Import QTI file to new Item Bank doesn't work

[JMaier31]

I can't import an entire quiz to an Item Bank.  I've tried exporting a classic quiz and uploading the QTI file to a new item bank and it says "Error: there was a problem uploading your file."  Canvas created the QTI file so it has to be the correct format or type.  Can someone please explain to me why this no longer works and how to fix it?  

My only other option is to continue uploading question banks as classic quizzes, migrating them to new quizzes, and adding each question to a question bank manually (which takes forever).

To clarify, here are the steps I've taken following multiple tutorials on the process:

1) create QTI file.  I've done this by creating a plain text document with the correct formatting and uploading it to two different websites who then create a qti file.  I've also tried exporting a classic quiz and using that qti file.

2) create new item bank

3) select "import content"

4) select my file by browsing or drag and drop (tried both)

5) Fail

[dbrace]

Hi @JMaier31,

Are you following these steps:

1. export to QTI - https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-export-quiz-content-from-a-course/ta-p/...
2. import QTI
   1. https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-import-quizzes-from-QTI-packages/ta-p/1...
   2. making sure to use the option that is available for "Convert content to New Quizzes"

I am asking because those are the steps that I went through and everything is working.

-Doug

[JMaier31]

I am able to import a quiz with the qti file, but I want to be able to import all questions to an Item Bank.  If i select New Quizzes then I can't add to an Item Bank.  If I select Classic Quizzes and add a new Item Bank, it imports the quiz, but no Item Bank.  I then have to migrate the quiz to a New Quiz and edit each question individually to add it to an Item Bank.  I would like to be able to import all questions from the quiz to a new Item Bank.

I like to create Item Banks for each topic and then select questions at random from each one for assessments.  For example, I might pull 5 questions at random from Item Banks titled 'Vaping', 'Tobacco', and 'Alcohol' for an assessment instead of creating one big quiz with all of the questions.

[kroeninm]

From what I can see, if you are using the import option directly in a New Quiz, you can import a classic quiz but it doesn't create a new item bank (unless there were item banks to start with).  Also, if you are using the import option directly in an Item Bank, it doesn't seem to let you import a classic quiz in my testing as maybe mine didn't have item banks.

The best method I know of is to import the QTI of the Classic Quiz back into the course as a classic quiz and it will create an Item Bank with the same name as the quiz.  That seemed to work for me today.  I exported the quiz, saved it as a QTI file, then imported it as a QTI file, I usually don't fill in the option to create a new bank, it just does it automatically, the bank matches the name of the quiz.  

Once you have the banks in Classic Quizzes you should be able to move them over depending on how your migration is setup at your institution.  

Melanie

[JMaier31]

I'm not sure what has changed, but I'm able to import quizzes to banks now.  I don't have any new material so I exported a quiz.  I created a new Item Bank and used the import feature like before, but this time I didn't get the error message.  It changed the name of the item bank to the quiz name which surprised me, but I'll take it.

[dbrace]

While frustrating and weird, at least it is working now.

Thanks for coming back and updating us!

-Doug