Blackboard Faculty Manual

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3.0 Assessment

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3.1 ASSIGNMENTS

3.1.1 Adding an Assignment

There are several advantages to creating an assignment directly in Blackboard. First, it automatically links the grade an instructor gives on an assignment to an item in the gradebook - reducing the need to manually update the gradebook. Second, it allows linked feedback and file exchanges that can be easily accessed at any time in the course. This helps students and instructors stay organized by having all class information in a central location. Finally, it reduces any problem of e-mailed assignment files becoming 'lost'.

1. Navigate to the location in the course where the assignment should appear.

2. Click Edit Mode in the upper right corner of the screen to turn on Edit View.

3. Click the Create Assessment button and choose Assignment from the drop down list.

4. The Create Assignment window opens.

• Section 1: Instructions
  • Name: Enter name of assignment
  • Instructions: Enter instructions to the students
• Section 2: Assignment Files
  • Click the 'Browse My Computer' button.  Once a file is selected, the system will prompt you to enter some text that will become the actual link that students will click to open the file. Click the 'Browse My Computer' button again to choose additional files.
  • Attached Files - Shows the files that you have already attached.
• Section 3: Grading
  
  • Points Possible - Enter the number of points possible. (If this is to be extra credit, enter 0 points.)
• Section 4: Availability
  • Make the Assignment Available - The default setting makes the assignment available to students. If you don't want it to be available to students, remove the check - by clicking on it .
  • Number of Attempts - Indicate how many attempts you will allow students to make on this assignment.
  • Limit Availability - Select dates during which this assignment should be available to students. It will automatically be available now if you don't select any dates. (Note: You must leave the assignment as 'available' -- see above -- even if you set date restrictions, or it will never appear.)
  • Track Number of Views - Click in the checkbox if you want to track the number of times users access the assignment
• Section 4: Due Dates
  • Indicate the due date and time. Note that submissions will continue to be accepted after this date but will be marked as "Late" in the Grade Center.
• Section 6: Recipients
  • Indicate whether this is will be an 'individual' assignment or 'group' assignment. (Note: If choosing 'group' you will need to have set up the groups in advance.)
  • If choosing groups - then select the groups from the list that appears on the left and use the right-pointing chevron to move the desired group(s) to the right.
  
• Section 7: Click Submit.

5. The assignment now appears in your course. Students should click the name of the assignment to access the assignment window so that they can upload their work.

 

3.1.2 Grading an Assignment

1. From the Control Panel, choose Grade Center and then Full Grade Center.

2. Assignments available for grading appear as exclamation points in the Grade Center.

3. Click the down-pointing chevrons (action link) in a cell with an exclamation point, and choose View Grade Details.

4. The Grade Details window opens. With the Edit tab active, you will see the 'Attempts' made by the student. You can see the date the student submitted the assignment and the score assigned to that assignment (exclamation point if yet to be graded). Click the View Attempt button which will show the student's most recent attempt.

5. The Grade Assignment window opens.

• Section 1: Submission History - Shows which attempt you are reviewing

• Section 2: Review Current Attempt - Comments left by the student will be displayed here. The student's attached assignment can be found here. Left-click to open and review it. (Note - If you type feedback directly on this document, you will need to save it to your computer and re-attach it in Section 4 below so that the student can see it.)

• Section 4: Grade Current Attempt -
  
  • Grade - Enter the score you give this attempt in the text box.
  • Feedback to User- Enter feedback that you would like to give the student.
  • Attach File - Attach a local file (for example, a marked up version of the student's paper saved on your computer, a grading rubric, etc.).
• Section 5: Instructor Notes
  • Grading Notes - Notes entered here are viewable only by you, other instructors in your course, and your teaching assistants.
  • Attach File - Files attached here are viewed by a limited number of users (see above list).
• Section 6: Click Submit

5. The assignment has been graded. You are returned to the Grade Details screen where you will see the score and any feedback you gave to the user displayed in the Attempts section. The grade will also automatically appear in the gradebook under the student's name.

How do students view their grade and feedback? They should open up the My Grades link (usually under the Tools link in the Main Menu) and click on the score next to the name of the assignment.

3.1.3 Downloading multiple student assignment submissions

Some instructors prefer to download all student submissions to their own computer so that they can read them offline and add mark-up directly to the students' documents prior to giving grades in Blackboard.  Follow these instructions to download student submissions from Blackboard to your computer.

1. From the Control Panel, choose Evaluation and then choose Grade Center.

2. Click the down-chevrons in the column header that contains the student submissions that you wish to download.  Choose Assignment File Download.

3.  In the Download Assignment window, place a checkmark in the checkbox in front of the desired student records to select them.  Click the Submit button.

4. The next window notifies you that the assignments were packaged into a .zip file.  Click on the Download assignments now link and save the file to your computer.

 

 

5.  When you open the .zip file on your computer you will see that Blackboard will have re-named each student file to include the assignment's name, student's username, and the filename the student originally submitted.

3.1.4 SafeAssignments

Blackboard includes a plagiarism prevention tool called SafeAssign.  Assignments can be built around this tool so that either students and/or instructors can review originality reports prior to submitting or grading an assignment.   Ecampus recommends that SafeAssign be used as a teaching tool -- helping students prevent plagiarism in the first place.

Note:  OSU requires that you include a statement in your syllabus indicating that you intend to use the SafeAssign tool in your course. 

Syllabus Statement: 
"Your instructor may ask you to submit one or more of your writing assignments to Blackboard's SafeAssign plagiarism prevention service.  Your assignment will be checked for potential plagiarism against Internet sources, academic journal articles, and the papers of other OSU students.  SafeAssign generates a report that highlights any potentially unoriginal text in your paper.  Papers you submit through SafeAssign for this or any class will be added to the OSU SafeAssign database and may be checked against other OSU paper submissions.  You will retain all rights to your written work."

We recommend that you also include links to OSU's plagairism prevention resources which include information about using SafeAssign for students.  Student Guide: Academic Integrity for Students

Creating a SafeAssign assignment:

1. Navigate to the location in the course where the assignment should appear.

2. Click the Create Assessment button and choose SafeAssignment from the drop-down list.

3. The Add SafeAssignment window opens.

• Section 1: Enter Information
  • Name- Type the name of the assignment
  • Points Possible - Type the number of points possible.  If this will be a draft assignment (one that students will use to check the originality of their own papers prior to actually submitting) enter "0" for points possible.
  • Instructions - Type in any instructions for the assignment.   We recommend adding at least one hard return (space) before you begin typing your instructions so they are visually separated from the default text that will accompany every safeassignment link.
  • Make the Assessment Available -  The link will be available by default.
  • Track Number of Views - check this box if you want to record the number of times the link is accessed.
  • Availability Dates - If you want the link to only be available during a certain time frame, enter the date/time restrictions here (note:  the assignment must be  'available' even when setting date/time restrictions.)
  • Draft - check this box if you intend to allow students to upload their assignments here as a draft.  (Assignments uploaded through a draft link will not be added to the OSU SafeAssign database....otherwise the student's future submission of the paper as a non-draft assignment would appear as a 100% match.)
  • Urgent Checking - Check this box if you want the assignment to receive a higher priority in the SafeAssign queue.  During particularly busy periods, SafeAssign checking may take up to 24 hours to process.
  • Student Viewable - Default is "yes" allowing students to see the originality report on their submitted paper.  Instructors will have visibility of all originality reports - drafts and regular safeassignments.

• Section 2:  Optional Announcement
  
  • Create - Click "Yes" to make the announcement text boxes available for use.
  • Subject - Type a subject for the annoucement
  • Message - Type the text of your announcement.

• Click Submit.

Students will upload papers into SafeAssign by clicking the '"View/Complete" link at the bottom of the SafeAssignment item in the course.
They can access their originality reports by returning to the same link and clicking it again OR by clicking the Needs Grading icon next to that assignment in their view of the Grade Center.

 Access Originality Reports:

1.  Access the originality reports by clicking on the Control Panel and choosing Course Tools.  

2.  Click on SafeAssign.

3. Click the SafeAssignments link.

4. The next window will show you all safe assignments that are in your course.  To view submissions, click the down-chevrons next to the desired assignment and choose View Submissions.

5. From the View Safe Assignment window you can select any of the icons to do any of the following:  View the student's paper, download the student's file to your computer, or open the SafeAssign Report. 

6.  Important!  SafeAssignment reports require interpretation.  A high matching percentage does not necessarily mean the paper was plagiarized.  It may mean that a student used a large number of properly cited quotations.  Likewise, a low matching percentage doesn't mean that a paper wasn't plagiarized.  Please review the following tutorial to assist you in interpreting the originality reports:  "SafeAssign: Interpreting Originality Reports".

6.  If you want to download all student submissions, click the Download All Submissions button.  All student papers will be downloaded into a zip file to your computer.  Student names will be appended to the file name so that you can easily identify each one.

7.  Grading Safe Assignments -- Use the same process to grade a SafeAssignment as you would to grade a regular assignment.  (See section 3.1.2 - Grading an Assignment).

More information about plagiarism, SafeAssign, and citing sources can be found here:  Academic Integrity for Instructors

3.2 TESTS

**Remember that the helpful staff at E-Campus can assist you with creating and deploying tests for your class. We can do the data entry for you so that you can focus on the course content.

3.2.1 Create a New Test

If a test will only be used one time per term, you can use the Test Manager to create and deploy the questions. If you want to reuse some of the questions later in the term, create the questions using the Pool Manager and add questions to a test from the Pool. (See instructions later in section 3.2.6 about using the Pool Manager.)

1. From the Course Tools group in the Control Panel, choose Tests, Surveys, and Pools.
2. Choose Tests.
3. The Tests window opens. Click the Build Test button.
4. The Test Information window opens.

• Section 1: Test Information
  • Name: Provide a name for the test.
  • Description: Enter a description of the test.
  • Instructions: Enter instructions for users taking the test.
• Section 2: Click Submit.

4. The Test Canvas window opens. It is here that you will create the questions for the test.

• The default value for all questions is 10 points. If you want to set a different default value for all questions, enter the Question Settings link in the upper right corner of this page and change the default point value in Section 4. If you don't change this default before adding questions, you will need to manually update the point value on each question as you create it.  (Also - if you plan to add images to your questions -- or want students to be able to answer and upload an image - you must check the checkboxes in section 2 on this page as well.)
• From the Create Question button and select a question type. See description of all question types just below these instructions.
• The Create/Edit Window opens. Depending on the type of question you are creating, information requested in each section below may vary.
  • Section 1: Question Text: Enter the text of the question and update the point value, if necessary. Indicate whether this should be an extra credit question.
  • Section 2: Options: Indicate how you want answer choices to appear.
  • Section 3: Answers: Indicate the correct answer(s) and/or answer choices.
  • Section 4: Feedback: Add feedback messages to accompany the question.
  • Section 5: Categories and Keywords: Not necessary to change.
  • Section 6: Click Submit.
• Continue adding questions by repeating the Create process above. If you need to add a question between existing questions, click the down-chevrons next to the question above where you want the new question to appear and choose Create Question Below.
• When satisfied with your questions click OK at the bottom of the screen.

5. Your test should now appear in the Test Manager window. However, it is not yet deployed to the students! See the next two sections: "Add an Existing Test to your Course" and "Making a Test Available to Students" to complete this process.

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Question Types:

Multiple Choice - allows one correct answer

True/False

Fill in the Blank - evaluates against an exact text match; answers not case sensitive but evaluated on spelling

Multiple Answer - allows more than one answer

Matching - allow pairing of items; allows partial credit for correct matches

Ordering - require user to select correct order of a series

Essay - must be graded manually

Calculated Formula - variables can be set to change for each user within a range. Correct answer can be a specific value or range.

Calculated Numeric Response - a text based question that is limited to a numeric answer only.

File Response - users upload a file from the local drive as answer to the question. Must be graded manually.

Hot Spot - users indicate answer by marking a specific point on an image.

Fill in multiple blanks - multiple fill in the blank areas are created in a sentence or paragraph.

Jumbled Sentence - user selects an answer from several variable drop-down lists to assemble a proper sentence. Only one set of answers is allowed per question.

Opinion Scale / Likert - rating scale to measure attitudes or reactions.

Short Answer - must be manually graded.

Either/Or - useful for surveys. Two pre-defined choices provided as answer to a question. (i.e. yes/no, agree/disagree, etc.)

Quiz Bowl - jeopardy style questions where answer is given and user must create the question.

 

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3.2.2 Add an Existing Test to a Course

Once a test is created, it needs to be added to the course in the location desired. Follow these instructions to add a test.

1. Navigate to the location in the course where the test should appear.
2. Click Edit Mode in the upper right corner of the screen to turn it on.
3. Click the Evaluate button and choose Create Test.
4. The CreateTest window opens. Any test that has not been added yet to the course will appear in the text box on this page.
5. Click on the desired test.
6. Click Submit.
7. The test is added to the course and you will be directed to the Test Options page. See the next section on how to make the test link available to students. (If you are not ready to make the test available or don't know what date it should be made available, you can click through this screen and modify the settings later.)

 

 

3.2.3 Making an Existing Test Available to Students

Make a test available to students through the Modify Test page. This page can be reached in two different ways. You are automatically directed to this page after adding a test to your course (see instructions above) - OR - you reach this page by navigating to the content area where the test has already been placed, turning on Edit Mode, clicking the down-chevrons next to the test name, and choosing 'Edit the Test Options'.

1. On the Modify Test page, click Modify the Test Options.
2. In Section 2 on the Test Options page, click the radio button next to Yes on Make the Link Available.
3. In Section 6, click Submit.
4. The link to the test should now be available to students.

 

 

 

3.2.4 Change Test Settings

Instructors can change a number of settings on a test to alter how a test is deployed, students' access to a test, if test results appear in the Grade Center, and how much feedback students receive after answering the questions.

1. Navigate to the location in your course that contains the test, turn on Edit Mode, click the down-chevrons next to the test name, and choose Edit the Test Options.

2. On the Test Options page, the following options are available:

• Section 1: Test Information
  • Name / Description: Update as desired.
  • Open Test in New Window: Leave the default as No so that the test is displayed within the Blackboard frame.
• Section 2: Test Availability
  • Make the Link Available: Click Yes to make the test available to students now.
  • Add a New Announcement for this Test: Click Yes to allow Blackboard to post an Announcement in your course telling students that the test is available.
  • Multiple Attempts: Choose unlimited or specify the number of attempts a student is allowed.
  • Force Completion: Click this checkbox to force students to finish the test. Not checking this box will allow a student to stop and then finish the test later. (E-campus recommends keeping force completion off - so that students who may lose their Internet connection can re-connect and continue the test without instructor intervention. Note that if you set a timer, it keeps running even if the student is offline. It stops only when the student actually submits the test.)
  • Set Timer: Set the amount of time students have to finish a test. It also will record the completion time for the test.
  • Display After / Display Until: Limit the amount of time a test link is available to students by changing date/time selections in this area.
  • Password: If the test is to be proctored or must be restricted to users, click this checkbox and enter a password.
• Section 3:  Due Date
  • Enter a due date, if desired.
• Section 4: Self-Assessment Options
  • Choose to either include or not include the score of this test in the Gradebook. (Note: If you choose to hide the score of this test in the gradebook, only the student sees the score. The instructor will have no access to the score. Results are completely off limits to the instructor.)
• Section 5: Test Feedback
  • Click the checkboxes to indicate what students will see after submitting a test.
  • Score: Only the final score is presented.
  • Submitted Answers: The student's answers are shown.
  • Correct Answers: The correct answers are shown.
  • Feedback: Any feedback that you specified relative to each question will be shown.
• Section 6: Test Presentation
  • All at Once: The student is presented the entire assessment on one screen.
  • One at a Time: The student is presented one question at a time.
  • Prohibit Backtracking: Prevents students from returning to questions they've already answered.
  • Randomize Questions: Randomizes the questions for each assessment attempt. Each student will see questions in a different order.
• Section 7: Click Submit.

 

3.2.5 Modify Content of a Test

You should only attempt to modify a test if it has not yet been taken by students. If students are in the process of taking a test or have taken it already, you will receive the following warning message.

"Any changes other than textual changes to existing fields will invalidate existing test attempts and could corrupt the entire test and its gradebook entries."

1.Navigate to the location in the course that the test is posted. Turn on Edit Mode (button in upper right corner).

2. Click the down-chevrons next to the title of the test and choose Edit the Test.

3. To modify the test name or instructions, click the down-chevrons next to Header in the top section of the Test Canvas and choose Edit. Make the changes and click Submit.

4. To make minor text changes to questions (i.e. correcting typos), click the down-chevrons next to the desired question and click Edit.

5. Click Submit.

6. Click OK at the bottom of the Test Canvas when finished making changes.

 

3.2.6 The Pool Manager: Overview

The Pool Manager allows instructors to store a group of questions that can be used repeatedly to create tests. Questions that are placed in a pool are drawn out as needed to create tests. Instructors can create new questions in a pool or add questions from other tests, pools, or other courses.

Note: When questions are taken from a pool and included in a test, links are established between the pool and the test. Do not make changes to pool questions that have been placed in a test once students have started taking the test.

To Create a Pool:

1. Enter the Course Tools group in the Control Panel, choose Tests, Surveys, and Pools. Then click Pools

2. In the Pool Manager window, click the Build Pool button.

3. In the Pool Information window, provide a name, description, and any instructions for the pool. Click Submit.

4. In the Pool Canvas, begin entering questions. (Note: Points are not assigned to questions in a pool. Points are assigned when the questions are added to a test.)

• From the Create Question button and select a question type. (See description of all question types in section 3.2.1 above.)
• The Create/Edit Window opens. Depending on the type of question you are creating, information requested in each section below may vary.
  • Section 1: Question: Enter the text of the question and update the point value, if necessary.
  • Section 2: Options: Indicate how you want answer choices to appear.
  • Section 3: Answers: Indicate the correct answer(s) and/or answer choices.
  • Section 4: Feedback: Add feedback messages to accompany the question.
  • Section 5: Categories and Keywords: Not necessary to change.
  • Section 6: Click Submit.
• Continue adding questions by repeating the Create process above.
• When satisfied with your questions click OK at the bottom of the screen.

5. Your new pool now appears in the Pool Manager window.

 

3.2.7 Creating a Test from a Pool

To create a new test using questions from a pool, follow the instructions under section 3.2.1 above. However, when you reach step 4 to begin adding questions, follow the instructions below.

1. In the Test Canvas window, choose the Reuse Question button and then choose Create Random Block.

2. The Create Random Block window opens.

• Select the pool(s) that you want to draw the question from by checking the appropriate boxes on the left.
• Indicate the types of questions to pull by checking the appropriate boxes on the left below the list of pools.
• Click Submit.

3. The questions will now appear in your test canvas.  You can edit the number of questions to display to the students.  Change the point value of each question by selecting the checkbox in front of the question(s) and changing the point value at the bottom of the window.  Click Update to update the value.  Click OK.

 

3.2.8 Reveal Test Answers to Students

If you want to reveal the answers to a test after students have completed the exam, you can change the test settings as follows:

Warning: Allowing students to review exam answers in this format does not prevent them from printing those answers. Some instructors do not reveal answers electronically to prevent their tests from being placed in test banks.

1. Navigate to the location in your course that contains the test link and turn on Edit Mode. If your exam is no longer available to students you will only see the test link after you have turned on Edit Mode on the page where the link has been placed.

2. Click the down-chevrons next to the test name and choose Edit the Test Options.

3. Scroll down to Section 4: Test Feedback. Click the checkboxes to indicate what you want students to see.

• Score: Only the final score is shown for the test.
• Submitted Answers: The student's answers are shown for each question.
• Correct Answers: The correct answers are shown for each question.
• Feedback: Any feedback you specified relative to each question will be shown.

5. Click Submit.

Directions to give students: Students must go the My Grades link (their view of the Grade Center) and click on the score they received for the test. This will open up a View Attempts page where they can view the detailed results and answers to the exam.

 

3.3 SELF AND PEER ASSESSMENTS   (This feature currently not working properly in Blackboard 9.1)

3.3.1 Creating the Peer Assessment

Self and peer assessment allows an instructor to set up exercises that help students learn how to assess their work and that of their colleagues. A few facts about this tool:
• It will work with text, images, and other digital based work produced by students.
• It is criteria-based to promote constructive feedback.
• It is scheduled so that each step in the process has a specific time available.
• It can be used for self, peer or anonymous evaluations.

These are the steps to create a peer assessment:
1. Create the assessment shell.
2. Add question(s) with model responses.
3. Add evaluation criteria and/or word count criteria to each question.

Step 1: Create the Assessment Shell:

1. Click the Edit Mode button in the upper right corner to turn the instructor view ON.

2. Go to the location in your course that you would like the self/peer assessment to be located.

3. Click the Create Assessment button and select Self and Peer Assessment from the menu.

(If 'Self and Peer Assessment' doesn't appear on the menu, you must go to the Control Panel > Customization> Tool Availability and select the checkboxes next to the tool so that it will appear as an option in the menu.)

4. Complete the Add Self and Peer Assessment window:

• Section 1: Choose New or Imported

• Section 2: Assessment Information
  • Name: Type a name for the assessment
  • Instruction: Enter instructions for the assessment. (These basic instructions appear in the content area of the course with the View/Complete Assessment link. Save the actual question that students are to answer for a later screen.)
  • Submission Dates: Set the dates for student submissions to start and end.

• Section 3: Self and Peer Evaluation Options
  • Evaluation Dates: Set the dates for the peer evaluation period to begin and end.
  • Allow Anonymous Evaluation: Choosing "yes" will hide the names of the submitters and evaluators from each other.
  • Allow Self Evaluation: Choosing "yes" will allow self evaluations.
  • Show Evaluation Results to Submitter: Choosing "yes" allows the submitter to see evaluation results.
  • Number of Submissions to Evaluate: Indicate how many submissions each student should evaluate (excluding the self evaluation). The system will distribute submissions among evaluators based on this number. Indicate "0" if this is only a self-evaluation exercise.
    
    
• Section 4: Due Date
  • Enter the due date for submissions.

• Section 5: Options
  • Make the assessment available: Choose "Yes" to make it available for use. (Even if you plan to set date/time restrictions, you must set this to "yes" or it will not appear at the time you specify.
  • Track number of views: Choose "Yes" to turn on tracking.
  • Choose date restrictions: Choose dates/times to make the assessment available to students.

• Section 5: Click Submit.

Step 2: Adding a question with a model response:
1. The Assessment Canvas opens.

4. Click the Create Question button.

5. In the Create Question window, enter the question text and a model response. The model response will only be available to evaluators during the evaluation period, after the submission period has ended. Click Submit.

Step 3: Adding evaluation criteria:

1. From the Assessment Canvas window. click the down arrow next to the title of the question that you want to specify grading criteria about. Click Criteria.

2. Click the Create Criteria button from the Action Bar.

3. In the Create Criteria window specify:

• Criteria: specify the way responses should be evaluated (i.e. specific items to look for, organization, grammatical standards, etc.)

• Points Possible: enter number of points possible for this question (note: If a certain number of points are to be assigned for word count criteria - see below - you should subtract those points from this total. The points for both criteria will be added together to form a grand total for this assessment.)

• Assign Points: indicate whether partial credit will be allowed.

• Allow Feedback to User: Choose "Yes" if you want the student submitting the work to see the feedback.

4. Click Submit.

Optional - Adding word count criteria (enables points to be awarded based on length of an answer):

1. Click the Add Word Count button from the Action Bar.
2. In the Add Criteria window:

• Points Possible: Indicate number of points to be allocated for correct word count.
• Recommended Word Count: Indicate number of words requested in response.
• Allowed Variation: Enter number of words (+/-) that is acceptable.

3. Click Submit.

3.3.2 Previewing the Peer Assessment

An instructor can preview an assessment to see what students will view. An Assessment can be previewed in Submission or Evaluation mode.

1. Turn on Edit Mode, if necessary. Locate the peer assessment link in your course.

2. Click the title to open the Assessment Canvas.

4. Click the dropdown arrow next to the Preview button in the upper right corner. Choose Evaluation or Submission. Click Go.

5. Submission Preview:

• Click on the question links to view a sample response window from a student's perspective.

6. Evaluation Preview:

• The number of evaluations that students must complete are listed under individual links. Click on a link to open up a sample evaluation window.
• Students may view the model response by clicking the Model Response button.
• Multiple criteria will be indicated by number links under the Criteria section. Students should save after grading under each criterion.
• When completed with an evaluation, students would click the Submit button at the bottom of the window.
• Evaluations can be modified or reviewed until the end of the evaluation period.

7. Click OK to exit the preview and return to the Assessment Canvas.

 

3.4 SURVEYS

Surveys allow the instructor to gather information from students without deploying a test.  Data from surveys is anonymous.  (If you need to know which students submitted which answer you must include a question asking students for their name.) 

3.4.1 Creating a Survey

1.  Go to the location in the course that you want the survey to appear.  Be sure Edit Mode is ON.

2.  Click the Create Assessment button and choose Survey.

3.  Click the Create button.

4.  In the Survey Information window, give your survey a Name, Description, and any relevant Instructions. Click Submit.

5.  In the Survey Canvas that opens, click the Create Question button and select one of the question types.  (The available question types are the same as those for a test and are described in section 3.2.1 above.)  Another option  is to click the Find Questions button and pull a question from a pool, test, or survey already in your site.

6.  Once you have created all the questions, click OK.  You will be returned to the Create Survey window.  Click Submit.

7.  The Survey Options window will open.

• Section 2 - Survey Availability - Make the survey link available by clicking the Yes radio button.
• Adjust the other settings as you wish - multiple attempts, timer,date restrictions.  It is recommended that you do not force completion of the survey as students who may lose their Internet connection, etc., would not be able to complete a survey that they have started.
• Section 3 - enter a due date, if desired.
• Leave Section 4 (Self-Assessment Options) unchecked unless you want scores from the survey to be included in the grade center calculations.
• In Section 5 - Survey Feedback - indicate what you want students to see upon completion of the survey.
• In Section 6 - Survey Presentation - it is recommended that you present a survey all at once (default setting).  You may choose to randomize questions on each survey attempt by checking  that setting.
• Click Submit 

8.  The link to your survey will now appear in your course site. 

3.4.2 Viewing Survey Results

1.  Go to the Grade Center and find the column that contains your survey results.  Students who have completed the survey will have a green check mark in the corresponding cell.

2.  Click the down-chevrons in the column header and choose Attempt Statistics.  Summary results for the survey will appear.

3.  To download a copy of the results separated by individual response, click the down-chevrons in the column header and choose Download Results. Leave the default settings if you will be opening this into Excel and click the button Click to Download Results.   Remember that student names will notbe attached to these results as surveys are anonymous.

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