Edited 09/21/26
Purpose: This document explains how to use Question Banks in Canvas.
Note: Question Banks are the Classic Quizzes equivalent of Item Banks.
If you are using the New Quizzes engine, you can create Item Banks, following this documentation: https://tmufacstaff.helpdocsite.com/canvas/how-do-i-use-an-item-bank-new-quizzes
Note: If you would like to convert a quiz into an question bank, please follow this documentation: https://tmufacstaff.helpdocsite.com/quizzes/exporting-importing-quizzes-as-qti-files
Question Banks are stored under the Quizzes section of each Canvas course.
1. Select the elipses and open Manage Question Banks:
2. Click Add Question Bank:
3. Name your Question Bank and hit enter or return on your keyboard:
4. Add questions and edit the Question Bank to your liking:
5. Add questions from the Bank within any quiz, by select + New Question Group:
6. Select the Question Bank you would like to utilize in the quiz:
If you have any further questions, please reach out to lmssupport@masters.edu.
