Create a Question Library for use in Quizzes, Surveys and Self-Assessment

Building a Question Library

The Question Library is a central repository that allows you to create a variety of questions, organize them into sections (folders) and reuse them in Quizzes, Surveys and Self Assessments. You can also use the repository to store questions you develop during the course of instruction.

To start building your question libray, navigate to Course Admin and click on Quizzes, Surveys or Self Assessments, then open the Question Library tab. From there, you will see two dropdown menus.

New allows you to create a new section or question.

1. To create a new section: choose Section and fill in the fields. Sections are folders that help you sort question within the Question Library. You can also choose to hide section titles from learners, or to shuffle questions in the section.
2. To add a new question: click on New, then select a question type and compose your question.

Import allows you to upload a .CSV file or Browse Existing Questions to build your Question Library.

1. To import questions using a .CSV file:
   1. Click on Import and select Upload a file.
   2. Choose the File you wish to import. It will start uploading automatically.

                  3. Once uploaded click on Save. 

While using special characters in your question, make sure to save the file as a CSV UTF-8.

2. To import existing questions,
   1. Click on Import and select Browse Existing Questions.
   2. Change the Source to the Quiz/Survey/Self Assessment you want to import the question(s) from.
   3. Select the question(s) you want from the source collection.
   4. Click Import and select the desired destination for your questions. You can import to a it quiz or a section of your choice.
3. When you've finished working on your Question Library, click on Done Editing Questions.

Composing Questions

1. Select which type of question you wish to create.
2. Optionally add a question Title
   The Title is not mandatory because it will only be displayed to the instructor to make finding questions easier.
3. Add the question to the Question text area.
   • Optionally add an image using the +-button and selecting insert image, dragging and dropping a file from your computer or copy-pasting an image:

4. Add one or more Answers.

• For Written response, Arithmetic and Significant figures questions, students can add files (max 100MB) to their answers.
  • For Written response questions, check Enable inserted images and attachments

• For Arithmetic and Significant figures questions, check Allow attachments to support answers

5. Determine the Points students get for the correct answer.

6. Optionally add Hints or Feedback by clicking on Options on the top.
    Tip: For Surveys and Self Assessments (not graded) we recommend that you provide feedback comments for each question.
    Tip: Use feedback comments to indicate correct and incorrect answers, where a correct answer can be found in the course content and what details an ideal answer should include.

7. Check the other Options (very different per question type)

8. Preview your question on the right or click on the Preview button.

9. Click Save and New, in case you wish to add another question. Otherwise, click Save.

10. If the next question is almost identical to the one before, you can simply click Save and Copy. This action will create a copy that you can edit accordingly.