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Setting a Test Access Code

Written by Faith Visentin

Updated at June 5th, 2024

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Introduction 🗺️ Text Instructions What do students see? 📄 Additional Resources

Introduction

Add a layer of security to your assessments with an access code. Issue an access code to control when students and groups take an assessment.


🗺️ Text Instructions

  1. Open the Test Settings panel and find the Assessment Security section.

2. Go to Access code and select Add access code.

3. In the Access code panel, select turn the toggle on

4. Copy the code to share with students and groups.

5. Select Continue.

At this time, access codes are generated randomly by the system. You can't customize the access codes.

Example:

You add an access code because you want some students to take the assessment before others. You can release the access code only to the first group of students. The students who take the assessment later can't preview the assessment before they take it.

Example:

You can add an access code for a supervised or proctored assessment. Students show proof of identity, receive the code from the instructor or proctor, and take the assessment in the classroom.

If several groups of students take the same test at different times, you can change the access code for each group. Just be certain students haven't saved their work to continue later.

In a test or assignment's Settings panel, select Add access code in the Assessment security section.

Turn the access code to On. The system randomly generates a 6-digit access code that you can't customize. Use the icons next to the access code to copy it or refresh to change the code. Only instructors can refresh and change the access code. If you turn the code off and on again, the code remains the same.

Select Continue. The access code appears in the Settings panel. You can select the trash can icon to remove the code. Students will no longer need a code to start or continue the assessment.

Reminder: Instructors provide the access code to students.

What do students see?

 

📄 Additional Resources

To learn more about access codes, visit the Blackboard Ultra webpage.

 


 

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