Question Banks in New Quizzes
“Banks” or “item banks” in New Quizzes are similar to the question banks used for Classic quizzes. Item banks can be used to sort questions and store questions for use in multiple quizzes.
Create an Item Bank
Click Item Banks on the Build page of your New Quiz
In the menu that appears, you will see all the item banks you have created in the course
Item banks share many of the same functions as question banks, but you will not see any question banks added to New Quiz Banks.
Click + Bank to create a new question bank
Enter a distinct name for your item bank, then select Create Bank.
Edit the bank by clicking on the 3 dots
You can also share the bank with other users
Add Questions to an Item Bank
Navigate to the Build page in your New Quiz
Select the pencil icon to the right of the question you would like to add to an item bank
Find and expand the Item Banking dropdown
You may need to scroll down to find this option.
Click Add to Bank
Select the bank destination to which you would like to add the question
Click Add
Confirm that the item had been banked
Any changes to the question should now be done in the item bank. This ensures that if the item (question) is used in multiple New Quizzes, there won’t be several versions of the same question.
Click Done
Add an Item Bank to a New Quiz
Click Item Banks on the Build page of your New Quiz
Find and select the name of the bank that contains items you would like to add to the quiz
If you would like to add all items in the bank or a set number of random questions, select + All/Random
For instructions on setting the number and point value of randomized questions, see How do I add all items or a random set from an item bank to an assessment in New Quizzes?
Add individual bank items to your quiz by selecting the + symbol in the top left-hand corner of each item
The bank item(s) you select will appear in the quiz
Click the X to close the Item Banks window
Moving an existing question bank to a New Quiz “item bank”
Currently, existing question banks used for classic quizzes cannot be converted directly to New Quiz “item banks” in the Canvas system. Next to using a QTI package to import items into a bank
See how to transfer a classic quiz to a New Quiz.
See above for instructions on how to add questions to an item bank.
Sources
For more information, see the following Canvas Guides:
- How do I add content to an item bank in New Quizzes?
- How do I add an item from an item bank to an assessment in New Quizzes?
- How do I add all items or a random set from an item bank to an assessment in New Quizzes?
- How do I move or copy a question from one item bank to another in New Quizzes?
- How do I import questions from a QTI package into an item bank in New Quizzes?