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:Quizzes, Tests and Surveys:

Quizzes, Tests and Surveys

Blackboard assessments have many variables that your instructor controls. The assessment tools in Blackboard allow faculty to give a graded Quiz and Test or a non-graded, anonymous survey. The test can be set up in several different styles. For example it can show all the questions at once or one at a time, it can be timed and have multiple types of questions.

Some of the variables you may encounter are:

• Tests may be set to allow only one attempt, which means that once you access the test you must complete it, or allow multiple attempts, in which case you may repeat the assessment
• Instructors may force completion at one sitting or may allow you to save your progress and return later to complete and submit the assessment
• Test may open in a new browser window or in the same Blackboard screen - pop-up blockers interfere with exams that open in a new window
• Instructors may place a time limit on an exam, though Blackboard will not disconnect you from the test, your instructor will know the length of time you spent completing it
• Test questions may be delivered all at once or one at a time, you may or may not be able to back track and change answers in the one-at-a-time format
• Questions may be drawn from a pool randomly, your assessment may not be identical to your classmates' assessments

** Please Note **
Instructor policy and procedure take precedence over the Blackboard system.