Export a Test
To export a test from a classic-style course, first click Tests, Surveys, and Pools from under the Course Tools heading.
Select the container (Tests, Surveys, or Pools) that holds the question set you would like to export.
Locate the question set you wish to export on the list. Hover your mouse over the question set name, then click the gray options button that appears to its right. Choose Export to Local Computer to save the questions set to your computer.
You will be prompted to download the question set to your computer. The questions set will download as a Blackboard package file. DO NOT OPEN this zip file, or it may be rendered unusable by Blackboard. The questions inside will not be easily accessible outside of Blackboard.
If you need assistance getting questions out of Blackboard for purposes other than to import into another Blackboard course site, please contact the Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning for assistance.
Import a Test
Once you have the test questions exported from the source course site, you'll need to import the file into your destination course site.
To import a test (survey, or pool) question set into a classic-style course, first click Tests, Surveys, and Pools from under the Course Tools heading.
Select the container (Tests, Surveys, or Pools) that you would like to import the question set into. Then click the IMPORT button at the top of the page. The button will read Import Test on the tests page, Import Survey on the surveys page, and Import Pool on the pools page.
On the Test Import page, click the BROWSE LOCAL FILES button. Locate the Test Export zip file you wish to import, then click SUBMIT to import your question set.
Ultra-style course sites use the Item Copy process to copy tests from one ultra-style course to another. This copy brings in both the test questions and the test settings. Once copied, you will likely want to drag the assessment to an appropriate folder in your Course Content list.
Item Copy
Use this process to copy individual items, tests, assignments, and discussion, or folders containing these items from one ultra-style course to another.
When copying from ultra-style courses, you always begin in the course you wish to copy the content into.
In an ultra-style site, the process for copying items and folders is the same as the process for copying an entire course.
Click the "..." button right of the Course Content heading and choose Copy Content.
Next, you'll need to locate the course you want to copy from. You can use the search box at the top of the Copy Content panel to locate a particular course. If you have a lot of courses, using the CRN may speed up this search.
Remember, course IDs end with academic year -- so a class offered in Fall 2020-2021 will end with 2021 (even though the course was technically offered in 2020).
To copy specific folders or items, click the right-pointing arrow to browse the course, and continue to drill down until you find the items (assignments, tests, etc.) or folders you wish to copy.
Once you have made your selections, click COPY SELECTED CONTENT at the bottom of the copy panel to start your copy.
You will be emailed when your copy has completed.