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Creating or Adding Tests from Pools

Link to Bethel Blackboard

Instructions on how to create a pool of questions from an Exam :

(If you want to make a test from a previous exam without creating a "pool" go directly to Step 6.)

Step 1. Go to the Control Panel Button
Step 2. Go to the Assessment area and select the Pool Manger link. Assessment
Step 3. In the Pool Manger window, select the Add Pool button and then fill in the Name, Description, and Instructions for your new question pool. Click the Submit button. Pool ManagerPool Canvas
Step 4: In the Pool Canvas select "From a Question Pool or Assessment" from the Add Question pull down menu and then click the GO button. Add Question
Step 5. Select the test that you wish to covert to a pool and select the ALL check box for Question types and then click the Search button. Then select all of the questions that you wish to add to the new pool and click the  Submit button. Pool Search

Step 6. Go to the Content Area of the course where you would like to deploy a test from your new pool. Click on the Add Test button

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Step 7. Click the Create button in the "Create a new test:" area. Fill in the Name, Description, and Instructions for the new exam.

Step 8.  Select to Add Question "From a Question Pool or Assessment". Click the GO button. (See step 4)

Step 9. Select the assessment or pool (See Step 5), check the All checkbox, and click the Search button.  Select the questions and click Submit.

Step 10. Add or modify questions and then click the OK button at the bottom of the Test Canvas page. Then in the Add Test page make sure your new test is highlighted and click Submit on the Add Test page.

 Add Test Create
Step 11.  On the Modify Test page, select the "Modify the test options" link.  Then on the Test Options page select the options that you wish for the assessment.  You MUST check the "Do you want to make the link visible?" radio button for students to be able to access your assessment.  Be certain that if you check the "Display Until" checkbox, that you change the date to an appropriate date in the future. Set remaining options for Test Availability, Test Feedback, Test Presentation and then click the Submit button. Modify

October 14, 2003

Bob Kistler