Question Library: Overview
The Question Library is a central, shared repository for the questions you create, copy, and import.
By creating questions in the Question Library you make them available to any number of quizzes,
surveys, and self assessments. Use the Question Library to build an archive of questions that can be
reused and shared, thus avoiding having to re-input questions.
The assessment tools—quizzes, surveys, and self assessments—share the questions stored in the
Question Library. The questions that can be accessed by these tools are dependent on the tool type.
Certain question types cannot be used by some tools. For example, surveys cannot use all question
types.
This overview lists the steps to add questions to and manage the Question Library. (Think of the Question Library as a folder for organizing all your questions BEFORE you set up a quiz or a survey.) Follow the links below for step-by-step instructions on creating questions and using other features of the Question Library.
Questions in the Question Library must be imported into self-assessment tools in order for students to access them. See Quizzes: Overview for additional information on setting up and using Quizzes; see Surveys: Overview for additional information on setting up and using Surveys.
If you make a change to a question in the Question Library, you need to choose which items (such as a quiz or a survey) using that question will receive the change.
The Question in Use pop-up displays the items that use any given question. Select all of the items to
which you would like to apply the change and click Save.
STEP 1: Add Questions
- Add questions in one of three ways: create them within the Question Library or upload them from a text file or Respondus file (see Importing Questions for details).
You can create a variety of Question Types and Information Items. Most question types when used in a quiz can be autograded, with scores automatically sent to your Gradebook. See Understanding Question Types and Information items for descriptions and links to instructions.
STEP 2: Create Sections, if Desired
- Create Sections to organize your questions.
Additional Options
From the main Question Library page, you also have additional options. To edit a question, click on the question name/title. To Move, Delete, Re-Order or Edit Values (i.e. the Point or Difficulty Value) of a question, check the empty box to the left of the question title, then click on the appropriate task (i.e., Move, Delete, etc.).
Delete, Re-Order, or Move Questions
- Manage questions that have been added to the Question Library.
Set Display Options
- Change how the Question Library is displayed.
