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Managing the Question Bank

Managing the Question Bank

The Question Bank is a powerful feature that allows you to collect all the questions and related answers that can be inserted into one or more tests.

This feature can be accessed within any course. If not available, you can add and configure module permissions as for any other course feature (see reference guide).


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Export Questions from the Question Bank

From the "Question Bank" section, you can export specific questions and answers so you can insert them:

  • Intointo an existing test within the course
  • Intointo a new test that will be automatically created after export
  • Intointo a GIFT  file that can be used for insertion into other tests in other coursescourses.

Export options



Selecting questions to export

Use the "Search" field to choose and select the questions to export.

This search can be done by Category and/or Difficulty and/or Type.

Search filters


Once you've set up your search, click SearchSearch, toand viewwe'll only thesee questions that match the selected filters.

In our example, we willwe'll choose:

  • Questions of any categorycategory,
  • Mediummedium difficulty
  • medium difficulty, SC type – single choice

Filtered results

Exporting questions

At this point,point all we have left to do is:

  1. Select the questions you wish to export
  2. Clickclick ExportExport,
  3. Choosechoose from the availablevarious options described above.

In our example, we will choose the “create a new test” option.option

Create new test option

Enter


We will enter the title of the new test and click on New Test.Test

New test creation

The


And the new test will behave been correctly created with the imported questions and answers.answers inside.

New test created


Import questions to the Questionquestion Bankbank

To inserinsert a list of new questions/answers, you need to click on Import


Select a GIFT file to import and click the IMPORT button


At that point we will have the feedback on the import and the questions will be imported


Saving questions from an Existing Test

It is possible to populate the question bank adding questions directly from the edit section of a specific test:

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