Creating an Item Bank from an existing New Quiz

In New Quizzes, Item banks are used to store questions for use in multiple assessments, for randomizing questions within an assessment and for sharing with others. You can use your item banks in any course where you have permission to create and edit an assessment using New Quizzes. Questions in item banks can be added to a New Quiz individually or as a randomized group. If you have an existing New Quiz that has questions you would like to share or retain for future use, you are able to easily create an Item Bank for them!

To create a new Item Bank from an existing New Quiz:

1. Click on Quizzes or Assignments link from the Course Navigation menu on the left side of your MyClasses Course.
   
   

2. Identify the quiz that holds the questions you are interested in selecting and click the three vertical dots on the right side of your window (Note: this must be a “New Quiz” - look for the shaded rocket icon!).
   
   

3. Select Build from the pull-down list  

    

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4. Select Edit (pencil icon) on the right side of the question you wish to add to the Item bank.
   
   

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5. Scroll down to the Item Banking option:

   1. Click the drop-down arrow to open Item Banking and

   2. Select Add to Bank.
      
      

       

6. In the pop-up window:

   1. Select New item bank

   2. Provide a title for the Bank (Note: It is suggested that you use the course ID to help identify your bank).

   3. Click Add to add this question to the Item Bank you created.  
      
      

7. A message will identify the Item as “banked”.
   
   

8. Click Done at the bottom of the question to save the question.
   
   

9. Identify the next question you wish to bank to the same Item Bank and repeat Steps 4 and 5.
   
   

10. In the pop-up window,

    1. Select Existing item bank,

    2. Type the first few letters of the name of your newly created bank.

    3. Select your newly created bank from the pull-down list for “destination bank”  
       
       

11. Click Add  
    
    

12. A message will identify the Item as “banked".
    
    

13. Click Done at the bottom of the question.
    
    

14. Repeat Steps 9-13 for any other questions you want to save to your Item Bank.
    
    

15. When you have finished adding all of your identified questions into the Item Bank, you can leave the quiz by clicking on the Return button in the upper right corner of your page.

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