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  1. Open the Settings Panel to set the assignment parameters:

    1. Details and Information

      1. Due Date (recommended)

      2. Prohibit Late Submissions (not recommended)

      3. Prohibit New Attempts after Due Date (attempts that were started before the due date can still be returned to and submitted)

      4. Allow Class Conversations (enables a feature where students can share questions or comments about the assignment without leaving the assignment page)

      5. Collect submissions offline (creates a grade book column but prevents students from submitting on Blackboard)

    2. Formative Tools

      1. Formative Assessment

      2. Display formative label to students

    3. Grading and Submissions

      1. Grade Category (Default is Assignment)

      2. Attempts Allowed

      3. Grade Using Points, Percentage, Letter Grades, or Complete/Incomplete

      4. Maximum Points

      5. Anonymous Grading (optional)

      6. Evaluation Options (for peer review or team-taught courses)

      7. Assessment Grade - Post assessment grades automatically. If disabled, you will need to post student grades after saving them before students will be able to see your grade and feedback.

    4. Additional Tools

      1. Time Limit.

      2. Use grading rubric. Rubrics can be created in Blackboard and attached to an assignment. For more information, Rubrics in Ultra Course View.

      3. Assigned Groups. Change the assignment from individual to a group assignment.

      4. Originality Report. Enabled SafeAssign. 

      5. Use SafeAssign to check for plagiarism. Note: For assignments with multiple attempts it is highly recommended to check Exclude submissions from the Institutional and Global References Databases

  2. When ready, select Save to save your assignment settings.

  3. Finally, set the availability. By default, all new content is hidden from students. You can select the dropdown to change to visible to students or set release conditions such as a specific date and time. We do not suggest enabling “Hide After” as this will also hide the grade book column and prevent students from submitting late even if they have a time limit accommodation.

  4. Once all you have finished, close the assignment.

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  1. Open your Blackboard course

  2. Select the plus sign where you want to add an assignment. You can also expand or create a folder or learning module and add an assignment within that element.

  3. Choose Create

  4. Under Assessment, select Test

  5. Enter the Name of the Test

  6. Select the plus sign to add details to the assignment:

    1. Add Text to enter instructions for the assignment

    2. Add Questions to create new questions or select from an existing Question Pool

      Info

      Question Types in Ultra have been consolidated into a shorter list of options, but the functionality is the same as Original. Learn more about Ultra Question Types.

    3. Auto-Generate Questions to use Blackboard’s AI Design Assistant to generate assessment questions.

      1. Adjust the parameters and select the questions you want to add to your assignment and discard those that don't fit your needs. Edit the questions as needed to refine their clarity, accuracy, and relevance to your specific course context.

    4. Add a local file or Add File from Cloud Storage to upload any attachments related to the test.

  7. Open the Settings Panel to set the assignment parameters:

    1. Details and Information

      1. Due Date (recommended time 11:59PM on due date)

      2. Prohibit Late Submissions (not recommended)

      3. Prohibit New Attempts after Due Date (attempts that were started before the due date can still be returned to and submitted)

      4. Allow Class Conversations (enables a feature where students can share questions or comments about the assignment without leaving the assignment page)

      5. Collect submissions offline (disables student’s ability to submit online)

    2. Presentation Options

      1. Display One Question at a Time

      2. Prohibit Backtracking (this option becomes available if one question at a time is selected)

      3. Randomize Questions

      4. Randomize Answers

      5. Randomize Pages (this option becomes available is Page Breaks were added to the exam)

    3. Grading and Submissions

      1. Grade Category (Default is Test)

      2. Attempts Allowed (Default is 1)

      3. Grade Using Points, Percentage, or Letter Grades (this is how the grades will display to students)

      4. Maximum Points

      5. Anonymous Grading (optional)

      6. Evaluation Options (for peer review or team-taught courses)

      7. Assessment Grade - Post assessment grades automatically. If disabled, students will not see their grades until you choose to post them.

    4. Assessment Results

      1. Customize what results students are able to see and when these results will become available to them.

    5. Assessment Security

      1. Access Code (not recommended)

      2. Respondus Lockdown Browser Dashboard

        1. Do NOT check “Lock students into Respondus Lockdown Browser until they submit.” If you do use this, set a password to allow students to exit.

    6. Additional Tools

      1. Time Limit

      2. Use grading rubric. Rubrics can be created in Blackboard and attached to any assessment. For more information, Rubrics in Ultra Course View.

      3. Assigned Groups. Change the assignment from individual to a group assignment.

      4. Originality Report - Enabled SafeAssign. 

        1. Use SafeAssign to check for plagiarism. Note: For assessments with multiple attempts it is highly recommended to check Exclude submissions from the Institutional and Global References Databases

  8. Finally, set the availability. By default, all new content is hidden from students. You can select the dropdown to change to visible to students or set release conditions such as a specific date.
    We do not suggest enabling “Hide After” as this will also hide the grade book column and prevent students from submitting late even if they have a time limit accommodation.

  9. Once all you have finished, close the exam.

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Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Blackboard. When students take an online assessment that uses LockDown Browser they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications. When an assessment is started, students are locked into it until they submit for grading. It is available across Windows, Mac and iOS platform.
Instructor Resources

Tip

To ensure students are successful the first time they take a test using Respondus LockDown Browser, we encourage you to provide a practice test with unlimited attempts. You can create your own, or use the practice test on Study Skills and Ultra Navigation that we have created to sample each question type. To use our file:

  1. Download the file

  2. In your course, option the More Options (...) menu in the top right of the the Course Content Page and select Import Content

  3. Select Import Test and select the .zip file

  4. The test will be added to an Underplayed Tests folder at the bottom of your course. You can move it out of the folder and make it available to students.

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Getting Students Started

Enable Respondus LockDown Browser

  1. Open the test

  2. Open the Settings Panel for the test

  3. Under Assessment Security, select Lockdown Browser Dashboard

    Note

    The first time you launch Respondus LockDown Browser Dashboard from a Blackboard Ultra Course, you will need to allow the Learn Authorization.


  4. Next click the dropdown menu next to the test and select Settings.

  5. Select the radio button next to Require Respondus LockDown Browser for this exam.

  6. Setting a password is optional and not recommended.

  7. Select Advanced Settings to review the following optional settings:

    1. Require LockDown Browser to view post-exam feedback and results

    2. Lock students into the browser until exam is completed

    3. (Recommended) Allow students to take this exam with an iPad (using the "LockDown Browser" app from the Apple App Store)Allow access to specific external web domains

    4. Enable Calculator on the toolbar

    5. Enable Printing from the toolbar

  8. Then click Save and Close. It is now necessary for students to access the test through LockDown Browser, which should already be installed on their computer.

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