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Blackboard Tools

Blackboard Tools

The following tools may be used within your Blackboard Courses:

• Force Submission of Blackboard Assessments at Time-up

Warning: you cannot use essay or short answer-type questions with this solution.

From the Test Manager, click “Add Test”. Give it a name and description.

In the instructions section, make sure you select HTML below the text box. Do not use the Visual Text Box Editor. (To turn off the VTBE, under the My Blackboard tab, on the left column, select Personal Information from the module labeled Tools.) Paste the following in the text box:

<P>insert your instructions here</P>

<SCRIPT language=javascript src="/webapps/assessment/counter_endtime.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>

Type your instructions where it says "insert your instructions here" between <P> and </P>

Click OK. Finish creating the test.

In the “Modify the Test Options” section, just make sure you set the timer.

***Ten-Second Issue***

This script is written to cause the test to submit 10 seconds before the actual time is up, to allow time for the submission process -- though you will encounter some cases where it takes longer than 10 seconds to submit, resulting in a "Needs Grading" message.

We suggest you include this message to students:

If you do not submit the test at least 10 seconds before the time is up, the test will submit automatically. So if the test has a 60 minute time limit, you actually only have 59 minutes, 50 seconds to complete the test, as the time it takes to complete the submission process, which can take up to 10 seconds, is figured in the time.

The test will not submit automatically until student clicks away the 1-minute warning pop-up, though the timer keeps ticking -- so if the student waits 2 minutes to click the pop-up, the test will show that the student went 1 minute overtime. However, the student cannot continue working on the test while the pop-up is displayed -- nor after it has been clicked away, if the time limit has elapsed.