How do I convert a Quiz (with questions) into a Quiz with a Question Bank?
You will learn how to convert your existing Classic Quiz with questions into a Classic Quiz with a question bank in your course in Canvas. This can have several benefits for you, namely with question banks you can have a greater pool of randomly drawn questions on specific subtopics. This can be a good way to keep like-topic questions grouped and easily deployed to a series of low-stakes knowledge checks, or multiple banks could be used for summative assessment.
Perhaps the easiest way to accomplish this conversion is to follow these steps:
Exporting the Quiz.
This process requires that you export your Quiz as a QTI zip, and then import that QTI as a Quiz with a new question bank.
1. Enter your course.
2. Click on Settings.
3. Click on Export Existing Content.
4. Select the radio button for Quiz.
5. Deselect All Quizzes.
6. Tick only the box for the desired quiz.
7. Click on Create Export.
8. Click on New Export.
9. The Zip package should be in your Downloads folder.
For this example, in order to keep it as simple as possible, we will use a blank course to import the Quiz into, so that we can see exactly what is imported.
10. Enter the blank course (or go to the Home page for your current course).
11. Click on Import Existing Content.
12. Use the Dropdown menu to select QTI .zip file.
13. Click on Choose File.
14. Navigate to your downloaded Zip file and double-click.
15. Use the Dropdown menu to select 'Create new question bank'.
16. Type a new for the new question.
Tip: Use a name that will likely be the same as the quiz, like "Chapter 2", "Unit 1" or ""How birds achieve flight". If you intend to have multiple question banks for one quiz, make sure the the naming scheme will be easy for you to recognize when it comes time to update the quiz the following term.
Tip: If you want to convert your Classic Quiz to a New Quizzes quiz, then select the tickbox in order to "Import existing quizzes as New Quizzes.
17. Click on Import.
18. Wait until the job is marked as Completed.
19. Click on the Quizzes link in the course navigation.
20. Click on the Three Dots Menu.
Note the imported Classic Quiz is listed below.
21. Select Manage Question Banks.
22. Here is your new question bank.
Tip: To edit your questions or add or remove them this bank, click on the title of the question bank.
Article Summary
You have now learned how to convert a Classic Quiz (with no question bank) into a Classic Quiz with a Question Bank.