[ARCHIVED] Importing questions into question banks

[aburke]

Hi,

I created a quiz, I think in Classic Canvas, and created question groups.  I thought these would automatically register as question banks, under "question banks" but they did not.  How do I import question groups from my quiz into question banks without having to retype them?

Thanks!

[Stef_retired · Accepted solution]

 @aburke ‌

Question groups in Classic Quizzes only exist within the quiz in which they've been created and serve a specific purpose within that quiz; they do not persist outside of that quiz. However, the questions you've created in the quiz will populate an Unfiled Questions question bank.

This comprehensive discussion explains the difference and goes on to explain where to look in question banks for the quiz questions that were created directly in the quiz: https://community.canvaslms.com/message/25433 

[abigail3]

This link is dead. I would like to import my quiz questions into a question bank so could someone reply to this with a working link? TIA. Abigail

[mcarpenter2]

Hey Abigail,

Give me some time. I am working the same issue.

I have over 1500 questions that I am trying to import and I am fairly tech savy.

If I come up with a solution, I will post it here.

[scott_nason]

Did you find a solution to import questions into question groups?

[abigail3]

I would love to import questions into question banks and still have into been able to figure it out. 

[mcarpenter2]

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@abigail3 wrote:

I would love to import questions into question banks and still have into been able to figure it out. 

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Good Morning @abigail3 

I am so sorry. I have not come up with a viable/easy solution that does not involve some sort of coding. 

My goal is to make it something simpler that even a new teacher would be able to utilize. 

I promise, the moment I get this figured out, I will post it here. 

[yolanda_eaves]

Here is the solution that I have found.

1. Export the Quiz (Settings --> Export Content --> Quiz)
2. Leave the page open
3. Wait for the process to finish; you will receive an email
4. In Course Navigation, click the Settings link.
5. In the drop-down menu, select the QTI .zip file option.
6. Click the Choose File button.
7. Find and click the ZIP file you want to import [1]. Click the Open button [2].
8. In the Default Question bank drop-down menu, select the Question bank you want to use for your question bank.
9. If you do not have a question bank you want to use, you can create a new question bank. In the drop-down menu, select the Create new question bank option.

10. Click the Import button [1].  A progress indicator displays the upload status by percentage [2].

11. When the course has completed, view your quizzes by accessing the Quizzes page in Course Navigation.

Special Notes

• Your file will be imported as a test bank.
  
• You can use the entire bank to create a new test or you can select specific questions.
  
• Note that if you are uploading a textbook publisher’s questions banks that these are probably copyrighted and should be for your own use.
  

Source for Import directions with images: Canvas Guides How do I import quizzes from QTI packages?

[williamsla]

Thank you so much for this @yolanda_eaves -- this is exactly what we needed and I appreciate you taking the time to share your method so we could get this done! 

[LisaStepanovic]

When I followed this procedure, I was not able to create a new question bank when importing the QTI file. Instead, it imported the file as both a quiz and a question bank with both having the same name. It doesn't look like you can create a new bank nor add the questions to an existing bank from the Import screen. Anyone else have this issue?

Thank you!

Lisa

[yolanda_eaves]

Hi LisaStepanovic,

Your response is confusing. The directions provided are for creating a question bank from an existing quiz. Your response indicates that you got both a quiz and a question bank with the same name which tells me that the process did work in creating a question bank from an existing quiz. The original quiz will not dissappear. You can always delete it, however.

You can change the name of the question bank. You can move the questions in the question bank to other question banks. You can create a new question bank and move those questions to that. The main intent of these directions was to initially get them in a question bank. All other modifications can be done after that.

Below, I pointed out resources that you may find helpful from Canvas Support for modifying question banks once you have created them. In New Quizzes, it is called item bank instead of question bank.

Classic Quizzes

• How do I import quizzes from QTI packages?
• How do I create a question bank in a course?
• How do I bookmark a question bank in a course?
• How do I unbookmark a question bank in a course?
• How do I delete a question bank in a course?
• How do I move multiple questions from one question bank to another?
• How do I move/copy a question from one question bank to another?
• How do I reorder questions or question groups in a quiz?

New Quizzes

• How do I manage item banks in New Quizzes?
• How do I create an item bank in New Quizzes?
• How do I add content to an item bank in New Quizzes?
• How do I import questions from a QTI package into an item bank in New Quizzes?
• How do I add an item from an item bank to a quiz in New Quizzes?
• How do I edit an item bank item in New Quizzes?
• How do I add all items or a random set from an item bank to a quiz in New Quizzes?