[nabs-l] blackboard administered quizzes

[Misty Dawn Bradley]

Hi,
My current campus uses Moodle instead of Blackboard, but I did use 
Blackboard at another campus I took classes at, and I was able to take 
quizzes without any trouble. Basically, there were questions, and then after 
each question, there were checkboxes with answer choices, and you just check 
the correct answer with the spacebar or enter. After you have answered all 
of the questions, there is usually a button for Submit or save or whatever 
the case may be. The only issue you may run into is that the quizzes may be 
timed depending on whether the instructor chose to time them, but usually I 
find that I am able to finish before time is up. Also, on Blackboard, 
instructors can limit the number of attempts, so it is best to make sure 
that you are definitely ready to take the quiz before entering it, because 
once you close the quiz window if the attempts are limited to just one, then 
it will lock you out of the quiz. I had this happen one time on Blackboard 
where I was new to it and hit the wrong button and accidentally closed it, 
but I explained what had happened to my professor, so he was able to unlock 
it for me to try once more because I closed it before I could answer any of 
the questions.
Anyway, this is my experience with Blackboard.
Hth,
Misty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 12:00 AM
Subject: [nabs-l] blackboard administered quizzes


> Hi all,
>
> Another quandary. Class will have quizzes online for homework.
> Are quizzes online accessible? I use jaws. Last time I heard quizzes were 
> not accessible.
> Does jaws tell you what
> answer you selected as you review the question?
>
> The quizzes would be multiple choice and true/false.
> If I don’t take it online, what would I do? I’m thinking just take the 
> quiz off line in a document and then email the professor.
> I’m sure with blackboard being so common, some of you have done it before.
>
> Thanks.
> Ashley
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