No purely online assessment system can prevent all forms of cheating. Unless you are giving the test as a proctored computer lab test, you should consider Blackboard assessments tantamount to a take-home exam. If you are not comfortable with take-home exams, you should not be using Blackboard for assessments.
Respondus Lock Down Browser
The Respondus Lockdown Browser is an application that forces test-takers to shut down any applications running on their computer while taking an online test, to discourage cheating.
Creating a Test (Movie, 03:50)
Learn how to create a test using the Test tool in Blackboard.
Randomizing Test Questions (Handout)
Randomly assign different questions to different users, so that no two students are seeing the same questions in the same order.
Creating Tests: Specifying Test Creation Settings
Learn how to manage a modify a test and choose to whom you wish to distribute the test.
Setting Test Availability Exceptions
Exceptions provide a mechanism to release a test to a student or provide accommodations for technology and language differences.
Mobile Tests Are Tests Intended to be Taken on Mobile Devices
Mobile tests are tests that only display on mobile devices.
Test Options
After a test or a survey is created, the next step is to deploy it (i.e., make it available to students).
Grading Tests, Overriding Grades, and Clearing Attempts
A Grade Center column is created automatically for each test created. Although Blackboard Learn scores many question types, some questions need to be graded manually, such as essays, short answer questions, and file response questions.
Blackboard Question Types
Learn about the different question types you can use in a Test.
Reusing Questions
You can use questions from existing tests, surveys, or pools to create a new test.