This article will cover how to create a test in Blackboard Learn Ultra
Creating a Test from Course Content
Select the plus sign in the circle to create a test.
Select Test under Assessment.
Building a Test
- Type in the title of the test.
- Select the drop down to make if visible to students, hidden from students, and release conditions.
- Select the gear icon to change test settings. Or, select the blue link to change settings to Due date, Grade category Grading, Attempts allowed, Originality Report.
- Select the plus sign in the circle to add the following:
- Auto-generate questions (Use Blackboard's generative AI to generate questions based on course content)
- Question pool
- Calculated formula question
- Calculated numeric question
- Essay question
- Fill in the blank question
- Hotspot question
- Matching question
- Multiple choice question
- True/False question
- Jumbled Sentence question
- Reuse questions
- Add Text block
- Add Local File
- Page Break
5. Select the check arrow to allow students to add content at the end of the assessment.
Blackboard recently changed Multiple Choice questions, so they now default to allowing students to select up to 4 answers.
For most questions where only one answer is correct, instructors will want to change this setting to 1 allowed answer. Otherwise, students may choose more than one option and receive no credit even if they included the correct answer.
You can adjust the number of allowed selections within each question.
Coming soon: Blackboard plans to update this behavior expected around April 3, 2026.
Adding Questions
For detailed instructions on how to create questions and other test elements, refer to Creating Test and Form Questions and other Items.
- Points: Enter the point value for the question. Check the checkbox for Extra Credit if you want to enable extra credit for the item.
- Question Title: Enter the title of the question here. (Optional) The question title is not visible to students.
- Question Text: Type in the question text here
- Options: Type in the answers and select the correct answer.
- Student can select up to: Determines how many answer choices a student may select. The default is 4. For traditional single-answer multiple choice questions, change this setting to 1 to prevent confusion and ensure accurate scoring.
- Click on the selector to enter Automated Feedback.
- Click on the selector to add Question Metadata.
- Click on the Save button when finished.
Automated Feedback
Enabling automated feedback will allow the instructor to create automatic feedback that will be delivered to the student in the test results.
- Correct Answer Feedback: Enter feedback to be shown when students select the correct response.
- Incorrect Answer Feedback: Enter feedback to be shown when students select an incorrect response.
Question Metadata
Enabling Question Metadata will allow instructors to enter metadata tags.
Adding Student Content
At the end of the exam, instructors can enable students to submit text or attachments at the end of the exam by clicking the slider shown in the image above