Welcome to the “Taking Quizzes in Blackboard” Tutorial demonstrating the process of
taking a quiz and reviewing the results.
After we’ve opened Blackboard dot u-n-c dot e-d-u in Mozilla and entered the course
site, we navigate to the quiz link and click it to begin. Remember to avoid repeated
clicking of links to prevent being locked out of taking the assessment. After we click the
quiz link, an alert appears. To proceed, we click OK.
Quiz Settings
Timed Assessments
Single/Multiple Sessions
Multiple Attempts
Once we’ve opened the quiz, the “Take Assessment” page opens. The grey box at the top
of the page has quiz instructions and settings.
For example, if the instructor set the quiz to be timed, the heading “Timed Assessment”
will be listed in the grey box, followed by the specific time limit on the quiz.
The countdown for a timed assessment starts from the second that we open the Take
Assessment window. The elapsed time displays in the browser’s status bar.
To learn if the quiz must be completed during a single session, or if you can save your
answers, close the test, and resume taking it later, check the “Force Completion” heading
in the information box at the top of the page.
The Multiple Attempts heading states if the quiz allows for a single submission of
answers or allows for multiple attempts. Note that if you retake the quiz, each session
deletes previous answers.
Essay Answers
Quizzes in Blackboard can include several types of questions, including essay questions.
Remember to use a word processing program to type, copy and paste the response into
the answer area.
One Page Quiz
When all questions display at once on a single, scrollable page, a Save and a Submit
button appear at the bottom of the page. Make sure to click Save often as you complete
your work, but only click Submit when you’re ready to submit your answers.
Multi-Page Quiz
A quiz could be set up with only one question per page so that answers are saved as we
move from one question to another, using the navigation arrows at the bottom right of the
quiz screen.
After we click the right arrow key, an alert appears. Click OK to submit this answer and
move to the next question.
With this type of quiz, make sure to check the grey information box to see if backtracking
to previous questions is prohibited so you know if you can move back and forth within
the quiz.
Blank Answer Notification
With all quizzes, if any answers are blank, Blackboard alerts us when we click submit.
Click Cancel to return to the quiz and answer these questions.
Result Displays
With the successful submission of the quiz, a confirmation notice displays. Click OK to
view the quiz results.
Depending on how the instructor has set up the feedback options for the quiz, results
display in one of four ways.
One, your score (or, if essay questions were included, an indication that there are parts of
the quiz that need to be graded by your instructor).
Two, your score, the quiz questions and your answers.
Three, your score, the quiz questions, your answers, and the correct answers.
And, lastly, your score, the quiz questions, your answers, the correct answers, and
additional feedback on your answers.
View Results
To view the results at a later time, click Tools on the course’s Blackboard Home Page,
then click “View Grades.”
Click the link in the Grade column to review you quiz results. If an exclamation point
displays instead of a grade, your instructor has not finished grading your work. Check
again later.
Summary
Use Mozilla to access your course’s Blackboard site to take quizzes. Ask your instructor
if you can not locate the quiz link.
Read all of the information at the top of the page to understand how the quiz is set up.
Your instructor may have set the quiz to be timed. If so, the countdown begins when the
“Take Assessment” window opens.
Check the “Multiple Attempts” heading in the information box to learn if you can retake
the assessment multiple times.
Check the “Force Completion” heading in the information box to learn if the quiz must
be completed during a single session, or if you can take it over multiple sessions.
For essays, type your answer in a word processing program. Then copy and paste the text
into the answer area in the quiz.
A quiz may be set up to display all questions on a single, scrollable page.
A quiz may have a single question per screen. In this case, you are submitting individual
answers as you progress within the quiz.
With all quizzes, Blackboard notifies you of blank answers before you submit your
responses.
Results can be viewed from the course Blackboard home page by clicking “Tools,” then
“View Grades.”
You have completed the tutorial, “Taking Quizzes In Blackboard.” Additional
information about Blackboard is at: http://help.unc.edu