Moving questions from a quiz to the question bank

[craiggines]

I have created a quiz already but none of the questions are in the question bank, how do I move the questions from the quiz I created to the question bank so I don't have to retype the whole quiz

[gperez1 · Accepted solution]

Page not found when clicking Kona's link

[kona]

 @craiggines , did you check the “unfiled” question bank? That’s normally where questions like this go. If they are there you can move them and create a question bank specifically for them - https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-13070-415250751?sr=search&searchId=68cd2cf1-23a0-4373-9030-...‌

Hope this helps!

[craiggines]

Yes I already checked there and they are not there. and I have duplicates of some questions in the unfiled folder, and some are just not there at all, but no the ones I want to move are not anywhere.

[kona]

Ok, Plan B - try the work around provided here and see if it helps - https://community.canvaslms.com/message/26891 

[yoder1]

@kona Can you please refresh the link?  I'm finding myself in the same position of the question I just "Found" in the question bank and copied to the quiz not showing up in the question bank after editing it.

[yoder1]

Update: My own workaround is simply to copy the text of the question into a new question.  The new question showed in the question bank.

I believe the old question doesn't show because it is considered a copy of a question and thus not unique enough to show in the question bank.

[ProfaebC]

@kona same here: page not found. Thanks!

[kona]

@ProfaebC - sorry for the delay! Here's the link I was referring to -- https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/Create-a-Question-Bank-from-Already-Created... 

I hope it helps! Kona

[ProfaebC]

Thank you so much, @kona , and I'll bet @colucciw and @craiggines will also appreciate this. No doubt others as well.

[colucciw]

Page not found

[kona]

It looks like when the Community moved, this link quit working. I'm pretty sure this was the Plan B I was talking about -- https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/Create-a-Question-Bank-from-Already-Created... 

I hope this helps! Kona

[BillNicholson]

Your plan B points to a page that doesn't exist

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello  @craiggines ...

I have been reviewing older questions here in the Canvas Community, and I came across your question.  I wanted to check in with you because I noticed that there hasn't been any new activity in this topic since your reply on January 23, 2018.  Have you had an opportunity to review the "Plan B" option that  @kona ‌ suggested to you?  If so, were you able to put your quiz questions into a Question Bank?  Or, are you still looking for some help with this question?  If you feel that one of the above responses from Kona has helped to answer your question, please go ahead and mark it as "Correct".  However, if you are still looking for some assistance from Community members, please come back to this posting to provide an update so that someone might be able to assist you.  I am going to mark your question as "Assumed Answered" because there hasn't been any new activity in this thread for almost four months.  However, that won't prevent you or others from posting additional questions and/or comments below that are related to this topic.  I hope that's alright with you, Craig.  Looking forward to hearing back from you soon.

[53977]

I am having this problem too. The help link above doesn't work.

[colucciw]

As you probably already saw, no one got an answer.  The link provided goes nowhere.

[ProfaebC]

Thanks @colucciw; I've asked @kona to update that link, too.  One solution offered----to copy and paste the question---only works for a few question types, such as  Fill-in Blanks;  for more complex questions you cannot copy and paste all the drop downs or multiple answers.  Could they perhaps add a button in the three-dot area that says "Copy Question to New Bank"?  

This would save tons of time.

[BillNicholson]

Plan B points to a page that doesn't exist. Is there another answer?

[MarionGotz]

I am also still waiting for an answer to this question. A great fix would be to add an option for each question that allows it to be copied to any available question bank.

[gperez1 · Accepted solution]

Page not found when clicking Kona's link

[yoder1 · Accepted solution]

@gperez1   I find that you often need to explicity @-mention the person to whom you are replying for them to see your message.

[ProfaebC]

I have this question too and the links proided with supposed solutions do not work! Please help. Is @kona still available to explain this? Thanks.

[dan_stone_ky]

Spoiler

Wow - THIS is the solved answer to this question? Not.