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Partial Credit not Available/not Working for Fill in the Blank Questions in Ultra courses

Fill in the blank type questions are not being graded properly; Partial credit is not being granted when students provide incorrect answers.

Description

Fill in the blank type questions are not being graded properly; Partial credit is not being granted when students provide incorrect answers.

Symptoms

No partial credit - Fill in the blanks question.png

Steps to Replicate

  1. Log in to Blackboard Learn as Administrator

  2. Access a course

  3. Go to Course Content > Click on the "Plus" icon and select Create > Test

  4. Add a Fill in the blank question containing multiple "Fill in the blank" fields.

  5. Click on "Next step"

  6. Do not enable "Case sensitive".

  7. Click on Save

  8. Enable Student Preview

  9. Complete the test (Please note that a wrong answer has been provided in the third field)

  10. Disable Student Preview

  11. Go to Gradebook (Top right corner tab) and view the attempt submitted by the "Preview user"

  12. Note that there are 2 correct answers and 1 incorrect answer; the attempt was graded with a zero (0) rather than a partial grade.

Observed Result: Students are not receiving partial credit.

Expected Result: Students should be graded with partial credit.

Resolution / Workaround

N/A

Target Release

Will Not Fix

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