---
title: "Generating Test Questions"
type: "article"
space: "Blackboard Ultra"
author: "Dani Bobak"
created: 2024-04-12T21:16:23Z
updated: 2024-11-12T20:54:07Z
tags: ["ai-design-assistant", "artificial-intelligence-design-assistant", "blackboard-ultra"]
url: "https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/266/blackboard-ultra/articles/artificial-intelligence-ai-design-assistant/20033/generating-test-questions"
---

# Generating Test Questions

The AI Design Assistant can generate test questions based on your course content.

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## Generating Test Questions

1. Select the **plus icon \(+\)** on the Content page. A drop-down menu is displayed.
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=EcNhNy9of%2F4QLtOBkcWw0Q%3D%3D)

1. Select **Create** **** from the drop-down menu. The Create Item panel is displayed.
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=dcrmPkmdFHedjwHXRtX4Og%3D%3D)

1. Select **Test**. The New Test panel is displayed.
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1. Enter a title to name the test.

1. Select the **plus icon \(+\)** **** and choose **Auto-generate questions**.
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1. You can choose from the generated questions or you can add more information in the Define questions pane:

1. 1. Add a description
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=gfpIlVGwr6m4e4s%2Fmmt8oQ%3D%3D)
    2. Select items from your course
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=LHWhh%2BeOlwFGQ9YVJWQjIA%3D%3D)
    3. Choose a question type
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=50gpG4pbZk7%2Fs5YSzfMkEQ%3D%3D)
    4. Adjust the complexity
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=ao%2BrlvYhHxxE1%2FLg94fIKg%3D%3D)
    5. Specify the number of questions generated
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=5%2FmxFdPZYhNXIHpjTtBSKQ%3D%3D)

Select **Generate** **** to run the question generation process again.
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=8N3oBKcsj6LGL83srR3xkw%3D%3D)

**Tip**: Even if you don’t add any more information in the Define questions pane, you can select Generate to run the question generation process again to generate a different set of questions.

1. If there are any questions you would like to add to your test, select the checkbox next to the desired question\(s\), then select **Add # to Assessment**. The generated questions will be added to your test. You need to review each generated question and its settings for accuracy and appropriateness before making them available to students. See the [Creating a Test article](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/266/blackboard-ultra/articles/assessing-learning/15650/creating-a-test) for more information about Test Settings.
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