Turning Technologies ExamView - Manual (Page 170)

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In most cases, you should use the HTML without default fonts option to simplify the HTML
as much as possible without losing important formatting. However, due to several
Blackboard limitations, there may be situations where one of the other three options would be
more appropriate. For example, Blackboard 5.x allows a maximum of 4000 characters for
each question. If your questions contain a lot of formatting, the HTML required to maintain the
full formatting may exceed the 4000-character limit. In this case, the question is partially
truncated when imported into Blackboard. If this happens, you can reduce the amount of
HTML by choosing the second option (HTML without any fonts). If the question is slightly
over the 4000-character limit, this will likely reduce the HTML so that it does not exceed
Blackboard’s limit.
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HTML without any fonts - Maintains all formatting except font and size settings. The font used to display each
question will depend on the settings specified by Blackboard and/or your browser.
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HTML without default fonts - This is a combination of the first two options. With this option, ExamView does
not set the initial font unless you set a new font other than the default font.
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Text only - Removes all formatting. Fonts, tables, images, etc. are not supported. Any content that appears
inside of a table is not included. Use this option only if you have very simple questions with little or no formatting
requirements.
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Select the appropriate Feedback option if your questions include rationales or feedback. Otherwise, select None.
6 Enter a directory (or folder) for the test/question bank images.
IMPORTANT
Make sure that the folder name is unique for this question pool. The Directory Name is used
to store images that are required by questions in the test or question bank. The name you
supply should be unique for the test or question bank you are exporting. If you use the same
name for multiple tests or question banks, images may be overwritten when the file is
imported into Blackboard. In this case, the questions in the existing question pool or quiz will
show the wrong images. If you are exporting the same test or question bank multiple times,
you can save space on your Blackboard server by using the same Directory Name for
images each time you export. If none of the questions in your test/question bank contain
images, the directory name you provide will be ignored. However, you must still supply a
name.
Due to current limitations imposed by Blackboard, there is no way to delete image files from the Blackboard server once
you have imported a question pool. The image files will persist on the server even after the question pool or quiz has
been deleted.
7 Click OK to export the test/question bank.
Next Steps
As part of the export process, ExamView compresses all of the files into one ZIP file. This makes it easier to import the
questions into your e-learning platform. The next step is to upload these questions into Blackboard.
Uploading Questions into Blackboard
To upload questions into Blackboard 6.0 - 8.0 or Blackboard 9.0 follow the steps below.
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