Using the Pool Manager
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The Assessment tools allow you to create tests and surveys that automatically become an item in your Gradebook. Students complete these assessments and submit them through Blackboard.
The Pool Manager allows instructors to store questions for repeated use. When building a question pool, instructors can create new questions or they may add questions from existing assessments or other question pools.
In this tutorial you will learn how to navigate to the Pool Manager area and create a question Pool.
1. In the Control Panel area, on the right under Assessment, select the Pool Manager link.
3. In the Pool Info section, type a Name, a Description, and list any Instructions for the pool in the text boxes provided.
5. On the Pool Canvas page, use the drop-down menu to select the type of question you want to add, then click the GO button. For the purposes of this tutorial, select Multiple Choice.
6. On the Add/Modify Question page, enter the Question Text in the text box provided.
7. In the Answers section, select the Number of Answers from the drop down menu. Enter the text for the Answer choices in the text boxes provided, and designate the Correct answer by clicking on the radio button to the left of the appropriate Answer box.
8. In the Feedback section, enter the text for a Correct and Incorrect Response. Click the Submit button to finish adding your question.
9. You are returned to the Pool Canvas page. You can add another question, choose a different question type, modify or remove an existing question, or change the order in which the questions are presented.
comments about the site to: Malaika Boyd: mboyd@mail.utexas.edu.
