How to migrate quiz content to the New Quiz tool
This tutorial will show you how to migrate your quiz content into an item bank or directly as a quiz for the New Quiz tool.
This option is recommended - especially if question randomization is important to you - because Item Banks can be reused and repurposed very easily.
In the course menu click Settings.
On the course settings page click Export Course Content in the right sidebar menu.
On the export screen:
- Select Quiz in the Export Type
- Deselect the option next to All Quizzes. Find the quiz that you are wanting to create as a question bank in New Quizzes. Select only the desired quiz.
- Click Export. Once the export is finished, the export package will be linked at the top page. Note: You may need to refresh the page, for the latest export to populate.
- Click New Export to download the file
- Locate the file in your downloads folder.
All quizzes downloaded this way will be labeled as your course name instead of the quiz name. You may wish to edit the name of each quiz when saving to include the quiz name.
- Go to the Quiz index page, by clicking Quizzes on the Canvas course menu
- click +Quiz.
- Select the new quiz engine option.
- Click Submit.
- Name the quiz "import tool" and click Save. The new quiz interface will open.
Note: You can access the New Quizzes question banks from any New Quiz. In this method, we are only creating this quiz called "import tool" to easily access the question banks.
- On the quiz edit screen click the options menu (three vertical dots in the top right)
- Select Manage Item Banks.
On the Item bank screen create +Bank to create a new item bank.
- Enter a name
- Click Create Bank.
Click the title to open your new bank.
- Click the options menu again
- Click Import Content.
Click Browse and find the recently exported file for upload. After that, click Import and Done.
Congratulations, your new Item Bank is ready for use!
This option is similar to option 1, except that you will be migrating the quiz directly into a New Quiz and not into question banks. You can add questions to banks later from the quiz.
In the course menu click Settings.
On the course settings page click Export Course Content in the right sidebar menu.
On the export screen:
- Select Quiz in the Export Type
- Deselect the option next to All Quizzes. Find the quiz that you are wanting to create as a question bank in New Quizzes. Select only the desired quiz.
- Click Export. Once the export is finished, the export package will be linked at the top page. Note: You may need to refresh the page, for the latest export to populate.
- Click New Export to download the file
- Locate the file in your downloads folder.
All quizzes downloaded this way will be labeled as your course name instead of the quiz name. You may wish to edit the name of each quiz when saving to include the quiz name.
- Go to the Quiz index page, by clicking Quizzes on the Canvas course menu
- click +Quiz.
- Select the new quiz engine option.
- Click Submit.
- Name the quiz, complete the other assignment details and click Save. The new quiz interface will open.
- On the quiz edit screen click the options menu (three vertical dots in the top right)
- Select Manage Item Banks.
In the box that appears click Browse and locate your quiz file in the file picker. After that, click Import and Done.
Congratulations, your new quiz is ready!
While this option is the easiest to complete, there are several disadvantages to using this option.
- If Quizzes in current quiz tool have questions organized in question groups, the questions will not migrate at all. Use option 1 or 2.
- The migrated questions will only exist in the newly created quiz. Since the questions only exist in the quiz they cannot be reused or added as randomized group set to the quiz unless you add questions to an item bank. To add questions to an item bank, each question must be edited individually to manually add the question to an item bank. This is tedious process that can be avoided by using option 1 instead.
In the course menu select Quizzes.
On the quiz index page click the options menu next to the quiz you wish to migrate. In the menu select Migrate Quiz. Please note if you do not see the Migrate Quiz option in the menu, you have not enabled the new quiz tool in course settings.
In the course menu select Assignments.
On the assignment index page scroll down to the bottom of the page. A new assignment group called Migrated Quizzes will display with the migrated quiz. Click the quiz title to view the new quiz tool screen OR click the options menu to edit quiz points or due dates.
Congratulations! Your quiz has successfully been migrated to the New Quiz system and ready to go.
