New Quizzes- Question groups

[jwalker10]

How do I make question groups in New quizzes?  All of the walk throughs I'm finding are explaining how to do it under the old quiz format.  Thanks for your help!

[kmeeusen · Accepted solution]

Hi @jwalker10 

First and foremost, there is a Canvas Instructor Guide chapter for New Quizzes, and that should help you in the future.

And more specifically, this guide in that chapter will answer your question: How do I add all items or a random set from an item bank to an assessment in New Quizzes?

I hope this is helpful,

Kelley

[kmeeusen · Accepted solution]

Hi @jwalker10 

First and foremost, there is a Canvas Instructor Guide chapter for New Quizzes, and that should help you in the future.

And more specifically, this guide in that chapter will answer your question: How do I add all items or a random set from an item bank to an assessment in New Quizzes?

I hope this is helpful,

Kelley

[jwalker10]

@kmeeusen Thanks.  

[LWNelson]

Your answer is helpful for using question banks. But what if I want to use question groups - is there a way to do that with New Quizzes?

Thank you

[MBStone · Accepted solution]

LWNelson, 

I was struggling with this same question and was frustrated at the lack of clear answers.  I hope this is helpful.  

I'm going to assume that you want to create and use question groups like I did in "classic quizzes" where I could create 10 different questions on each type but only "x" amount of questions were randomly selected for each student.  If this isn't what you are trying to do, then disregard my answer.  

I loved this feature because...
1) It helped prevent students from cheating.  
2) It allowed me and students the ability to retake the test a few times and I was confident they actually KNEW the material.  

Here's how to make it work in NEW QUIZZES.  

They are no longer called question groups and you can't create them directly inside of "QUIZZES"  

STEPS

1) Open a new Quiz

2) Go into "BUILD" 

3) In the top right corner there will be 3 dots.  Click it.  

4) Select "Manage Item Banks"

5) Select "+BANK" it's a blue button in the top corner.  

6) Add your questions into one bank for what would have been a question group in classic quizzes.  

7) Create as many question banks as you'd like.  

😎 RETURN to new quizzes

9) Select "Item Bank"

10) Click the blue "+" to add that bank of questions.  

You can now set the number of points for each type of question, how many questions will be selected from the bank etc.  

I hope this helps you.  

[joshua_johnson1]

Here's the issue I'm having. 

I already have my item banks organized by chapter with all the questions in them; however, when I'm building a quiz for chapter 1 (as an example) I don't want to have to create a new item bank with just some of the questions for Q1 and Q2 and Q3 to pull from.  I'd rather be able to create grouping that is specific to just that quiz and select the questions I want from my item bank.

It might seem like an ok solution at first, but I often find myself adding 5 random questions from the entire item bank MINUS two specific questions that I want every student to answer... however then I have to make an item bank with all the questions minus those two.

It becomes really tedious and messy when the item banks are the only ways to organize the questions on a specific quiz rather than being able to assign them directly to groups that are only located on that quiz.  I hope this makes sense?

[gouldt]

New Quizzes Video Tutorials for Migrating 

I created a few short videos that show how to migrate quizzes. In new quizzes the test banks are called item banks. In order to create an item bank you must have a qti file to import. I've found the easiest and most reliable qti file can be created by exporting a single test (not test bank) of a classic quiz. 
So first you must create a test in the classic quizzes, add the questions that you want in the new quizzes item bank, then export that quiz, by itself. 
Next go to a new quiz, go to the option menu in top right corner to manage item bank, create a new item bank, and import that qti file that you just created. 
The videos are on a page that I linked at the top. Good luck!

[blangston]

I tried accessing your link for videos and received an error. I have attached a screenshot. 

[Chris_Hofer]

@blangston ...

I reached out to a Canvas Community Manager to ask about that link.  I'm not sure if they'll be able to restore the page or not, and I'm not sure if the information on the page is still relevant.  I'll keep you posted if I hear anything...thanks!

[KristinL]

Hi @blangston  -  The Product Team identified as the resources and information included in the video as outdated, so it was archived late 2022. If you have questions about New Quizzes, the New Quizzes Hub is a great place to ask questions and connect with other schools who are working with the tool.