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Create an exercise in a question bank

Angela Konijn
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There are different ways to create exercises in a question bank. You can create exercises from within your question bank, save them from a course assignment into your question bank or import them into your question bank.

In all cases, you will have access to the same options and settings for the exercise in your question bank. Below we will describe creating new exercises and saving existing exercises into a question bank. For importing exercises please refer to import an exercise into a question bank.

Create an exercise in a question bank

Follow the steps below to create an exercise from within your question bank. 

  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 New exercise in the top right corner. 
  6. Fill in a name for your question bank exercise.
  7. Optionally, fill in the time limit (beta) and enable 'Exercise can be viewed once'.
  8. Click Save.

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Once you have created your question bank exercise, you can take many different actions. For instance, you can start adding a description and/or question(s) to it. In this article, you can read more about the different question bank exercise options.

Save an exercise from your course assignment

Saving an exercise from your course assignment into your question bank will allow you to update or reuse the exercise. This will create a link between your assignment and your question bank, which means you can edit the exercise in either the assignment or the question bank and synchronise them. Follow the steps below to save your exercise in your question bank. 

  1. Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
  2. Click label_important Courses in the menu at the top.
  3. Click on your course or use the search bar. 
  4. Click on your assignment or use the search bar.
  5. Scroll down to the exercise you want to save in your question bank. 
  6. Click on the more_horiz-icon in the top right corner of the exercise. 
  7. Click Store in question bank. 
  8. Select the question bank from the dialogue.
  9. Click Save. 

Once the exercise is saved in your question bank, it will say that the exercise is saved in your question bank below the title of the exercise in your assignment. When clicking on the link to the question bank, the editing screen of the question bank exercise will open.

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What’s next
Find out about the different question bank exercise options here.

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