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title: "Publishing Tests from Respondus 4.0 to Blackboard Ultra"
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**Step One: In Respondus 4.0**
1. Run the **Respondus 4.0 Application **on your computer. Don’t have Respondus 4.0? Find download and use instructions here: [Respondus 4.0 - Teaching and Learning - UConn Knowledge Base](https://kb.uconn.edu/space/TL/10787029038/Respondus+4.0)
2. Within Respondus 4.0, select the **Start **tab, then select **Import Questions**
3. On the **Import Questions** dialogue box, under the **Select Type of File** section, go to **Type of file**, then select the drop-down arrow. For best results, select** Plain Text**
4. To upload your Microsoft Word file, saved as .txt, go to **File Name**, then select **Browse** and select the file you want to import
5. Go to the **Choose where to add the new Questions **section** **and enter the new document name (Create a new document will be preselected)
6. You must preview your questions, this allows you to detect any possible issues, select **Preview**.
7. Select **Finish **to complete the process
8. A dialogue box will appear noting that the file was saved. Select **OK**.
9. This will bring you to the **Edit **screen. From here, you will continue forward by navigating to the **Preview & Publish** tab.
10. In the left-hand menu, select **Publish **then select the **Publish Wizard** button
8. Under **Type of Publish**, the system defaults to **Publish to single course.** This is ideal for most situations. Select **Next **to continue.
9. Follow the prompts to **log in to HuckyCT within Respondus 4.0**. Note, the pop-up will appear as “Blackboard Authorization”. There is no need to open a web browser to navigate to HuskyCT, the Respondus 4.0 system is using an integrated authorization tool.
10. Once you have logged in and the home page has loaded, select **Continue After Login** in the upper right-hand corner of the pop-up window.
11. This will close the pop-up window and return you to the **Publish Wizard** in Respondus 4.0. You may now click **OK **as the login process is complete.
12. Now you will select the drop down to ***Choose Course to publish to***.
13. Click** Create new pool**
14. Select **Next.**
13. The **Status Window** will load. When all content has been transferred, the window will look like this:
14. You may now select **Finish.**
**Step Two: In Blackboard**
1. Open a Blackboard Ultra course. On the Course Content page, under the Details and Actions section, select **Manage Banks. **You will now find your Respondus 4.0 assessment pool here.
2. You will now find your Respondus 4.0 assessment pool here, now a “Question Bank” in Ultra View, with the added qualifier “Published from Respondus” under the title. You may further manage the question bank from this view or create a test using the question bank.
Have questions on creating a test using question pools in HuskyCT? Refer to: [Creating and Using Question Pools in Ultra Course View - Teaching and Learning - UConn Knowledge Base](https://kb.uconn.edu/space/TL/26047774745/Creating+and+Using+Question+Pools+in+Ultra+Course+View)