Publishing a Respondus Test into a Blackboard Course

Importing Questions in a Respondus Test

Learn how import questions from Word and other file types into Respondus 4.0, the exam authoring application that helps instructors create and manage exams.

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(Article) Formatting Your Word Document Questions for Respondus 

Importing Your Word Test into Respondus and Publishing the Test into Your Blackboard Course

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Once you have created your test or quiz, you can then publish it onto Blackboard. Follow these steps to publish your file: 

Click “Preview + Publish”.

The right red arrow is pointing to the Preview + Publish tab.

Click “Publish”.

The left red arrow is pointing to the Publish option.

Click “Publish Wizard”.

The left red arrow is pointing to the blue text Publish Wizard.

Select either Publish to single course, Batch Publish to multiple courses, or Save pool to local file for manual uploading. For this example, we will publish to a single course. 

Within the Publish Wizard window, the Publish to single course is being selected for step 1.

Choose your server. If you have not set up a server yet, choose add new server. Here is how to set up a new server: 

The red border is around the Blackboard Server section and the add new server is being selected.

Select No, I want to enter the server settings manually and then click Next

Within the Add new Server Settings window, the red border is around No, I want to enter the server settings manually which is indicating that you will be turning on this option. The blue border is around the Next button.

Go to the Internet, go to the Blackboard  Login Screen, copy the URL, and paste it in Section 1 of the Server Information Window

https://blackboard.ric.edu is entered in the browser.

http://blackboard.ric.edu/ should be displaying for step 1.

Open up your course, go to the main page (the page with the Control Panel), copy the URL, and paste it in Section 2 of the Server Information Window

Step 2 field will automatically be filled in.

In Section 3 of the Server Information Window, click Extract..

The upward blue arrow is pointing to the Extract button.

For the Login page, please delete out what is currently displaying and type in https://blackboard.ric.edu/.

The blue left arrow is pointing to the https://blackboard.ric.edu within the Login page text field.

Give a name to your server, and then fill out your Blackboard 9 Username and Password. You have the option of letting Respondus remember your username and password. 

The left blue arrow with the letter A is pointing to the description text field with the words My BB Server. The next left blue arrow with the letter B is pointing to the User name text field that has bb_sbadger. The next left blue arrow is pointing to the password text field. The last left blue arrow is pointing to the checkbox which is turned.

Once the server is set up, click Next.   

The Left blue downward arrow is pointing to the Next button.

In Section 1 of the Publish Wizard Window, choose your course from the drop-down menu. 

Dropdown menu showing which course you want to publish the test to.

In Section 2 of the Publish Wizard Window, you can choose either Create new Exam or Replace existing Exam. If you want to upload the questions you made into a Pool, then you can choose either Create new Pool or Replace existing Pool

You can you can choose either Create new Exam or Replace existing Exam. If you want to upload the questions you made into a Pool, then you can choose either Create new Pool or Replace existing Pool. Both options are circled in the image.

In Section 3 of the Publish Wizard Window, select any additional options you would like to apply to your test or quiz. 

Addtional options window for additional options you would like to apply to your test or quiz. 

Click Next.   

Select the Content Area where you want to deploy your test or quiz.  

Arrow pointing to the content area in the course where the test will be deployed to.

*This step will not work properly unless Edit Mode is switched to ON in the Blackboard course*    

Click Next

The Status Window will show you when the upload is complete, click Finish.

Status window showing when the upload is complete. Arrow points to the Finish button when it is complete.

 

Please refer to the "How to Create Test and Import Questions in Respondus" article which contain videos on the following topics:

  • Creating Tests and Formatting Questions in Respondus
  • Importing Questions in a Respondus Test