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 @chalupa ‌, I absolutely agree that these need to be linked to courses instead of users as well.  If you haven't already found it, please see the https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/14541-new-quizzes-allow-item-banks-to-be-tied-to-a-course-rather-than-an-instructor?sr=search&searchId=0cb60562-4c83-4f2b-9f44-5b33815cfca4&searchIndex=9‌ and up vote it!   ... View more

 @Renee_Carney ‌, I've looked at the Canvas Release Notes (2019-06-01)‌.  I would like to see the formula question type include the ability to indicate how many significant digits are required, as the numerical question now does in quizzes.next.  As previous posts have noted, there is a need for incorporating standard prefixes and units as part of the answer. ... View more

 @GideonWilliams ‌ I completely agree that it should be an option, and not either course or instructor.  Perhaps the title is too dogmatic in that regard.  Please see the description below the title. Dan ... View more

Jennifer, I'm relatively new to Canvas.  You are probably well aware of what is happening in quizzes.next, but as I start to dig into quizzes.next, there are a number of issues that will be a big change from how I have used question banks in the past (on other LMS systems).  Top among them: item banks are tied to instructors not to courses (https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/14541-allow-item-banks-to-be-tied-to-a-course-rather-than-an-instructor‌ and https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/12034-allow-admins-to-grant-multiple-users-permissions-for-item-banks-in-quizzesnext?sr=search&searchId=6ac5ab07-d311-4637-9298-040d99b1734f&searchIndex=0‌), item banks do not allow you to select a subset of questions to be included in a "random set" (https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/14539-selecting-a-subset-of-questions-for-a-random-set-from-an-item-bank-in-quizzesnext?sr=search&searchId=fc40c899-a33b-47a6-befb-6ac7f4139dec&searchIndex=1‌ and https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/14302-quizzesnext-selecting-question-types-from-item-banks?sr=search&searchId=8803507a-12f6-4b1c-a32f-a0885003fb51&searchIndex=0), and do not allow subfolders (https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/5800-quizzesnext-subfolders-for-item-banks).  Not transferring question banks will make the transition hard, but so will not having some of these other functionalities that many of us are used to (both in Canvas and in other LMSs).  Hopefully you and your faculty are keeping track of these issues and supporting the ones you will use. Dan ... View more

Correct.  I see a need for both based how we typically function.  Perhaps, though, my idea is too pedantic as there may be other ways to accomplish the same goal besides tying item banks to instructors.  In the end, I team teach courses where the concept of an instructor owning an item bank is contrary to what we are trying to achieve as a learning community.  Additionally, because of the number of courses I teach, having the item banks from 6 other courses polluting whatever course I happen to be working on will make working with item banks incredibly frustrating.  I would like to suggest that we avoid "tagging" item banks as a solution.  Yes it would make searching easier; however, using tags as the only solution will just add another step every time someone goes to work on their quizzes. Dan ... View more