Creating a Quiz Question Bank

It is a good practice to create the category before creating your quiz. Your GauchoSpace course site will have a Default category. It is recommended you do not use the default category. Instead, make your own question categories and sub categories. This will help you keep your questions organized.

1. 1. Log in to GauchoSpace and enter your course site.
   2. Go to the Question Bank in the Administration block. Click on the Categories link.
   3. You will see the list of current categories.
      
   4. To manage any of these categories you can select the icons to the right of them.
      • The X will allow you to delete a category and move the questions into a different, existing category. 
      • The Gear will allow you to edit a category. You can change its name, description, or parent category.
      • The Up and Down arrows allow you to move the categories in the displayed list. 
      • The Right arrow allows you to make the current category a child/subcategory of the one above it.
   5. To add a new category, scroll to the bottom of the page until you see "Add Category".
      
   6. In addition to naming your category and providing a brief description, you can also choose a parent category. Placing a category within a parent category makes it a sub-category of the parent.
   7. Deleting Categories: You can delete your categories, but if you try to delete a category that contains questions, then you will be asked to specify another category to move them to. Additionally, you cannot delete or move the last category in any context. There must always be one category in a context.

1. After you create your category, click on the Questions link in the Administration block.
2. Select the quiz category you would like to add to from the drop-down menu under "Select a category".
3. Click "Create a new question" and choose a question type to add. 
4. Create your question and keep the following in mind: 
   • Insert the question answer in the question name. This allows you to quickly see the answers when students are asking for answers. This is especially useful if you're dealing with large sets of questions.
   • Format your question title for sorting and making notes. Questions will sort themselves in alphabetical order. Where you want questions in a category to appear in a specific order, use letters or numbers.
   • Copy from a PDF or simple text editor if you are copy and pasting your questions into the quiz. This reduces hidden code and formatting which Word, Open Office and other programs can insert.
5. Save your changes at the bottom of the page.
6. Editing, Duplicating, Previewing, Deleting, or Moving a question.
   • Each question in the Question Bank has four icons which allow you to edit, quickly duplicate, preview and delete the question.
     • Delete: The question may not be deleted if it is already in use elsewhere.
     • Duplicate: To duplicate a question, click the duplicate icon (second from the left) and a copy of the question editing screen will appear. You can either edit this new copy or simply scroll down and click "Save changes."
     • Move: To move a question into a different category or subcategory, click into the box on its left; scroll down to "With Selected..." and choose "Move to.."

You can export questions from one GauchoSpace site to be imported into another. Once questions have been imported into a new course site, they can be edited or deleted in the new course site without changing them in the original site. Please note, however, that category names will often reflect the year/quarter of the original site, but you can edit the name to reflect the current quarter. You will need to first export questions from the Question Bank you are interested in utilizing, then you can import those questions into your new site.

1. Log in to GauchoSpace and enter your course site you would like to export questions from.
2. Go to the Question Bank in the Administration block. Click on the Export link.
3. Choose Moodle XML format and select the category you would like to copy from the "Export category” drop-down menu.
4. Click the “Export questions to file” button.
5. Save the file to your desktop.
6. Enter your course site you would like to import questions into.
7. Go to the Question Bank in the Administration block. Click on the Import link.
8. Choose Moodle XML format, and make sure the “Default” course level category is chosen for the “Import category” drop-down menu.
9. Click Choose file… to open the File picker window.
10. In the File picker window, click Choose File to browse and select your exported Moodle questions file, then click Upload this file.
11. Click Import, and you will see a preview of the imported questions.
12. Click Continue to proceed to the category containing the imported questions.

After you add questions into your Question Bank, you are ready to add them into your quizzes. You can add questions to quizzes individually in bulk or randomly.

1. Log in to GauchoSpace and enter your course site.
2. Create your new quiz by clicking Turn editing on on the main page of your site.
3. Click the Add an activity or resource link in any section where you would like the link to your quiz to be displayed.
4. In the Add an activity or resource window, choose Quiz and click on the Add button.
5. Give your quiz a Name, Open and Close Dates, and set any other desired configurations.
6. Click on the Save and display button at the bottom of the page.
7. Click on the Edit quiz button.
8. Click Add. You should see three options. "A new question," "from question bank," and "a random question."

To add from the question bank, select either "from question bank" or "a random question."

• From question bank: This will add questions individually in bulk. By adding questions individually you are selecting a specific question that you want to be asked in the quiz.

  • Select the category from which you would like to choose a question(s) and choose the question(s) to add by clicking the Select box next to them.
  • When you have chosen all questions from that category click the Add to quiz button.
• A random question: This will add questions randomly, drawing from your specified categories. By adding questions randomly you can select a specific number of questions from a category that you would like to be pulled and added to a quiz. This will ensure that every student receives a varied list of questions but by creating multiple questions that reference each course topic you can ensure that they are being tested on everything that has been covered.

  • Select the category from which you would like to randomly pull questions and choose the number of questions to randomly add to the quiz.
  • Click the Add to quiz button.