Manage question bank exercises

After the first time you have created (and edited) your exercise, you always have the option to return to the editing screen of your question bank exercise.

 To edit a question bank exercise, follow the steps below.

1. Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
2. Click folder Question banks in the menu at the top.
3. Click on your question bank or use the search bar 
4. Click extension Exercises in the menu at the top.
5. Click on the exercise you want to edit by clicking the blue number.

From here, you can add a label, add tags, add relations and add a new description and question to your exercise. If this exercise is used in an assignment in a course, it is linked. This means that when you edit the exercise, both in the question bank and in the assignment, Ans will recognise there's a new version. You will be given the option to synchronise the exercises when this happens. For more information on this, you can read this article. 

The copy-functionality makes it possible to copy your exercise to both another question bank and to the same question bank. Copying the exercise to another question bank allows you to share the exercise with members of another question bank. They will be able to use the exercise in their own assignment without having access to the first question bank. Copying the exercise to your own question bank allows you to create an exact copy of the exercise in your question bank. For instance, when you want to create a slightly different version of the exercise but keep most information the same.

 To copy a question bank exercise, follow the steps below.

1. Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
2. Click folder Question banks in the menu at the top.
3. Click on your question bank or use the search bar 
4. Click extension Exercises in the menu at the top.
5. Check the box next to the exercise you want to copy.
6. Click the dropdown menu More and click Copy.
7. Select the question bank you want to copy the exercise to. (You can also select the same question bank as the exercise is in.) 

After selecting the question bank, you will notice a pop-up appear in the bottom left with the message 'Exercises are being copied. This could take a moment.' When the action has finished, you will see the copied exercise when you refresh the page. The exercises will always be added with the term '(copy)' added at the end. This is how you can distinguish the copied version. You can choose to change the name through the settings in the question bank exercise. 

A copied question bank exercise is always a new version of the exercise, which means it is not linked to the original exercise and/or any linked assignment. This means that edits to this exercise won't show up as new versions in the original exercise. 

The following information will be copied: 

• Name of the exercise
• Description(s)
• Question(s)
• Grading scheme
• Tag(s)
• Objective(s)
  
• Code created with the code editor 

You have the possibility to remove exercises from your question bank. This can be useful for instance when you don't want to use the exercise in your future assignments anymore.

To remove a question bank exercise, follow the steps below. 

1. Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
2. Click folder Question banks in the menu at the top.
3. Click on your question bank or use the search bar 
4. Click extension Exercises in the menu at the top.
5. Check the box next to the exercise you want to remove.
6. Click More and click Remove.
7. Click Confirm. 

If you have accidentally removed the wrong exercise from your question bank, you can always restore it from within the settings.

To restore a question bank exercise, follow the steps below. 

1. Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
2. Click folder Question banks in the menu at the top.
3. Click on your question bank or use the search bar. 
4. Click settings Settings in the menu at the top.
5. Click Removed exercises in the menu on the left
6. Click Restore next to the exercise you want to restore. 
7. Click on the extension Exercises tab to see the restored exercise. 

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