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Print and download Blackboard tests

Print and download Blackboard tests

There may be times when you need to print a copy of a test or download a completed submission from within a selected module. It is possible to download completed Blackboard test submissions for a particular student or a number of students from within a selected module but this has to be done on an individual basis and cannot be done in bulk.

If you wish External Examiners to see completed submissions for tests, consider instead encouraging them to access student submissions via the module in Blackboard. They can view assessments and feedback through the Gradebook.

 Instructions

  1. To print an entire blank test for offline use or to save as a copy to your device, open the test in Edit mode and select Print.

  2. An example Blackboard ultra test, opened in Edit mode with the Content and Settings tab open and showing the Print option which displays when the 3 dots (elipses) is selected in the Test Content. Print is the second option.

    A ‘Printing Tests’ dialog box will pop up. Choose Print.

  3. Printing Tests dialog box. At the bottom right of the box, there are 2 buttons Cancel button on left and Print button on right.

    On the next screen, the Destination dropdown allows you to Save as PDF or print directly to your printer.

  4. A student test with 3 questions. The title is Answer key. On the right hand side of the screen there is a pointer highlighting the Dropdown Destination list. On the bottom right there is a cancel button and a save button.

    Click the ‘Save’ button to save to your device or choose the ‘Print’ button to print the original test.

Print or save completed Blackboard test submissions

If your Blackboard test has a large number of questions or contains complex question types, it may not be possible to print the entire completed test submission.

  1. Open the test in Edit mode and select the ‘Submissions’ tab.

An example Blackboard ultra test, opened in Edit mode with the Submissions tab open and showing that 2 out of 6 students have submitted work. Four students are listed in the table, with the first student, Dos Android, coloured grey, indicating that it has been selected. Print option which displays when the 3 dots (elipses) is selected in the Test Content. Print is the second option.

  1. Click anywhere along a row where Student Status shows a submission, e.g. the name of a student, to select their completed Blackboard test. This will open the test for inline Grading.

  2. 2 questions, 1 and 2 both are multiple choice with the answer A selected for 1 by the student, it is red as it is incorrect and Answer B selected by student in 2, it is highlighted green as it is the correct response.. The student is awarded 0 for question 1 and 1 for question 2.

    Click with your mouse anywhere within the content of the test and Select All, e.g. in Google Chrome, choose Edit, Select All.

  3. A Google Chrome browser menu, with Select All selected from the Edit options.

    Scroll to the bottom of the test submission to ensure that all of the questions and responses have been selected.

  4. Then Print to save the selection as a .pdf.

  5. You can now print the test or save the file to your device.

Save completed Blackboard test responses

As an alternative to printing individual test submissions, you can Download the correct and incorrect responses for student submissions of a Blackboard test.

  1. In the Gradebook, display the students and the assignments in the Marks view.

  2. Hover above the title of the Blackboard test and click to dropdown a menu of options.

The Gradebook view, displaying the Marks tab. This shows 4 students listed with an overall mark column and 7 assignments displayed in the table.

  1. Choose Download Results, from the dropdown menu.

  2. This will create a .zip file with completed submissions in an Excel spreadsheet.

  3. The Download Results options. The filetype that is selected is Excel Spreadsheet.By student is selected as Format of Results, All Attempts are selected to Download.At the bottom of the box there are 2 buttons, Cancel is on the left and Download is on the right.

    Select how you wish to download the results and click ‘Download’.

  4. To access the .zip file, click on your browser downloads folder and open it.

  5. The top ribbon of a Google Chrome browser with Download arrow selected, showing one excel file 'Example test' in the folder.

    The file will be organised showing the question, answer, possible points, and the score for each student, for every question in the test.

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