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It would be super helpful to be able to change the order of questions within an Item Bank in New Quizzes. Sometimes it's necessary to select the specific order of questions, not randomize them. For example, I have some questions that are in a series, such as showing a diagram and asking a few questions about it, but when importing from a Question Bank (Old Quizzes), the questions are in reverse order (say, from #50 to #1, instead of from #1 up to #50).
Even if I tried a workaround to create a separate Item Bank specifically for the questions in a series, I'd run into the same issue as above (wrong order of questions).
There is a post from 2019 with a similar request to reorder Question Bank questions in Old Quizzes. The "solution" from the Community Coach was essentially: sorry, we're developing New Quizzes. Well, New Quizzes has been out for quite some time now. Can we please get these implemented?
Don't hold your breath on getting an answer from Canvas. You can order the classic quizzes by giving the question a name that is in alphabetical order. I've tried this on New quizzes, but it is not working for me.
I saw this in another thread in case you'd like to add your thoughts - Default Sort Questions within Item Banks in alphabetical order by Question Title .
Melanie
Yes, this is a much-needed feature in New Quizzes.
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