TestGen Tests

Creating an TestGen test and importing to Blackboard– step-by-step tutorial pdf file

Directions
Create an TestGen test.

1. Once you get the TestGen package from a publisher, unzip it and double-click it. This will place it in the TestGen system. 

Once you get the TestGen package from a publisher, unzip it and double-click it. This will place it in the TestGen system.

 

2. Open TestGen. If you do not have Test Gen, check the zipped file you downloaded from the publisher for a copy of TestGen.

Open TestGen.

 

3. Click Web Test.

Click Web Test.

 

4. Click Blackboard 6.x-9.x and then click OK.

Click Blackboard 6.x-9.x and then click OK.

 

5. On the book’s test bank, click the “+” to expand the list of chapter tests.

On the book test bank, click the “+” to expand the list of chapter tests.

 

6. Select the Unit or Chapter test and then click the Copy icon.

Select the Unit or Chapter test and then click the Copy icon.

 

7. Click anywhere in the right empty page and then click the Paste icon.

Click anywhere in the right empty page and then click the Paste icon.

 

8. Once you have copied all the questions for the test, click on the Untitled header bar, click File and then Export

Click on the Untitled header bar, click File and then Export

 

9. Click down arrow and select Blackboard 6.x-9.x

Click down arrow and select Blackboard 6.x-9.x

 

10. Type the name of the test, a description, and then OK

Type the name of the test, a description, and then OK

 

11. Choose where to save the file. Name the file and click Save. 

Choose where to save the file. Name the file and click Save

 

Import the TestGen Test into Blackboard

1. Go to your course Control Panel, click Course Tools and then Tests, Surveys, and Pools

Go to your course Control Panel, click Course Tools and then Tests, Surveys, and Pools

 

2. Click Pools. NOTE: TestGen brings zipped files into Pools not tests. You will have to create a Test using a Pool. (See instructions at the end of this document)

Go to your course Control Panel, click Course Tools and then Tests, Surveys, and Pools

 

3. Click Import Pool

Click Import Pool

 

4. Click Browse My Computer

Click Browse My Computer

 

5. Find your test, select it, and click Open. NOTE: When you saved your file, if you didn’t change the location, TestGen will put it in the TestGen folder in MyDocuments.

Find your test, select it, and click Open. NOTE: When you saved your file, if you didn’t change the location, TestGen will put it in the TestGen folder in MyDocuments.

 

6. Click Submit

Click Submit

 

7. Your Pool is ready to be used to make a Test.

Your Pool is ready to be used to make a Test.

 

Build a Test using a test pool

1. Go to Test, Surveys, and Pools and click Build Test.

Go to Test, Surveys, and Pools and click Build Test.

 

2. Type the Name, description, Instructions and click Submit

Type the Name, description, Instructions and click Submit

 

3. Click Reuse Question and then click Find Questions

Click Reuse Question and then click Find Questions

 

4. In the Browse Criteria, click Pools

In the Browse Criteria, click Pools

 

5. Select the Pool you want to use.

Select the Pool you want to use.

 

6. Select all questions or individual questions. Don’t forget to check each page of the test pool to get all the questions.

Select all questions or individual questions. Don’t forget to check each page of the test pool to get all the questions.

 

7. After you select all the questions, click Submit

After you select all the questions, click Submit

After reviewing the test, click OK.

After reviewing the test, click OK. Now you can add this test to your lessons page.

Now you can add this test to your lessons page.  You will need to deploy the test. Deploy means that the test was added to the lessons page. 

Click here for instructions on how to Deploy a Test

 

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