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Blackboard 9.1 Using Multimedia in Tests and Surveys Educational Technologies, AMH 2010 1 Using The Mashup Tool to Add Online Media to Tests and Surveys You may find it useful to include Internetbased photos and videos in your tests and surveys, and Blackboard 9.1 offers a tool to do this. The Add Mashup tool allows you to easily add videos from YouTube, photos from Flickr, and presentations from Slideshare, into your test and survey questions and answers. Adding Online Media to Tests and Survey Questions with the Add Mashup Tool : 1. You should begin by completing the steps to create a new test, survey or question pool. In the following steps we are starting with the Test Canvas open for our Sample Test. 2. From the Create Question tab, select the type of question you want to create, for example, a True/False question. 3. The toolbar for the Question Text initially shows only one line of icons. Click the downward facing triangle on the left of the toolbar to reveal the extended toolbar palette. 4. The last icon on the second row is the Add Mashup tool. Click to choose between a Slideshare Presentation, a YouTube Video, or a Flickr Photo. 5. Regardless of your choice, you will open a search box allowing you to search for appropriate content. In the following example, a search for “tumbling Chinese

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Blackboard  9.1  Using  Multimedia  in  Tests  and  Surveys    

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Using  The  Mashup  Tool  to  Add  Online  Media  to  Tests  and  Surveys  

You  may  find  it  useful  to  include  Internet-­‐based  photos  and  videos  in  your  tests  and  surveys,  and  Blackboard  9.1  offers  a  tool  to  do  this.  The  Add  Mashup  tool  allows  you  to  easily  add  videos  from  YouTube,  photos  from  Flickr,  and  presentations  from  Slideshare,  into  your  test  and  survey  questions  and  answers.  

Adding  Online  Media  to  Tests  and  Survey  Questions  with  the  Add  Mashup  Tool:  

1. You  should  begin  by  completing  the  steps  to  create  a  new  test,  survey  or  question  pool.  In  the  following  steps  we  are  starting  with  the  Test  Canvas  open  for  our  Sample  Test.  

2. From  the  Create  Question  tab,  select  the  type  of  question  you  want  to  create,  for  example,  a  True/False  question.  

3. The  toolbar  for  the  Question  Text  initially  shows  only  one  line  of  icons.  Click  the  downward  facing  triangle  on  the  left  of  the  toolbar  to  reveal  the  extended  toolbar  palette.  

 4. The  last  icon  on  the  second  row  is  the  Add  Mashup  tool.    

Click  to  choose  between  a  Slideshare  Presentation,  a  YouTube  Video,  or  a  Flickr  Photo.  

5. Regardless  of  your  choice,  you  will  open  a  search  box  allowing  you  to  search  for  appropriate  content.  In  the  following  example,  a  search  for  “tumbling  Chinese  

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robot”  returned  three  items.  

 6. Click  the  [Preview]  button  to  see  a  preview  of  the  video.  Close  the  Preview  

window  to  continue.  7. If  you  want  to  use  the  video/photo/presentation,  click  the  [Select]  button  to  

continue.  8. On  the  Create  Mashup  Item  form:  

 

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a. Change  the  Name  field  if  desired.  b. For  YouTube  Videos  

 i. Choose  to  View  as  Thumbnail,  Text  Link  with  Player,  or  Embed  Player.  

ii. Decide  whether  or  not  to  Show  YoutTube  URL  and  Show  YouTube  information.  

c. For  Flickr  Photos  

 i. Choose  to  View  as  Embed  Photo  or  Thumbnail  ii. Choose  the  Size  of  the  image  iii. Decide  whether  or  not  to  Show  Flickr  URL  and  Show  Flickr  

Information.  

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d. For  SlideShare  presentations  

 i. Although  there  are  several  View  options,  we  recommend  that  you  use  the  Embed  Player  option,  due  to  problems  with  some  web  browsers.  

ii. Decide  whether  or  not  to  Show  SlideShare  URL  and  Show  SlideShare  Information.  

9. Click  the  [Submit]  button  to  insert  the  item.  YouTube  Example  

Flickr  Example  

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SlideShare  Example