Using question banks in your module

Question Banks are a place to house questions that can be added to quizzes across your module

NOTE: as soon as you create your quiz, move the 'Unfiled questions' into a bank

Create a bank of new questions

Step 1

Go to Quizzes> up the top right-hand corner click > 'Manage Question Banks'

Step 2

Add Question bank button > Name the Bank > Edit Questions

Step 3

Add a question - add questions to your bank by creating them

Edit bank details - Change name

Move multiple questions - move questions to another bank in your module or create a new bank with questions

Delete bank - delete the bank of questions

Step 4

Create questions you wish to add to a bank. Adding questions here are the same when adding them directly into a quiz

Add questions from a Quiz to a Bank

You will need to export and then import the quiz into your module. This can be completed in a few steps.

Step 1

Finish your quiz, update questions and save

Step 2

Click on Settings on the module navigation > Export module content

Step 3

Select quiz > Select the quiz you wish to save as a question bank > Create Export

Step 4

Once the download is complete (blue bar full) click on 'Click here to download' > file will download onto your PC

Step 5

Click on Settings on the module navigation Import module content

Step 6

Content type: QTI.zip > Upload the file > Select question bank or create new one > Import

Step 7

Wait a few moments for your quiz to import > watch the status

NOTE: if any issues occur, contact Canvas Chat or email lts@sgul.ac.uk

Step 8

Go to Quizzes

The duplicate will be directly below the original on the Quizzes index page. If students have taken the original quiz then hovering over the Publish button will alert that it can’t be unpublished.

Step 9

Click the duplicate to be sure it contains no student data (already taken) > Choose Delete

Step 10

Your imported quiz will be named in your question bank and can be used across other quizzes