Deleting a Test or Survey
Deleting a Test or Survey:Tests and surveys in Blackboard are created in the Test Manager and the Survey Manager, respectively. Once a test is created, it can be "deployed" (and made available to students) in any course content area. When the assessment is deployed, a gradebook column is created for that assessment. As students take the assessment, their scores are recorded in the gradebook.
If you plan to remove a test or survey, the process differs depending on whether you are removing an assessment that has never been deployed (only exists in test or survey manager), one that was once deployed but is currently not deployed (but for which grades may exist), or one that is currently deployed in a content area.
To remove a never-deployed test or survey:
1. Click on Control Panel > Test Manager or Survey Manager.
2. Click on the "Remove" button next to test or survey you wish to delete.
3. A dialog box will pop up. Make sure you chose the test you wanted to delete, and click the "OK" button.
To remove an assessment that had been deployed but now isn't:
1. Follow steps 2 or 3 below, depending on whether gradebook scores were retained when "un-deploying" the test.
To remove an assessment that is currently deployed:
1. First, undeploy the assessment by removing the content item that links to the assessment. Do this by
a. Going to the content area containing the link to the assessment.
b. Clicking "Remove" beside the item.
c. Click "OK"
d. You will be prompted to determine whether you want to remove the item and the individual attempts (but keep the scores and the related gradebook item/column), or remove everything (gradebook column, all scores/attempts, and test link). Select the appropriate option. e. Click "Submit."
2. If you chose to remove the test item (in the content area) but keep the gradebook scores, you can remove the test itself at this point by following the steps above for a never-deployed test. This will retain the gradebook scores for that test. You can later remove the gradebook column, should you want to, by going to Control Panel > Gradebook > Manage Items, click "Remove" beside the relevant item, and "Submit."
3. If you chose to remove everything when removing the test item (in the content area), you can then remove the Test or Survey following the instructions above for a never-deployed test.