Quiz Maker for Blackboard

Why instructors pair SimpleQuizMaker with Blackboard

Blackboard Learn is where your course lives, but writing a quiz in its test editor still means typing every question and every distractor by hand. SimpleQuizMaker writes the first draft from the reading you already assigned. You review it, publish it, and put the link where your students already look: the week's content folder.

How the quiz reaches your Blackboard course

Share the quiz link in a content area

Generate the quiz on SimpleQuizMaker and publish it to get a shareable link. In Blackboard, add that link to the content area for the week — as a Web Link in an Original course, or as a link item in an Ultra course. Students click through and take the quiz in the browser, with feedback after each question or at the end, whichever you chose. Their responses arrive in your SimpleQuizMaker inbox.

Best for: weekly reading checks, practice before a Blackboard-delivered exam, exit tickets and ungraded review.

Can the questions be imported into Blackboard itself?

Not directly. Blackboard imports question pools and banks from QTI 2.1 packages, while SimpleQuizMaker's QTI export is QTI 1.2, built for Canvas — Blackboard will not accept it. When a test has to run inside Blackboard, export the quiz as a Word document (paid plans) and use it as your draft while you build the test in Blackboard's own editor.

Where the link workflow fits a Blackboard course

One folder per week

If your course is organised into weekly folders, put that week's reading-check quiz at the top of the folder, generated from the same reading. Students meet the quiz exactly where they open the reading.

Practice before the real exam

Keep the graded exam in Blackboard and use SimpleQuizMaker for the practice rounds before it. Generate a fresh practice set from each lecture's slides; students can retake it as often as they like without touching your gradebook.

Large lecture courses

For a course with hundreds of students, the results view shows which questions most of the class missed, so you know what to revisit in the next lecture. Per-question analytics are part of the paid plans.

Accessibility

The SimpleQuizMaker quiz page is built for accessibility: full keyboard navigation, screen-reader landmarks, sufficient colour contrast, and no time pressure unless you explicitly enable a timer.

Student data

Takers don't need an account. Their names and answers are stored against your SimpleQuizMaker instructor account and are not linked to Blackboard or any other system. If the quiz should be anonymous, leave “Ask for the participant's name” switched off.

FAQ

Is there a Blackboard integration? No. There is no Blackboard LTI integration today; sharing the quiz link in your course is the supported way to use SimpleQuizMaker with Blackboard.

Can I import SimpleQuizMaker questions into a Blackboard pool? No. Blackboard imports QTI 2.1 packages, and SimpleQuizMaker exports QTI 1.2 for Canvas. To build a native Blackboard test, export the quiz as a Word document (paid plans) and use it as your draft in Blackboard's test editor.

Can I push grades into the Blackboard gradebook? Not automatically. Export the results as a CSV file (paid plans) and enter the scores in your Blackboard gradebook.

Does my institution need to approve SimpleQuizMaker as a vendor? It depends on your institution's policy. Students click a link and answer in the browser, so most institutions treat it like any other web tool an instructor shares — but check your institution's rules for collecting student responses outside the LMS.

Is it free? Generating and sharing quizzes from a topic or pasted text is free. PDF upload, CSV results export and Word export need a paid plan (from $1.99/mo).