Manage quiz questions

There are two ways to access the Question Library: (1) via the subject navigation bar, or (2) via the Subject Admin screen.

Access the Question Library via the subject navigation bar

1. Click Assessment on the navigation bar.
   
2. Click Quizzes & Exams.
   
3. Click the Question Library tab.
   

The Question Library screen displays.

Access the Question Library via the Subject Admin screen

1. Click Subject Admin on the navigation bar.
   
2. Click Quizzes.
   
3. Click the Question Library tab.

The Question Library screen displays.

A Question Library section is a container that allows you to organise and categorise groups of questions based on your requirements. You can group questions in sections in many ways. For example, questions can be grouped in a section according to:

• topic (e.g. Cell Biology, Evolution, Ecology)
• difficulty level
• week during a teaching period
• question type
• the quiz in which they will appear.

Create sections

To create a new section:

1. Within the Question Library, click the New button
   
2. 2.Click Section.
   
3. Enter a section title and a description of the section and then click Save.
   

• To hide or show the section text from students, select Hide Section Text from learners.
• To shuffle questions so that they display in an unpredictable manner to students, select Shuffle questions in this section.

Quizzes with shuffled questions can help to address academic integrity issues, such as collusion and copying, but this feature should be used thoughtfully, as it can also result in equity issues in test or exam-like conditions. If you have concerns about shuffling questions, you can Log a Service Request to seek advice from an Educational Designer.

Edit sections

To edit sections, click the drop-down next to the Section title and then click Edit.

Create sub-sections

You can also create sub-sections within sections. To do this you use the same process as setting up a section, except you would do this when you are within a section.

Delete sections

To delete sections, select the checkbox next to the section you want to delete and then click the Delete button. Deleting a section also deletes all questions associated with the section from the Question Library, although these questions will not be deleted from any quiz to which they have been added.

You can create a smaller bank of questions known as a Question Pool to use in a single quiz or several related quizzes.  For information on how to do this, see Create and manage quizzes.

To create questions in Question Library:

1. Select Quizzes and Exams in the subject navigation bar or in Subject Admin. This opens the Manage Quizzes screen.
2. Click the Question Library tab.
3. Click the Section that you want to work with.
4. Click the New button.
5. Click the question type that you want to create.
6. In this example, click True or False Question (T/F).
   
7. Write the question text and click the radio button to select the correct answer. In this example, the correct answer is True.
8. Update the default points box if required.
9. Click the Options drop-down at the top right of the screen to add question feedback, a hint, a short description for the questions, or enumeration (numbering for the answer options).
10. Click Save.

The question is added to the Question Library.

Question types

There are several question types available in Brightspace. Below is a basic description of each question type. For a complete list of question types and their functionality visit Creating Question Library questions on the Brightspace Community site.

Import questions into the Question Library

You can also import questions into your sites from other Brightspace sites (note: you will need to have permissions enabled to use the standard import/export function via the Subject Admin page). Importing questions can save time and improve the quality and efficiency of your quizzes.

To find out how to import questions visit: Import questions into the Question Library on the Brightspace Community page.

Questions can be added to a quiz from the Question Library using the Browse Question Library feature.

To help you determine which questions to include, consider using the Brightspace Insights Portal tool. For further information about the Insights Portal visit: About Insights Dashboards.

To add questions to a newly created quiz:

1. From the Quizzes & Exams screen, click New Quiz from the Manage Quizzes tab.
   
2. Click Add Existing and then Browse Question Library.
   
3. Select the checkboxes next to the sections and/or questions that you would like to include.   If you select a section, all the questions from the section will be included. If you select individual questions, only those questions will be included.

You can also filter questions using the Filter drop-down to display questions by question type, as well sort the questions in various ways using the Sort drop-down at the top right of the screen.



4. Click Import and choose whether to add the selected questions to the top of the quiz, the bottom of the quiz, or to a quiz section.
   
5. Click Save and Close.

The quiz is created, and the Question Library questions are added to the quiz.

To add questions to an existing quiz from the Question Library, select Edit Quiz from the Manage Quizzes screen and follow step 2 onwards.

For more information about creating quizzes visit Create and manage quizzes.

Once you have created your questions and organised them into sections, there are a few other useful features within the Question Library to help you manage your questions and quizzes. These features include the ability to reorder, delete, and copy questions.

Order questions or sections in Question Library

If you want to display questions in a specific order in the Question Library, use the Order button to do so.

Delete questions

To delete questions from within the Question Library, select the checkbox next to the question(s) that you want to delete and click the Delete button.

The question will be deleted from the Question Library but will not be deleted from any quizzes to which it has been added.

Move questions

You can move questions from one section in the Question Library to another section. To move questions, select the checkbox next to the question(s) that you want to move and click the Move button above the questions.