How do I add all items or a random set from an item bank to a quiz?

An effectively managed item bank offers you the ultimate flexibility to pull targeted or randomized questions across your course’s diverse topics, allowing you to design assessments with foresight, precision, and a clear, intentional focus on driving student academic success. By grounding your assessments in this structured approach, you leverage technology not for its own sake, but as a vehicle for intentional innovation and meaningful curriculum delivery. Ultimately, this thoughtful preparation minimizes student confusion, creating a highly structured and supportive environment where your students can learn and perform with absolute clarity. Furthermore, adopting this proactive workflow allows the technology to shoulder the heavy lifting, dramatically reducing your administrative burden and cognitive load so you can focus your energy entirely on impactful teaching. 

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. In Course Navigation, click the Quizzes link.
2. Find the quiz you want to open
3. After opening the quiz, click the Options icon on the right-hand side of the quiz, and then click the Build link.
4. Click the Item Banks button on the top right.
5. Click the name of an item bank you wish to use.
6. In the top left corner, click the Add +All/Random button.
7. By default, the quiz includes all items from the item bank and awards one point per question. To edit these settings, click the Edit icon on the right-hand side.
8. To change the item bank for the items, click the Select the destination bank menu.
9. To use all items from the item bank, select the Use all questions option from the menu on the left-hand side.
10. *To randomly select a specific number of items, click the Randomly select questions option and enter the number of items to use in the Number of questions field.
11. To adjust the number of points awarded per question, enter the number in the Points per question field.
12. To save your settings, click the Done button on the bottom left.
13. At this point, you can view the question numbers that items will represent, the item bank used, and the number of points per question to be awarded.

TLC Pro-Tips for Course Enhancements

• Data-Informed Insights: If utilizing Canvas Quizzes or New Analytics, check your course data after the first week of the term. This insight will help you identify which resource folders students are accessing most frequently.
• Accessibility Check: Always run the native Canvas Accessibility Checker (the small person icon at the bottom of the Rich Content Editor) before publishing a new content page. This ensures all tables, text colors, and media elements remain fully accessible to all modern learners.
• Student Interaction: Consider integrating short, informal Canvas surveys. This active feedback measure lets you stay highly responsive to ongoing student academic and personal growth needs.

Need Extra Support?

We are here to partner with you as you enhance your courses. If you run into technical issues or want a collaborative consultation on designing custom interactive modules, please reach out to our team:

• Email: tlc@neco.edu
• Office Hours: View our current consultation schedule on the TLC website portal