{"id":129,"date":"2022-05-03T11:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/selkirkcollegefacultyguide\/chapter\/question-bank\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T13:29:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:29:00","slug":"question-bank","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/selkirkcollegefacultyguide\/chapter\/question-bank\/","title":{"raw":"Question Bank","rendered":"Question Bank"},"content":{"raw":"

Building and Using a Question Bank<\/h2>\nThe Question bank is an organized repository for all the questions in your course, separate from any quiz activities that might use them. It is good practice to create categories to organize your questions. This makes it easier to find questions and it also allows you to use random questions as well as reuse questions in later quizzes.\n\n \n

Frequently Asked Questions<\/span><\/h1>\n

<\/a>\nHow do I edit questions?<\/a><\/h2>\nTo edit quiz questions:\n
1. While in edit mode, click on the More<\/strong> menu item at the top of your course,<\/span> then select Question bank<\/strong><\/h5>\n\"\"\n
2. Select Categories the drop-down list.<\/h5>\n\"\"\n\n \n
3. Select the Edit <\/strong>link for the question you want to edit and select Edit question<\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\"\"\n\n \n

<\/a>\nCan I preview questions?<\/a><\/h2>\nTo preview questions:\n
1. In the course options,\u00a0 select More <\/strong><\/strong>and click on Question bank<\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\"\"\n
2. Scroll down and select Questions<\/strong> on the Question bank page<\/h5>\n\"\"\n
3. You can optionally filter the question list by question category<\/h5>\n\"\"\n
4. Select the Edit link for the question you want to edit and select Preview<\/h5>\n\"\"\n
\n\nNote<\/strong>\n\nYou are also a\"\"ble to preview a question while you are editing it, click Preview<\/strong> located on the right side of the Save changes and continue editing <\/strong>button. If the Preview<\/em> link is not visible click the Save changes and continue editing<\/em> button to display the link.\n\n<\/div>\n \n

<\/a>\nCan I move questions to another category?<\/a><\/h2>\nYes, you can move questions from one category to another. To move questions:\n
1. While in edit mode, click on the More<\/strong> menu item at the top of your course, then select Question bank<\/strong><\/h5>\n\"\"\n
2. Select Categories the drop-down list.<\/h5>\n\"\"\n\n \n
3. Select the questions you want to move and select Move to<\/strong> at the bottom of the screen.<\/h5>\n\"\"\n
4. Select the category you would like the question(s) moved to and choose Move to<\/strong>.<\/h5>\n \n\n\"\"\n

<\/a>\nIs there a quicker way to add multiple choice questions to the question bank?<\/a><\/h2>\nYes, we recommend you use the Aiken format<\/span>. The Aiken format lets you create multiple-choice or true-false questions using a simple, human-readable format that you can save as a plain text file and import into a course.\n\n \n
Creating Your Questions<\/strong><\/h5>\nThe most important things you need to know about using this format are:\n