Blackboard Support

Creating Tests

Short Answer

The Short Answer question type also requires the instructor to mark the answers, but the space for answering a question is more limited than in the Essay question type.

  • Select the Short Answer question type.
  • If desired, you can give the question a title in the Question Title field.
  • Formulate the question in the Question Text field.
  • Under 2. Answer, specify how many lines can be used for the answer.
  • Click on Submit to save the question.