Assessment & Marking

This article provides an overview of all the question types available in Blackboard tests, and provides guidance on how to set them up.

A step-by-step guide on how to build an online test in Blackboard for use in an examination.

Our colleagues in the Faculty of Humanities have come up with a method whereby students can upload their videos to the University’s Video Portal, and paste the generated link into Blackboard. This will enable you to view the videos in the Blackboard assignment tool, without placing a strain on Blackboard’s servers.

Resources to support the design of effective assessment.

The recommended mobile app for scanning and submitting hand-drawn work is Adobe Scan. If a student’s device does not support Adobe Scan, we have suggested some alternatives they can try.

Pros and cons of importing information to create Blackboard tests.

Guide to setting up a Grade Centre Smart View in Blackboard to easily see and email a subset of students according to when they last accessed your Blackboard course unit.

Rubrics – What are they? Why and how should I use them?
This information is aimed at colleagues involved in setting up online assignments in Blackboard and Turnitin. It provides an overview of how to choose the right rubric for your needs.

The pandemic forced us to move away from traditional examinations. This article discusses how open book exams could be a useful for assessing how your students are doing at higher levels of the Bloom’s Taxonomy.