Assessing learner progress helps reinforce important factors, provides feedback, determines readiness and identifies misconceptions.

Benefits of Online Testing

• Location and time independent - Students can take a test from anywhere with Internet connection and during whatever time period you specify.
• Automatic score recording - Blackboard scores tests (with the exception of essay questions) automatically. Sscores are logged into the online Gradebook and are immediately visible for student access.
• A time saver - Online testing saves faculty/Staff grading time. More importantly, online testing saves instructional time, both in class and out.

Question Type

The Blackboard test manager supports online offerings of test, exams and quizzes. There are 17 different question types available,to include:

1. Calculated Formula
2. Calculated numeric
3. Either/Or
4. File Response
5. Fill in Multiple Blanks
6. Fill in the Blank
7. Hot Spot
8. Jumbled Sentence
9. Matching
10. Multiple Answer
11. Multiple Choice
12. Opinion Scale/Likert
13. Ordering
14. Quiz Bowl
15. Short Answer
16. True/False
17. Random Block

For more in-depth information on these questions types view the Question Type Manual.