Creating quizzes / surveys through the Blackboard interface is rather tedious and time consuming. Isn there a faster way?
You can purchase an inexpensive desktop copy of a Blackboard-compatible quiz generator such as Respondus or Questionmark, or you can create quizzes / surveys off-line in a text editor (or in a word processing program, saving them as plain text) and upload them to Blackboard. This later choice is a bit more labor-intensive, but it is free. Instructions follow. Overview Instructors may import files containing questions into an Assessment. After selecting the Upload Questions question type on the Test Canvas the Upload Question page appears. The questions in the uploaded file must match a specific file structure, which is explained below. The file may include Essay, Ordering, Matching, Fill in the Blank, Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer and True/False questions, or any combination of these. When questions are imported they automatically default to the point value set in Creation Settings. If a default value has not been chosen in Creation Settings questions will automatically have a point