Item Bank

You can manage your item banks within any assessment in New Quizzes. Item banks can be shared with other users in your account with a teacher, TA, or admin role. Sharing an item bank allows other users to view, edit, and use the item bank.

You can also open New Quizzes to manage item banks by creating a new assessment.

1. In Course Navigation, click the Quizzes link.

2. Click the title of an assessment.

3. Click the Save button.

4. Click the Options icon [1] and select the Manage Item Banks option [2].

View Item Banks

From the Item Banks page, you can view all item banks you have created [1]. Each item bank will include the date it was last updated [2] and the number of questions and stimuli it contains [3].

To create a new item bank, click the Add Bank button [4].

Open an Item Bank

To open an item bank, click the name of the item bank.

View Items

View the items in the item bank [1].

To search for an item, enter the search criteria in the Search field [2]. Search results will display items with matching results in question titles, question stems, and answer choices.

To filter search results, click the Add Filters button [3].

View Search Filters

Search results can be filtered by tags or item type.

To filter results by tags, click the Tags and Metadata field and select a tag [1]. Selected tags will display in the Tags and Metadata field [2]. Tags can be created when editing an item bank item.

To filter results by item type, click the item type options you want to view [3].

Manage Items

To edit an item bank question, click the Edit icon [1]. To move or copy a question to another item bank, click the Copy icon [2]. To delete a question, click the Delete icon [3].

To return to your item bank, click the Item Banks link [4].

View Item Details

To view more details for a question, click the Open icon [1]. The details will include answer choices [2], the date and time the item was last updated [3], and any tags added to the item [4].

To close question details, click the Close icon [5].

Edit Item Bank

To edit an item bank, click the Options icon [1] and select the Edit option [2].

Edit Item Bank Name

To change the name of the item bank, enter the name in the Bank Name field [1]. To save the item bank name, click the Save Changes button [2].

 

Delete Item Bank

To delete an item bank, click the Options icon [1] and select the Delete option [2].

View the warning message for deleting item banks [1].

To delete the item bank, click the Delete button [2]. To keep the item bank, click the Cancel button [3].

Notes:

• Questions added to an assessment individually will not be removed from the assessment when the item bank is deleted. Question groups that use a random number of item bank items will not be available after the item bank is deleted.
• Once an item bank is deleted, it will also lose its statistical link to reports.

You can share an item bank with another user in New Quizzes. Item banks can only be shared with users with a teacher, TA, or admin role.

Sharing an item bank gives users full access to the item bank, including adding items to the bank, sharing or removing users from the bank, and deleting the bank.

1. Click the title for the assessment to open an assessment. To create a new assessment, click the Add Quiz button.

2. To open New Quizzes from an existing assessment, click the Build button.

3. Click the Item Banks button.

4. Locate the item bank you want to share [1], then click the Share link [2].

5. Enter the name of the user you want to share the item bank with in the Share With field [1]. Then click the name of the user [2].

You can enter the names of additional users in the Share With field [1].

To share the item bank with the selected users, click the Add button [2].

View the users who can manage the item bank [1].

To remove a user from the item bank, click the Remove icon [2].

Note: You can remove any user from an item bank, including yourself.

The names of removed users will display an Undo icon until you save your changes. To undo the removal of a user from the item bank, click the Undo icon.

6. To save your changes and return to your item banks, click the Done button.

You can edit or delete an item bank items in New Quizzes. Edits will display in any assessment that uses the item. If students have submitted answers for an item, you can only edit a copy of the item. Editing a copy will create separate statistical data from the previous version of the item.

When editing an item, you can also add tags to the item. Tags can be used to search for items within item banks. Added tags will display on the item in the bank and in any assessment that uses the item.

1. In Course Navigation, click the Quizzes link.

2. To open an assessment, click the title of the assessment. To create a new assessment, click the Add Quiz button.

3. To open New Quizzes from an existing assessment, click the Build button.

4. Click the Item Banks button.

5. Locate the item bank you would like to edit or delete [1] and click the Options icon [2]. To edit the item bank, click the Edit option [3]. To delete the item bank, click the Delete option [4].

Add Content or Edit

Once you create content in an assessment, you can add it to an item bank for use in other assessments. You can add questions or stimulus from any course where you have permission to create and edit a quiz using New Quizzes.

After a question has been added to an item bank, all question properties other than point value and certain options must be edited in the item bank. You should make sure your question is complete before adding it to an item bank.

Note: When you add stimulus content to an item bank, questions attached to the stimulus content are not automatically added and must be added to the item bank manually. Likewise, when you add stimulus content to an assessment from an item bank, attached questions are not automatically added.

1. Locate the individual question you would like to add to the item bank [1]. Click the Edit icon [2].

2. Click the Item Banking button.

3. Click the Add to Bank link.

Add to Existing Bank

To add the item to an existing item bank, click the Existing item bank option [1]. Then select the item bank you want to use in the Select the destination bank drop-down menu [2].

To add the item to the bank, click the Add button [3].

Create New Bank

To create a new bank for the item, click the New item bank option [1]. Then enter the name for the new bank in the New Bank Title field [2].

To add the item to the new bank, click the Add button [3].