Surveys

There are three features that support assessment activities built into BlackBoard. The Assignments tool helps manage the process of handing out, collecting, grading, and providing feedback on papers and other assignments. The Test, Pool, and Survey Managers support creation and grading of those feedback techniques. Grades are recorded and managed through the Gradebook feature.

Surveys can be created to assess student understanding, to take a poll of class opinions on a topic, or other activity where you want to gauge student understanding without applying a grade. Although not graded, BlackBoard will report whether a student has filled out the survey.

Creating a survey on BlackBoard is a four step process:

1. Create a question pool
2. Create questions
3. Create a survey from the question pool
4. Deploy the survey

 

Question Pools

Pools and surveys work together to create exams and quizzes for students. A pool is a set of questions that can be used in a survey. A survey is the actual arrangement of those questions that a student will see.

While you can create a survey and load it with questions directly, we highly recommend creating a pool of questions first, and then creating surveys from that pool. This gives you flexibility to mix and match questions, create multiple versions, and export questions for use in multiple courses.

Creating Pools

To create a pool:

1. From the Control Panel, select Pool Manger.
2. Click "Add Pool".
3. Name the Pool, add any other information you want, and click "Submit."
4. Change the "Creation Settings" to meet your needs.
5. Begin creating questions.

ID Note: Receipt Page When you submit something in Blackboard, you will get a confirmation page with an OK button at the bottom of it. When you get to this page, your content has been submitted. To make changes, you need to click on OK, go to the item you want to edit, and click Modify. If you use Back to make changes, they will not be saved.

Creating Questions

Once you have created a pool, you will be taken to the Pool Canvas. Like most tools in BlackBoard, creating questions in a pool consists of 3 steps: create or link to the content, select the display options, and submit.

To add a question to your pool:

1. Select a question type from the Add menu, and click "Go."
2. Add the question text.
3. Click Submit.
4. To add another question, go to the top of the page, and repeat these steps.
   • To insert a question between two existing questions, click on the "Add Question Here" link

 

Creating Surveys

The third part of this process is to build the survey from one or more question pools.

1. From the Control Panel, select Survey Manager.
2. Click "Add Survey."
3. Add a name and descriptive information, and click "Submit."
4. This will take you to the Survey Canvas.
5. From the Add menu, select "From a Question Pool or Assessment" and click Go. 
6. From the search screen, select the Pool, and choose the question type you'd like to add to your survey. Then click Search.

 

 

Deploying a Survey

You can deploy surveys in any content area using Edit View, but cannot do so from the Survey Manager.

1. Open a content area and click on Edit View.
2. From the menu on the right, select "Survey" and click "Go".
3. Choose the survey you want to add and click Submit.
4. Back in the content area, find the survey and click on Modify.
5. Click on Modify Survey Options to set availability, presentation, and feedback options.

 

 

BlackBoard Logins

Go to the BlackBoard site at http://blackboard.highline.edu

Instructors have two different usernames for BlackBoard. One is for you as an instructor. The other is a "student" login, which allows you to see what your course looks like for your students.

Instructor ID

Your instructor ID is the same as your network logon at Highline. It will be the first letter of your first name, followed by the first seven letters of your last name. An initial password will be provided at your orientation, or you can use the "Forgot Password" feature (click on the link on the BlackBoard login screen to use this feature).

Student ID

Your student ID allows you to see how your courses will look to students. The username follows the pattern that all student users follow. It will be the first seven letters of your first name, followed by the first seven letters of your last name. Click on the "Forgot Password" link on the BlackBoard login screen to get your student password. Remember to use your student username when filling out the Forgot Password form!

For details, see the ICC Help page at http://flightline.highline.edu/ic/ichelp.phppasswords.

 

 

Quick Reference Guide

BlackBoard URL

• http://blackboard.highline.edu

Faculty Resources

• Faculty information: http://flightline.highline.edu/blackboard
• For assistance with student accounts, contact the ICC Help Desk.
• For assistance with building courses and using BlackBoard features, contact Instructional Design at id@highline.edu.

Student Resources

• Password and technical support information (http://flightline.highline.edu/ic/ichelp.php)
• Account and other problems: ICC Help Desk at icchelp@highline.edu, 206-870-4880