Quiz Question Tags Mass Editing and Bulk Management

Quiz Question Tags Mass Editing and Bulk Management

Problem Statement

Currently, there is no efficient way to:

  1. Import quiz questions with their associated tags
  2. Mass-edit tags across multiple quiz questions
  3. Programmatically manage quiz content via API
  4. Filter questions by language for multilingual courses

This limitation creates a significant workflow bottleneck for educators and instructional designers who manage large question banks, as each question and tag must be manually edited one at a time.

Suggested Solution

Implement functionality that would allow users to:

  1. Enhanced QTI Import/Export:
    • Support tag preservation in QTI exports
    • Allow QTI imports to include and recognize tag information
    • Provide documentation on the XML structure required for tag inclusion
  2. Bulk Editing Interface:
    • Create a multi-select option for quiz questions
    • Allow batch operations (add/remove/modify tags) on selected questions
    • Include filtering capabilities to target specific subsets of questions
    • Implement language filters for managing multilingual question banks
  3. API Access for Quiz Management:
    • Develop API endpoints for quiz and question bank operations
    • Enable programmatic creation, editing, and tagging of questions
    • Support batch operations through API calls

Use Cases

  • Instructors migrating content between systems who need to maintain organizational structure
  • Departments standardizing tagging conventions across multiple courses
  • Educational technologists managing question banks for multiple faculty members
  • Course designers implementing revised taxonomies or classification systems
  • Faculty teaching multilingual courses who need to manage and filter questions by language

Benefits

  • Significant time savings for educators
  • Improved organization of assessment content
  • Enhanced ability to categorize and retrieve specific question types
  • Reduced friction when migrating or updating course materials
  • Better support for multilingual education with language-specific question filtering

I appreciate your consideration of this suggestion, as it would greatly improve workflow efficiency for those of us who manage substantial question banks.

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