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Create a Test with Video and Auto-Graded Short Answer
The purpose of this tutorial is to explain how to create a single test with embedded videos and
auto-graded short answer questions. The instructions below will explain how to create your test
and questions.
Please note
1. Log into Blackboard and access your course.
2. Click on the content area where you want create the test. Hover over Assessments and
click Test.
3. Click Create.
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4. Type the Name, Description and Instructions. Click Submit.
5. The first question you should make is for the video. You’ll create a Fill in the Blank question,
type a prompt and embed the video. This will show them the video separate from the
questions. The following steps explain how to do this.
6. Hover over Create Question and choose Fill in the Blank.
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7. Type your instructions in the Question Text box. Be sure to tell the students what to type in
the answer box so they can advance to the next question. Also, after you have created all of
your questions, you’ll need to set the points possible for these questions to zero.
8. After you finish typing your instructions, hit return once on the keyboard and click Record
from webcam from the toolbar.
9. Click Sign In to YouTube.
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10. Sign in with your YouTube (Google) account. It can be an ASU or personal account.
11. You will need to let Blackboard access your Google account by clicking Grant Access.
12. Click Browse to access your uploaded videos.
13. Click Insert for the video you want to use.
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14. Leave it set to the default size (Play in place) and click Insert.
15. The video will be displayed as a large box. It will display properly once you click Submit, but
first you need to set the answer.
16. Click the choice list next to Answer 1 and choose Contains. Type done in the box. Be sure
to tell the students to type done in the instructions.
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17. Click Submit.
18. To change the points to zero (0), click the points field.
19. Replace value with zero (0) and click Submit.
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20. Now create your questions that address the video. To do this, repeat Steps 6 & 7 above.
21. For the answer, you need to consider what words you require for it to be correct. There
needs to be one answer per word or phrase. More specifically, if the answer consists of four
words, you need to add four answers. If you choose to use a single answer where all four
words are in a single field, they are considered a phrase.
Note the following example:
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The correct answer to a question is “basic words and questions”
By making this phrase the answer in a single answer, student submissions of the
answer in a different sequence will be marked wrong (i.e. – basic questions and
words)
The more words in the phrase or answer, the harder it is to use this question format;
consider short answer (manual grading)
Rules are:
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One answer per word
Words that must be together in a specific sequence are typed together in one answer
Simplify your answers: if the answer is “the girl was wearing a white skirt and a blue
sweater” try using “white,” “skirt,” “blue,” “sweater” OR “white skirt,” “blue sweater”
For this example, choose 3 from the Number of Answers choice list. You should see
Answer 1, Answer 2 and Answer 3 on the page. If they are not present after choosing 3, you
may need to submit as-is and edit the question.
22. Click the choice list next to all answers and choose Contains. Type the key words in each of
the text boxes as shown below.
23. Click Submit.
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24. Continue until test questions are done.
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