Assessment with Blackboard
Blackboard provides a variety of assessment features. Test and surveys may be used for formative assessment. Student assignments may be submitted electronically. Results are kept in the Blackboard gradebook, which provides a variety of analytical features. Results may also be exported for more complex analysis using programs such as SPSS and Microsoft Excel.
Please note that for summative assessment iSolutions recommends the QuestionMark Perception CAA service.
Tests and Surveys using Blackboard
Access this page to find out more about how to use tests and surveys in Blackboard.
Question Types available in Blackboard
Blackboard offers a variety of types of question you may use in tests or surveys. This guide lists and explains them all.
Blackboard provides a variety of methods allowing electronic submission of assignments. Go to this page to find out what's available and the issues involved.
The Self and Peer Assessment feature in Blackboard allows you to set questions to your students. Students enter answers for these questions. Then following a deadline passing students are able to assess the answers of their peers and themselves, anonymously if you wish. You can provide model answers for the students to compare that of themselves and their peers against, and provide criteria against which the students give these answers scores.
About the Blackboard Grade Centre
Results from tests and surveys are stored in the Grade Centre.
About the Performance Dashboard
The Performance Dashboard offers an at-a-glance view of student progress through your course.
About the Early Warning System
The Early Warning System works in tandem with the Performance Dashboard. It allows you to define progress criteria and identify students who meet that criteria.
Scheduling from the Perception Survey System
This guide explains how to schedule tests and surveys that are held on the Perception Survey system from within your Blackboard course.
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