Testing Tools: Qualtrics, BlackBoard, Respondus

Anastasia Trekles, Ph.D.

Today’s Goals

Use Qualtrics for surveys and anonymous assessments

Use Blackboard for graded assessments and tests

Use Respondus to import tests from Microsoft Word or other text formats into BlackBoard

Qualtrics http://purdue.qualtrics.com Log in with your Purdue career account They just updated their interface! You now

have a choice between classic and new views

Detailed and helpful tutorials: New “Insight Platform”: http://

support.qualtrics.com/explore-the-new-qualtrics Classic platform:

http://www.qualtrics.com/university/

Differences in Interfaces

Let’s Explore Qualtrics

Great for anonymous surveys, research, feedback, and voting

A link is provided that you can send to anyone to complete the survey

Reports are detailed and can be analyzed in a number of ways

More help and manuals: http://centers.pnw.edu/teaching/qualtrics/

The Basics Use the Create Project

button at the top right to create a new survey

Once you’re editing a survey you have a toolbar of options Survey: Content and

design Distribution: Get your link

and other settings Data & Analysis: Analyze

your data collected Reports: Download

reports of results

Qualtrics Survey Questions Qualtrics offers

many different types of questions, everything from basic multiple choice to matrixes, ranking, and more

Additional options are available for timing, custom validation, and skip logic

Tests in BlackBoard Can be mobile-capable or browser-only Can be supported through Respondus

LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor You can create tests from scratch or import

from Respondus Test Generator (or other tools)

Test exceptions settings allow different options for different students (like extra time)

See http://centers.pnw.edu/teaching/tutorials

Tips for Successful Tests Edit the Test Options -

check your settings Do NOT turn on Force

Completion! Use Test Availability

Exceptions for make-ups and accommodations

Auto-Submit is ok – forces the student to stop when timer ends

Decide on options for how and whether students can receive feedback

When Work Needs Grading Not all test questions

can be automatically scored (like essays)

Use the left-hand sidebar and choose Needs Grading to view when new work has been turned in

Alternately, in the Full Grade Center, ungraded work submitted will have a “!” icon

The Grade Center Allows you to see all

grades at a glance – works like a spreadsheet

You can create columns for various purposes, including calculated columns

Use the Manage button to change column organization

Use the “arrow-menus” to change settings, view and edit grades

Respondus

Respondus is a company that makes a couple of products, including the lockdown browser and a test generator

The test generator is the one we typically refer to as just “Respondus”

Its job is to help you import from Word or textbook publisher formats into BlackBoard

How to Get Respondus

Respondus is available by request to all faculty Contact the Helpdesk (x5511) Visit

https://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/tools/respondus/ to request your copy and license key

License key is updated yearly on July 31 so you must request every year!

Windows only – not Mac compatible

How Respondus Works

You can import tests from Word documents or from a publisher database online if your textbook has one

Tests must be formatted in a certain way to be properly recognized

Once your test is ready, you can export directly to your BlackBoard course from the Respondus program

Format for Multiple-Choice or T/F Questions

(NOTE: Do not use Word auto-formatting for your numbers!)1. What color is the sky?*A. blueB. RedC. Purple

2. True or false: PNW has three campuses.A. True*B. False

Format for Fill-in QuestionsType: FTitle: Who invented the telephone?1. Who held the first patent for the

invention of the telephone?A. Alexander Graham BellB. BellC. Alexander BellD. alexander graham bell

More Help with Respondus How to format many types of questions:

https://wiki.csuchico.edu/confluence/display/tlpkb/Formatting+guide+for+importing+different+question+types+into+Respondus

Steps to importing questions (with sample Word document): http://newsletter.respondus.com/september-2011/import-questions-word/

Uploading exams into BlackBoard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcYSN5-s7RQ&feature=youtu.be

Thanks!

Reach us at: atrekles@pnw.edu http://centers.pnw.edu/teaching for

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