How do I add a random set of questions from an Item Bank in New Quizzes?

You will learn how to utilize an Item Bank to bring in a select number of questions which are randomly drawn from that Item Bank. So, for example, if I have 30 questions in my Item Bank, but only want to use 10 in my quiz, I could use this process.

This will allow you to deliver a different set of questions in a different order to each student.

Alert: Stimulus questions cannot be used from an Item Bank. They and the associated questions must be in the quiz, not the Item Bank.

Follow these steps below after you have created your Item Bank with questions in it.

1. Enter you course and click on the + sign to add a new item to a module.

+ sign selected

2. Use the dropdown to select Quiz.

Quiz is selected

3. Click on Create Quiz.

Create quiz button

4. Leaving New Quizzes selected, type a name for your quiz.

Quiz Name field

5. Click on Add Item.

Add Item button

6. Click on the title of the quiz.

Quiz title selected

7. Adjust the points as desired.

Points field

8. Click on Build.

Build button

9. Click on Item Banks.

Item Banks button

10. Click on the name of the desired item bank.

Tip: If your desired Item Bank does not appear, you may need to search for it, by selecting Shared with Me and searching by the name of the item bank.

desired item bank is selected

11. Click on + All/Random.

+All/Random button

12. Click on the X to close the Item Bank dialog.

X seleccted to close the dialog

13. Click on the title of the item bank.

Title of Item Bank selected

14. Click on Randomly select questions.

Randomly select questions is selected

15. Type the number of questions you want to draw.

Number of questions field selected

16. Click on Done.

Done button

17. Be sure to Preview the quiz.

Preview button

Article Summary

You have now learned how to randomly draw a specified number of questions from a New Quizzes Item Bank.