The complexity ranges from 1-10 and matches specific educational levels:

1. Early Elementary School (Grades K-2): The initial years of formal education where young children begin learning fundamental skills like reading, writing, and basic math.
2. Late Elementary School (Grades 3-5): The later stage of elementary education where students continue to build on their foundational skills and explore more complex subjects.
3. Early Middle School (Grades 6-7): The beginning of secondary education, marked by a transition from elementary school and introduction to more subject-specific learning.
4. Late Middle School (Grades 8-9): The later part of secondary education where students further develop their academic skills before entering high school.
5. Early High School (Grades 10-11): The first years of high school when students start studying more advanced subjects and preparing for higher education or careers.
6. Late High School (Grade 12, AP or IB courses): The final year of high school, often involving advanced coursework and exams like AP (Advanced Placement) or IB (International Baccalaureate) before graduation.
7. Undergraduate Lower Division (Freshman and Sophomore years): The initial two years of university education where students explore a variety of subjects and fulfill core requirements.
8. Undergraduate Upper Division (Junior and Senior years): The latter two years of university education focused on more specialized courses and often involving independent research or projects.
9. Graduate Level (Master’s and early PhD coursework): Advanced studies beyond a bachelor's degree, encompassing coursework and research leading to a master's degree or initial stages of a PhD.
10. Advanced PhD Level (Dissertation research, specialized topics): The highest level of academic pursuit involving in-depth research, specialized studies, and the completion of a doctoral dissertation.

Rubrics can help align assessments with learning objectives and promote transparency, consistency, fairness and effective feedback in the grading process. Using Blackboard’s AI design assistant, you can generate rubrics based on your course content.  The generated rubric is 100% editable by the instructor.  Instructors are encouraged to review and refine the rubric content.

You can generate a rubric from the gradebook settings panel.  

Additionally, you can generate a rubric from the discussion settings of a graded discussion.  You must select grade discussion in the settings panel to create/generate a rubric.

Or when you create an assignment or assessment.  The Add Grading Rubric tool is found in the additional tools section of the assignment or assessment settings panel.

Define the rubric by entering a detailed description.  Select a rubric type from the drop down menu and use the sliders to define the criteria complexity and number of columns and rows.  When satisfied, select generate.  A suggested rubric is generated that you can review and edit.  Select Continue.

Name and edit the rubric to add rows, columns or edit cell description using the pencil icon.  Be sure to select Save.

The rubric is now available to use.

The AI Design Assistant can help instructors generate test questions for both formative and summative assessments.  In your content area, hover your mouse where you want to add the test.  Click on the purple plus sign and select Create.  From the create item panel that opens, select test. The "create your assessment" window opens where you will:

1. Select Auto-generate question from the test settings.
2. You should now see the Auto-Generate Questions screen. 
   1. Enter a description to narrow the focus of the question.  The more detailed the description, the more precise the questions generated should be.
   2. From the drop down menu select a question type.  You can select "Inspire me!" and the AI assistant will generate random question types.
   3. Adjust the complexity of the question and number of questions you would like generated by using the sliders.
   4. When finished, select Generate.
3. You will see the questions that were generated.  To use the question, select the box for the corresponding question and Select Add to Assessment.

Once you have generated the test questions, you will have the opportunity to name the test and review each question for accuracy.  Edit questions and question points as desired.  Select the test settings gear icon to open and access the test options.

You can also utilize the AI Design Assistant to generate question banks based on an .  An ultra document is a combination of text, multimedia and attachments that you add in blocks and is presented together in one scrolling document. At the bottom of the ultra document, you will see an option to Auto Generate Question Bank.  Selecting this option will generate test questions based on the text found in this ultra document.

1. From the drop down menu select a question type.  You can select "Inspire me!" and the AI assistant will generate random question types.
2. Adjust the complexity of the question and number of questions you would like generated by using the sliders.
3. When finished, select Generate.

Once you have selected the generated test questions you want to keep, select the Go To Bank link in the pop up message box.

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You will now be able to change the name of the generated bank of questions, add a description and edit or delete individual questions.  When you finished, you can close the open panel.

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You can always access and edit the question bank from the Details & Actions menu.

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