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How do I convert a New Quizzes quiz to a Classic Quizzes quiz?

You will learn how to convert a New Quizzes quiz (which uses Item Banks) to a Classic Quizzes quiz (which uses Question Banks). This may be necessary if the Classic Quizzes features are more suitable to what you want to achieve with this quiz.

After you complete this process, be sure to verify that the questions have transferred and that they are connected to the quiz. If your New Quizzes quiz has any question types that are unique to the New Quizzes format (such as Stimulus, Categorization, Ordering, Hot Spot), then those particular questions will not transfer.

1. Enter your course and click on Quizzes in the course navigation.

Quizzes link

2. Click on the Three Dots menu for your New Quizzes quiz.

You must be in the Quizzes page in order for this to work.

Three Dots menu

3. Select Build from the dropdown menu.

Build is selected

4. Click on the Three Dots menu.

Tip: You could likewise click on the Exports tab.

Three Dots menu selected

5. Select Export Content from the dropdown menu.

Export Content selected

If you do not see this link, click on the Exports tab and you should see the link for the latest prepared export.

exports links
link selected

8. Click on Return.

Return button

9. Click on Settings in the course navigation.

Settings link

10. Click on Import Course Content.

Import Course Content button

11. Use the dropdown menu to select 'QTI .zip file'.

QTI .zip file selected

12. Click on Choose File.

Choose File button

13. Double-click on the zip file you just downloaded.

By default this zip file should be in your Downloads folder.

ZIP file selected

14. Click on Import.

Import button

15. Wait until you receive the Completed message.

Completed message

16. Click on Quizzes in the course navigation.

Quizzes course navigation link

17. We now have two quizzes.

The first one listed in this screenshot is the Classic Quizzes quiz which is the copy. The second quiz is the original New Quizzes quiz.  

The original and the duplicate quiz display
Verify that your Item banks have been converted to Question Banks.

1. Using the Three Dots menu, select Manage Question Banks.

Manage Question Banks selected

2. The Item Banks have been converted to Question Banks.

Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 question banks are displayed

Article Summary

You have now learned how to convert a New Quizzes quiz (with Item Banks) to a Classic Quizzes quiz (with Question Banks).