer. This is especially important if you’re pasting in questions from another program like Word.
- Separate your questions with a blank line.
Multiple Choice
- Question on a single line.
- Answers immediately following the question.
- Asterisk (*) in front of the correct choice.
Example:
1. Which of the following is a prime number?
a) 4
*b) 5
c) 6
Multiple Answer
- Exactly the same as multiple choice, only with multiple answers marked correct.
- Question on a single line.
- Answers immediately following the question.
- Asterisk (*) in front of all correct choice(s).
Example:
1. Which of the following is a prime number?
*a) 2
*b) 3
c) 4
*d) 5
e) 6
True/False
- Question on a single line.
- The answer is on the next line. Can be any of the following: T, t, True, TRUE, true, F, f, False, FALSE, false
Example:
1. 3 is a prime number.
True
Essay
- This is simply a question with no answer given.
Example:
1. Tell me your life story.
Fill in the blank
- Begin your question with the keyword: blank
- Leave a blank somewhere in the question.
- Give all of the possible correct answers.
Example:
blank 1. Two plus two equals _____.
a. four
b. 4
Matching
- Begin your question with the keyword: match
- Put the matches separated by slashes (/).
- You can have entries with no match, i.e. leave the other side blank. (such as 4 and fore below)
- The entries will be randomized.
Example:
match 1. Match the number with its spelling. 🙂
a. 3 / three
b. 1 / one
c. 12 / twelve