How do I create a quiz with questions from a quiz bank?

The Quiz Bank Quiz block allows content creators to build quizzes using preconfigured questions pulled from a quiz bank. Quiz banks store a pool of questions that can be added to a quiz either manually or at random, making it easy to reuse and shuffle content across multiple quizzes.

Quiz banks support six question types:

• Matching, for pairing related items
• Multiple Choice (One Answer) and Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers), for selecting from preconfigured options
• Ordering, for arranging items in a correct sequence
• Question Prompt, for a read-only prompt with unique formatting options and no associated point value; pair with another question type for student responses
• Text Answer (Checked), for free-form responses validated against expected answers
• True/False, for binary questions

1. Navigate to the page and select Edit this Page. Find the position you want to add a block and select the plus (+) icon.
   
   
   
2. From the dropdown, select Add Block.
   
3. In the Add Block modal, you can either:
   • Use the Search field to find a block by keyword
   • Select a block from your custom list of Favorites
   • Scroll through the list of All Blocks to select one
   • Use the various categories in the side panel to filter by block type
   • Select the star icon to add or remove blocks in your Favorites list

     
     

4. Select the Quiz Bank Quiz block. The Add Quiz Bank Quiz form will open. Complete the following fields:
   • Title: Enter a title for the quiz. The title is not displayed on the course page, but naming it clearly can help you identify the quiz's subject or purpose later—especially if the quiz bank name itself is vague or not descriptive.
   • Graded?:* Select Yes if the quiz should be graded, so the score is sent back to the LMS. Select No if no score should be calculated for this activity.
     Note: This option will not appear if the course is set to No Tracking or Grading.
   • Show Feedback?*: Choose whether learners see feedback after clicking Submit.
     • Yes, and show correct answers – Feedback is displayed, and correct answers are identified.
     • Yes, and do not show correct answers – Feedback is displayed, but correct answers are not identified.
     • No – No feedback is displayed.
   • Select Quiz Bank:* Choose one or more quiz banks from the Select a Quiz Bank modal.
   • Number of Allowed Attempts:*  Enter how many times each student may take the quiz.
     
5. Once a quiz bank or banks have been selected, the How should this quiz be populated? setting will display. Choose how questions should be pulled into the quiz:
   • Manually: Content editors hand-select the specific questions from the quiz bank(s) to include in the quiz.
   • Automatically by Difficulty: The system automatically pulls a set number of questions from each difficulty level (easy, moderate, difficult) to build the quiz.
   • Automatically by Quiz Bank: When multiple quiz banks are selected, the system automatically pulls a set number of questions from each bank to build the quiz.
        

Manually Select Questions

1. In How should this quiz should be populated, choose Manually select questions.
   
   
2. The Select Questions: field will appear with a list of each designated quiz bank's questions. Select a question by enabling the checkbox in the Select column next to it.
   
   
3. Once all the questions have been selected, select the Add Block+ button to save the block to the page.
   
   
4. The new block will appear on the page in Edit Mode with a red, dotted outline indicating it's editable.
   
   
5. Select the Publish My Edits button to save the block to the course page and view the content as it will appear to learners. 
   

Automatically, by Difficulty Criteria

1. In How should this quiz should be populated, choose Automatically, by difficulty criteria.
   
   
2. Fields for assigning the number of questions per difficulty level will display. Enter the number of questions required for each difficulty level. If multiple quiz banks are selected, questions will be pulled from all selected banks.
   
3. Follow Steps 3-5 above.

Automatically, by Quiz Bank

1. In How should this quiz should be populated, choose Automatically, by Quiz Bank.
   
   
2. Fields for assigning the number of questions per quiz bank will display. Enter the number of questions required from each quiz bank.
   
3. Follow Steps 3-5 above.
   

To learn about setting up a quiz bank, refer to How do I create a quiz bank?.