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Respondus Quiz Builder: Import Text/Word Import a Text/Word File of Questions into Blackboard

Format the Text or Word Document Properly

There is a specific way you must format a Text or Word file of your quiz to be imported using Respondus.

Each correct answer is designated by an asterisk at its left.

Word File Format

Text File Format

Note: If Microsoft Word starts to auto-

format the numbering and lettering, be

sure to “undo” the change so that you

can add the asterisk in front of the

correct answer.

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When importing a Word or Text file quiz into Respondus, spacing and punctuation is very important:

a) Make sure there is a period after the number of the question, followed by a single space.

b) After you write the question, hit enter only once to begin typing in the letter choices.

c) Each letter choice should have a period after it, followed by a single space.

d) The asterisk should be placed before the letter of the correct answer, with no space between.

e) Hit enter twice after the final answer choice of each question.

Import Quiz Document into Respondus

1. First, open Respondus.

2. In the Current Personality drop-down, make sure it says “Blackboard 7.x – 9.x.”

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3. Click the Import Questions button at the bottom left.

4. From the Type of file: drop-down, select whether you are using a Text or Word document. Then click the

Browse button associated with the File name field.

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5. Navigate to the location in which you saved the Text or Word file, click the file and select Open.

6. In the “Create a new document, named:” field, type what you wish your quiz to be named.

7. Click the Preview button. The questions in your quiz should populate with “No warnings” listed below.

8. Click Finish.

Step 6

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Import Quiz into Blackboard

1. Click the Preview & Publish tab.

2. Click the Publish to Blackboard button at left and click the Publish Wizard button.

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3. In the dialog box that pops up, select Publish to Single Course.

4. If you have not set up the Blackboard server yet, select add new server from the drop-down menu.

5. An Add New Server Settings dialog-box will pop up. Select the No, I want to enter the server settings

manually option and click Next.

Step 3

Step 4

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6. In text field provided at number 1, type https://bb.uhd.edu/ (don’t forget the “s” in “https://”).

7. In a web browser, visit http://bb.uhd.edu. If you get the Security Warning below, always select NO.

http://bb.uhd.edu

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8. Type in your UHD network username and password. Click Login.

9. Enter any one of your courses. Highligh, right-click, and copy the URL in the address bar.

10. Return to the Respondus program. In the text field at number 2, paste the URL you copied in the

previous step. Then click the Extract >> button.

Paste

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11. The server information should populate in several boxes. In the Description field, type a description and

enter your UHD network username and password.

12. You will be returned to the original Publish Wizard dialog box, with the new server information populated. Click Next.

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13. From the drop-down at number 1, select the course into which you wish to import the test questions.

14. Select the Create New Pool option and give it a name (it can be the same here, too).

15. Place checkmarks beside the setting options you wish to transfer over, and click Next.

Step 15

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16. You will receive confirmation of a successful import. Click the Finish button. You may close Respondus.