Converting Quiz Questions to Question Bank Items

How to convert quiz questions into a question bank that you can then pull from and use for other assessments.


Converting Quiz into Question Banks

To convert your quiz question to a question bank, you will need to export the quiz into a QTI file and then re-import it. There you will be able create the new question bank.

1

Navigate to Settings

Settings tab highlighted.

 
2

Click Export Course Content

Arrow pointing at Export Course Content option.

 
3

Select Quiz

Arrow pointing at Quiz option under Export Type section.

 
4

Uncheck the All Quizzes option and select your desired quiz(zes)

All quizzes highlighted with an empty checkbox and an arrow pointing at box checked.

 
5

Click Create Export

Arrow pointing at Create Export button.

 
6

Click New Export

Arrow pointing at New Export link

 
7

Return to Settings

Settings tab highlighted.

 
8

Click Import Course Content

Arrow pointing at Import Course Content link.

 
9

Expand the dropdown and select QTI .zip file

Content Type dropdown expanded with QTI .zip file option highlighted.

 
10

Click Choose File and select the file you just downloaded

Arrow pointing at Choose File button.

 
11

Expand the Select question bank dropdown and select -- Create new question bank --

Default Question bank dropdown expanded with -- Create new question bank -- highlighted.

 
12

Give the new question bank a name

Arrow pointing at Question bank name field.

 
13

Click Import

We recommend that you leave the additional Options unchecked.

Arrow pointing at Import button.


Combining Question Banks

Once you have imported the questions from the quiz, you can manipulate them as you please. One helpful way is to be able to combine the imported questions into previously created question banks.

1

Navigate to Quizzes

Quizzes tab highlighted.

 
2

Click on the 3 dots in the upper-right corner and select Manage Question Banks

Three dot menu expanded with arrow pointing at Manage Question Banks option.

 
3

Select the imported question bank

 
4

Click Move Multiple Questions

Arrow pointing at Move Multiple Questions button.

 
5

Select all of the questions

Question checkboxes highlighted and marked.

 
6

Select [New Question Bank]

Arrow pointing at radio button for [New Question Bank]

 
7

Enter the New Bank Name

Arrow pointing at New Bank Name field.

 
8

Click Move Questions

Arrow pointing at Move Questions button.

 
9

Click Delete Bank

Arrow pointing at Delete Bank button.


Delete Duplicate Quizzes

When you imported the quiz content to create the question banks, it created another instance of that quiz, which you will see in the Quizzes tab of your Canvas course.

To prevent any confusion, we suggest that you delete the copied instance. Doing so will not delete the questions you imported into your question banks.

A pair of the same quizzes highlighted.

1

Locate the duplicated quiz

 
2

Click on the three dot menu

 
3

Select Delete

 
4

Click OK