Getting set up for the online test

Math placement at CUA

Getting set up for the online test

The online math placement test is available from CUA's BlackBoard web page. There are a couple of steps you need to take to take the test: (1) Create an account for yourself on CUA's BlackBoard web site. (2) "Register" for the Math Placement Test. (Note: "register" is BlackBoard's terminology. This is not the same as registering for a course at CUA).

You might want to print out the following instructions so that you can refer to them while getting set up.

I. Create an account on BlackBoard
Go to CUA's BlackBoard system at http://bb.cua.edu

Click on the Create Account button. This will bring you to a form in which you fill-in some information.

Here's the information we need:
  • First name, middle name (if any) and last name exactly as it will appear on your official CUA records.
  • Your current email (so we can contact you if necessary).
  • Your 7-digit CUA ID number (not your social security number). If you don't know your CUA ID number, then leave this box blank.
  • A user name for yourself. This can be anything you like and that you will remember.
  • A password for yourself.
There are boxes for other information. Fill them in if you wish but for the purposes of the Placement Test, we don't need to know them.
You can edit this information later, for example, to change your email address.

Please click the Submit button at the bottom at the bottom of the page when you have done this.

Now you should see a screen welcoming you by name.


II. Register for the placement test (Note: This is not the same as registering for a math course)
Go again to BlackBoard's opening screen at http://bb.cua.edu and log in (if you aren't already logged in).

Click the red My courses tab near the top right of the page. This will show a page with the heading Course Catalog above a column of course names at the right of the screen. Find and click Mathematics.

Now you will see a list of courses on BlackBoard. Look for Math Placement Test 2008-09 in the list and click the enroll button on the far right.

You will now be at the "self-enrollment" page for the Placement Test. Look for the access code box in the middle of the page. Type the word testme in that box, then click the Submit button. You should see a page announcing that you have successfully enrolled. Click the OK button at the bottom right.

Now you will see the opening page for the test's BlackBoard page. You are enrolled; that is, you can take the online test when you are ready.

Note: you don't have take the test right now.

Now go back to the main placement page and click on the link "How to take the online test".