Test Availability Exceptions

For existing test availability settings, you can make exceptions for individual students or groups.

You can create these types of exceptions:

• Number of attempts

• Timer

• Availability: Date and time the test is available to the student or group

• Force completion

• Restrict location

How to create a test exception

1. Navigate to the Test where it is deployed within the Content Area.

2. Click the drop-down chevron next to the test name.

3. Click Edit the Test Options.

4. Scroll down to the Test Availability Exceptions section and click the Add User or Group button.

5. Search for the student or group to which you wish to grant an exception. Click the checkbox to select each user or group.

6. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the page.

7. For each user or group, set the exceptions you would like to permit for:

   1. number of Attempts

   2. Timer limits and Auto Submit setting

   3. access Availability dates and times

   4. Options to Force Completion when time elapses

8. Click Submit to apply the new exceptions.

Extend test availability

With test availability exceptions, you can offer certain students and groups longer access to a test.

In the Test Availability section, you can choose to display a test during a certain time range.

In the Test Availability Exceptions section, you can choose students and groups and give them longer access to the test. You must add a day and time for the After and Until fields.

Additional resources

• Blackboard Help: Test Options