How Do I Use "Question Bank" in LMS?

How Do I Use "Question Bank" in LMS?

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 / 12 March 2021 / 0 Comments

How Do I Use "Question Bank" in LMS?

Question Banks are a useful way to create a repository of questions that can be reused in multiple quizzes across different courses (if required). Question Banks are categorised to make reuse easier.

You can use the "Question Bank" option to create a question in the Question Bank of your course, or "Export" and "Import" options to use the questions in the Question Bank of one course in another one.

  1. Click on the "Question bank" field in the left menu of the LMS page.

     
  2. Click on the "Categories" field in the middle of the page or in the left menu

     
  3. Fill in the related fields on the page that opens.
    a. Parent category: In this area, select the course which you want to create a question bank.
    b. Name: Input the name of the question bank which you will create.
    c. Category info: Input the information text about the question bank which you will create.
    d. After filling in all fields, click on the "Add category" button.

     
  4. Click on the question bank you created.

     
  5. Click on the "Create a new question" button to add a question to the question bank.

     
  6. In the window that opens, click on the "Add" button by selecting the question type you want to add to the question bank. (In this example, the "Multiple choice" question type is selected.)

     
  7. You need to prepare Quiz questions to create your question bank. You can access details on how to create quiz questions in the “How Do I Use the LMS Quiz?” The questions you have created in your question bank will appear on the screen as below.
     
  8. Go back to the LMS page of the course and click on the "Turn editing on" button on the upper right of the screen.

     
  9.  Click on the “Add an activity or resource” button.

     
  10. Select the "Quiz" option from the window that opens.                                              
  11. Create a Quiz to add the questions you created in the question bank. You can access details on how to create a quiz in the "Using the LMS Quiz Guide".                                                           
  12. Click on the "Add" button to add a question to the Quiz you created.
  13. Click on the "from question bank" button to add a question from the question bank you have prepared to the Quiz you created.
  14. On the screen that opens, select the questions you want to add to the Quiz you have prepared from the existing questions in the question bank and click on the "Add selected questions to the quiz" button.                                                            
  15. The questions you choose from the question bank will be added to the Quiz you have prepared.
  16. Click on the "Add" button and then the "from question bank" button to add random questions from the question bank you have prepared to the Quiz you created.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  17. In the screen that opens, in the "Category" field, select the question bank you created to add random questions to the Quiz you prepared. Enter the number of questions you want to add randomly from the question bank in the "Number of random questions" field and click on the "Add random question" button.                                                                                                                                               
  18. The questions you choose from the question bank will be added randomly to the Quiz you prepared.
  19. The Quiz you create with the questions you added from the question bank is ready to use.

Export

  1. Click on the "Question bank" from the field on the left menu of the LMS page.

     
  2. Click on the "Export" field in the middle of the page or in the left menu.

     
  3. As "File Format", please select the "Moodle XML format" option.
     
  4. Select the category from the “Export category” field and click on the “Export questions to file” button.

     
  5. As seen in the image below, the quiz you choose will be downloaded to your computer.

 

Import

  1. Click on the "Question bank" from the field on the left menu of the LMS page.

     
  2. Click on the "Import" field in the middle of the page or in the left menu.

     
  3. As “File Format” please select “Moodle XML format” options.

     
  4. Select the category from the “Import category” field.

     
  5. Click on the “Choose a file” button, select the file you exported to your computer and click on the "Import" button.