Remark Test Grading can connect directly to your Blackboard account so teachers can seamlessly send grades to Blackboard. Your Remark administrator must first set up a link to your Blackboard server. Then instructors can link classes and tests to Blackboard to send information between the two applications.
Note: The Blackboard Connector can be purchased through our sales department.
Once you connect your Remark and Blackboard accounts, you will see Class Links and Test Links buttons throughout Remark Test Grading. You no longer need to import your students or export your grades. Please ensure you are familiar with the basics of using Remark Test Grading before trying to link information. Each instructor must link their own classes (the administrator should not attempt to link classes for instructors).
Linking a Class
- On the desired class card click the “New Class” button.
- Click “Import from Blackboard.”
- Choose the desired Blackboard classes from the list to link to your Remark classes.
- Click “Link and Sync.”
You should now see any students in the Blackboard class in your linked Remark class as well. Once a class is linked to Blackboard, you cannot edit in Remark Test Grading. If you add students to your class in Blackboard at a later point, simply click the “Class Links” button and choose Sync with Blackboard to refresh your class list by pulling down any new students.
Linking a Test
You can link Remark tests to tests in Blackboard. If the test is given on paper, you can use Remark to grade those tests and then pass the grades back to Blackboard.
- Create a test in Blackboard. Please note that the test has to be added to the Grade Center in Blackboard in order to be accessible in Remark. Once you create the test, under the “Course” name in Blackboard, click “Content.” Click “Assessments,” then “Tests.” Choose your test and click “Submit.” Select “Yes” to make the test available to students and then click “Submit.” You should now see your test in the Grade Center.
- In Remark, on the desired test card click the “New Test” button.
- Click “Import from Blackboard.”
- Choose a Blackboard test from the drop down to link to your Remark test.
- Click “Link and Sync.”
- At this point you can create a new test in Remark. Choose whether to “Design test from scratch” or “Use an existing answer sheet design”.
- Click the “Continue” button.
- If designing the test answer sheet, create the form and then click the “Finished” button to save the test.
- If using a pre-defined answer sheet, choose the test design from the list and click the “Continue” button. Then either edit the test if needed, or click the “Finished” button if no changes are needed.
- Once your test is designed and administered, you can grade the test by uploading your scanned test images. Use this part of the product as you normally would to grade your tests.
- After you have graded the tests and optionally reviewed the data, you can send the grades back to Blackboard by clicking the “Sync Grades” button in the Respondent Scores bar.
- Click “Sync with Blackboard.” The grades are sent to Blackboard and placed into the linked test.
You should now see the grades in the Blackboard test. If you grade additional tests at a later point, simply click the Sync Grades button again to send the grades to Blackboard.
If you prefer, you can also set up Remark to automatically sync the grades to Blackboard every time a test is graded:
- Click your name.
- Click “Settings.”
- Click “LMS Connections.”
- Mark the checkbox for “I would like to automatically sync my test grades when signed in.”
Once you leave the page your settings are saved. Linked tests from this point forward will automatically sync with Blackboard when data is graded.
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