[ARCHIVED] Copy quiz with question banks to a new course

[karin_molander_]

Hi, I copied a quiz from last year's course to this year's, but the question bank was not copied. I cannot remember if this is a new quiz or not, (but probably not) and none of the guides seem to address my problem. Any advice would be appreciated. 

Karin

[richardja · Accepted solution]

The Copy To function does not work properly with quizzes because it does not bring over the question bank. It only copies the quiz and the settings for the quiz.

To copy the entire Question Bank, you will need to do a proper import. Access the course that you would like to import to, then click Settings on the left menu. Then on the right side of the screen, select Import Course Content. On the first dropdown, select Copy a Canvas Course. Instead of All, choose Some. When you click Import, you will see a button in the queue section that allows you to choose content. Go down to Question Banks and select the banks that you would like to import. 

[jbielecki]

I have a related question about question banks, and I'm hoping you have the answer. I have quizzes that are tied to question banks in a course. When I copy the whole course, it seems that it puts a COPY of the question bank into the new courses. My thinking is that if I find an error in a question bank, I'll then have to fix it in multiple question banks. I'd like that same quiz in all my courses tied to a SINGLE question bank.

When I build a quiz, I see that I can link it to question banks in various courses -- even some from years ago -- so I can BUILD a quiz to draw from question banks in other courses. Is it possible for me to COPY a quiz to do this?

Also, if I have a quiz linked to a question bank in a different course, is Canvas putting all those questions into my "unfiled" bank? (I noticed that "unfiled" in the new course has 400+ items in it!) If so, then is the new (copied or newly built) quiz actually drawing from the other course's bank, or is it drawing from the "unfiled" bank in its own course?

Ultimately, my problem is this: I am ready to copy my course for the spring semester. Should I copy the entire course (duplicating the question banks), or should I copy everything EXCEPT the question banks and then manually rebuild the copied quizzes to draw from the old course's question banks (which is a LOT of work)?

[karin_molander_]

Thank you so much!