Advanced Assessment Types

Click on a question type below for detailed instructions on creating this question type.

Calculated Formula allows you to create a formula for students to solve and Blackboard will supply each student with a different numerical value from a range of variables set when the question is created. The variable range is created by specifying a minimum and maximum value for each variable. Answer sets are randomly generated. The correct answer can be a specific value or a range of values, and partial credit can be granted for answers falling in a predetermined range.

The Calculated Numeric question type resembles a fill-in-the-blank question. Users enter a number to complete a statement, and the correct answer can be a specific number or within a range of numbers.

Either/Or question type allows users to select one of two answers. It includes the answer choices Yes/No, Agree/Disagree, Right/Wrong, and True/False.

File Response allows users to upload a file from their local drive as the answer to the question. This question type much be graded manually.

Fill in Multiple Blanks works like the fill-the-blank question type but allows for up to 10 blanks inserted into a sentence or paragraph. Separate sets of answers are created for each blank, and partial credit can be given for this question type.

Hot Spot questions require users to designate a location on an image to answer the question.

Jumbled sentence allows users to select an answer from a drop-down list of choices. The question text can include several variables, and partial credit can be given.

Opinion Scale/Likert questions ask you to read a statement and then specify a level of agreement, frequency, importance, likelihood and so on. This question type is most frequently used in a survey situation.

Quiz Bowl questions require the answer to be in the form of a question. One or more interrogatives and one or more phrases can be specified that must be included in the answer.

Short Answer questions are similar to essay questions. The length of the answer can be limited to a specified number of rows in the text box.