{"id":8733,"date":"2024-11-14T09:25:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T09:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=8733"},"modified":"2024-11-14T09:25:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T09:25:53","slug":"exploring-ai-in-blackboard-ultra-a-case-study-in-test-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/11\/14\/exploring-ai-in-blackboard-ultra-a-case-study-in-test-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring AI in Blackboard Ultra: A Case Study in Test Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Blackboard\u2019s AI design assistant, launched last December, has quickly proven to be a helpful tool for developing content within NILE courses. Our early data shows that while most users create tests independently, the AI design assistant is especially popular for test and quiz creation. Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Julie Holloway, shares her positive experience using AI to support her pharmacology students in a prescribing program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are using AI to help generate new exam questions, particularly in relation to pharmacology content,\u201d Julie explains. Due to the parameters of professional regulation within independent prescribing, she\u2019s unable to provide students with past exam papers for their revision. Instead, AI has allowed her to create supplemental revision questions directly linked to each pharmacology lecture, providing students with valuable practice material aligned with their coursework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One notable feature in the AI design assistant enables users to select existing course materials for the AI to draw from when generating content. Julie has leveraged this by selecting specific pharmacology materials, allowing her to create questions that closely reflect the lectures and give students an efficient tool for self-assessment. \u201cThe process was easier than I originally thought,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n

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As well as helping with efficiency, Julie also noted the AI\u2019s capacity to inspire new ways of phrasing questions. \u201cExam questions can become repetitive,\u201d she says, and the AI\u2019s suggestions help with this and enhance the student experience by supplementing their revision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In thinking about the limitations of using AI to create test questions, Julie points out that the AI occasionally generates questions that aren\u2019t entirely relevant. However, she highlights, \u201cI think this will improve as we get more experienced with working with AI and search terms, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would she recommend this approach to other educators? \u201cAbsolutely,\u201d she says, encouraging colleagues to explore the tool themselves. \u201cJust give it a try\u2014it\u2019s not as scary as you think!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like any support using any of the AI Design Assistant tools in NILE, then please contact your Learning Technologist. If you are unsure who this is, then please select this link: https:\/\/libguides.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/staff\/nile-help\/who-is-my-learning-technologist<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the AI Design Assistant, then please select this link: https:\/\/libguides.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/staff\/nile-guides\/ai-design-assistant<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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