REASSIGNING POINT VALUES IN A TESTBLACKBOARD HOW TO

One problem we have come across in matching and multiple answer questions is how blackboard handles scoring.

You will only run into this if you have more than four possible matches or correct answers.For example, let's say you have a question with six matching sets worth 100 points. During migration, blackboard assumed there were only four matches so it gives each correct match 25 points.

If your students had all six correct, they would get a whopping 150 points (6 *25).This is obvisouly wrong and we have a way to get blackboard to grade these correctly, here is how you change the points for those questions..

1. In the Left Navigation Click on the Content Item that has the Test or Exam that you want to change the point values for.

In this example we will be changing a matching question in Exam I.

REASSIGNING POINT VALUES IN A TESTBLACKBOARD HOW TO

1. Click on the Chevron next to the title of the section.

2. Select Edit the Test.

REASSIGNING POINT VALUES IN A TESTBLACKBOARD HOW TO

This will bring you to the TestCanvas Section where you can see and edit the questions in your test.

From this Page Click on the Questions Setting Button.

REASSIGNING POINT VALUES IN A TESTBLACKBOARD HOW TO

1. In the Test Questions setting look at the Scoring section.

2. Unselect all the check-boxes in this section.

3. Click Submit.

REASSIGNING POINT VALUES IN A TESTBLACKBOARD HOW TO

We need to return to the question settings.

REASSIGNING POINT VALUES IN A TESTBLACKBOARD HOW TO

1. Check all the check-boxes. 2. Click Submit

Does this sound redundant? The reason we have to uncheck, submit, re-check, submit is that this tricks Blackboard into leaving it’s default states and provides you with the extra options you need in reassigning the point values.

Again we need to go to the SCORING section we can see all the checkboxes are unchecked.

REASSIGNING POINT VALUES IN A TESTBLACKBOARD HOW TO

1. Let’s go to the question we want to change and click the chevron next to the name.

2. Click Edit.

REASSIGNING POINT VALUES IN A TESTBLACKBOARD HOW TO

1. We are now in the Create/Edit Matching Question.

2. Go to the Options Section and Click on Allow Partial Credit.

REASSIGNING POINT VALUES IN A TESTBLACKBOARD HOW TO

When you select the Allow Partial Credit there are two ways you can readjust the score of each question.

1. Manually put in the score in the Partial Credit % Box.

2. Or Click on the Update Partial Credit box at the top of the Questions Section.

REASSIGNING POINT VALUES IN A TESTBLACKBOARD HOW TO

1. When the Update Partial Credit Button is Clicked.

2. It automatically divides the points values evenly across all questions for you.

3. Click Submit.

This ends the tutorial, as always if you have any questions contact the cdc for more information or help.