eng Science and Education Publishing World Journal of Chemical Education 2375-1657 2017-04-19 5 3 91 93 10.12691/wjce-5-3-2 WJCE2017532 article Jimoh Tijani tijani_j@jic.edu.sa 1 Department of General Studies, Jubail Industrial College, P. O. Box 10099, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia This article describes the development and implementation of auto-grade online chemical equation questions, created by using Fill in Multiple Blanks question options on the Blackboard Software. Five categories of questions other than multiple choice questions were effectively implemented in online assessments. This kind of questions may be used for large class online home works, tutorials, and proctored-quizzes. http://pubs.sciepub.com/wjce/5/3/2/wjce-5-3-2.pdf general chemistry chemical equations online-homework blackboard assessments auto-graded fill in multiple blanks