Question banks

Question banks

Overview

A question bank is a set of questions that can be reused by quizzes. More than one quiz can use the same question bank. To see the question banks in your libraries, click Resources from the left bar then select Question bank.

If you click on a question bank, you will see its questions.

Adding question banks 

To add a question bank to a library,  go to the Resources tab, then click Add and select 'Question bank'.  

Enter its name, the library, topic, description, then click Save.

To add questions, click "Add questions".

Then select the type of question.

Enter its fields, and click 'Save and return to question bank', 'Save and add another of the same type' or 'Save and add another'. The second option is useful if you want to add lots of questions quickly.

You can reorder questions using drag and drop. To delete questions, select them, then click Delete.

Importing question banks

To import a question bank, click 'Import QTI',  

and select the QTI file from your computer.

You will receive a message when the import is complete.

Here is a list of the custom QTIs that we currently support:

  • ExamView - standard
  • WebCT CE 4-6/Vista (this format is also exported by ExamView)
  • Blackboard 6-7
  • Blackboard 7-9
  • Angel - standard

There are tools that can convert .pdf and .doc quiz files to QTI or other formats to save you time and effort.

GetMarked: GetMarked allows you to import .pdf and .doc quiz files into different LMS software. Visit their website for more information at https://digitaliser.getmarked.ai/.

GIFT2QTI: GIFT2QTI allows you to import your GIFT formatted quiz into the site and convert it to QTI 1.2.Visit their website for more information at https://www.tsugi.org/gift2qti/.

Export question banks

To export a question bank, click 'Export QTI'. 

You will receive a message when the export is complete with a link to download the QTI file.

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