Replicate Assessments & Questions

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Overview
Replicate Questions
Replicate Assessments
Reproduce Questions in another Course
Reproduce Assessments in another Course

Overview Once you've created an assessment, you may find it advantageous to replicate, either within the same site, or to a different Blackboard CE8 course site. This tutorial covers the process of replicating assessments and/or assessment questions.

Replicate Questions	TOP
If you would like to replicate a specific question(s) within a single Blackboard CE8 site, follow these instructions: Under the Build Tab, go to Assessments Click Go to Question Database... Click the ActionLinks icon next to the question you wish to duplicate Scroll down to the bottom of the question, press the More Options heading Choose which category you'd like to save your question to Press Save as New When you go back to the Question Database, you will see a replicate of your question in the category that you specified.

Replicate Assessments	TOP
If you would like to replicate a specific assessment(s) within a single Blackboard CE8 site, follow these instructions: Under the Build Tab, go to Assessments Click Create Assessment Fill in the necessary information about the quiz, survey, or self-test. Scroll down to the bottom, under Template, select Base on an Existing Assessment Select the pull down menu, then the Assessment you want to replicate Press Save

Reproduce Questions in another Course	TOP
If you want to reproduce questions—without the Assessments and their settings—in another Blackboard CE8 site, you first need to export the questions from a Blackboard CE8 course and then import them into another Blackboard CE8 course by following these instructions: Export Questions from a Blackboard CE8 Course Under the Build Tab, go to Assessments Click on Go to Question Database Check the box next to the questions you want to export NOTE: if you want to export all of the questions, click the box at the top of the list of questions. Press the Export Questions button Select My Files from the Browse for Location dialog box Give the export file a name in the Save As field (ex: “exam1_questions”) Press Ok Import Questions into Another Blackboard CE8 Course Select My Courses at the top of the screen to access the list of your existing Blackboard CE8 courses. Go into the course you want to transfer the assessment to. Go to Manage Course Click on Import Select My Files Select the .zip file that was created in the previous step Press OK Go to the Assessment tool Click on Question Database to see the imported questions

Reproduce Assessments in another Course	TOP
If you would like to reproduce an entire Assessment (Settings and Questions) to another Blackboard CE8 site, you first need to export the assessment from a Blackboard CE8 course and then import it into another Blackboard CE8 course by following these instructions: Export the Assessment from a Blackboard CE8 Course Under the Build Tab, go to Assessments Check the box next to your Assessment(s) NOTE: If you want to export all of the assessments click the box at the top of the list of assessments. Press the Export button at the bottom Select My Files from the Browse for Location dialog box Give the export file a name in the Save As field (ex: “exam01”) Press Ok Import the Assessment into Another Blackboard CE8 Course Select My Courses at the top of the screen to access your other Blackboard CE8 courses. Go into the course you want to transfer the assessment into. Go to Manage Course Click on Import Select My Files Select the .zip file that was created in the previous step Press OK Go to the Assessment tool to see the imported assessments and questions Click the ActionLinks icon next to the assessment to set its availability See the tutorial on Assessment Settings for additional assistance
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