You will need to have existing Classic Quizzes with all the questions from your question banks in/on them to proceed. If you don’t have an existing classic quiz with all the questions on it, see the section No Existing Classic Quiz for instructions to build a classic quiz for the purpose of exporting. It is recommended to have a Classic Quiz for each question bank you have so you can organize the new banks in the same way. For New Quizzes in Canvas, the Item Banks belong to users rather than courses. Ti is also is important to note, the export/import process will automatically rename the new item bank to the name of the classic quiz during the import process. Therefore it is helpful to have the Classic Quiz named the way you want the Item Bank named after the import. It is also very important to name your Item Banks in a way to make them easy to locate. Please read the information on New Quiz Item Bank Naming before beginning.

The specific instructions will vary depending on if you have all your questions on an existing quiz, all the questions are on the quiz in groups or even if you currently don't have any of the questions on a quiz, but need all the questions from a question bank. Locate the option below that best fits your specific situation and then follow those instructions.

Printable Instructions: Classic to New Quiz Export-Import

Printable Quick Steps: Export Import Classic Quiz to New Quiz

Existing Classic Quiz with All questions visible on it?

It is helpful to work through the steps individually for each quiz/item bank from start to finish while working through this process to help you keep track of everything for each quiz/bank.

Rename each Classic Quiz using the recommended Naming Conventions for Item Banks (work on one quiz at a time) - Copy the name to your clipboard. (Example: 23SP CRIM1010 Chapter 5 Quiz MDavid)
Export each Classic quiz (The quiz export is only available while you still have the Classic Quiz, it is very important to not delete the Classic Quiz until you complete all steps. Work on one quiz at a time.)
1. Go to Settings on the Course navigation
2. Click the Export Course Contentl ink on the right panel.
3. Under the Export Type, select the Quiz option
4. From the elect Quizzes to Export area
  1. Deselect All Quizzes
  2. Select ONLY the quiz you want to export (Do NOT attempt to export all quizzes at once.)
5. Click the Create Export button
6. Wait for the export to process
7. Click the New Export link (above the Your content has been exported progress bar)
8. Save the .zip file on your computer so you will know where to find it. (Make sure you note the file name (#), this will be the only way to know which quiz you are on.)
Create a New Item Bank
1. Go to the Item Bank link in the course Navigation on the left
2. To create an empty Item Bank for the quiz you are working on
  1. Click on the +Bank button on the upper right
  2. Paste in the name you copied from the Classic Quiz when you renamed it
  3. The item banks will automatically be renamed to the Quiz name during the import step.
  4. Click the Create Bank button
Import the Classic Quiz Exported file into the New Item Bank
1. Open (click into) the empty Item bank you just created (you may have to search for it by the name you gave it above).
2. Click on the three dots (Options menu) on the top right of the page, next to the Return button
3. Choose Import Content from the menu
  1. In the Import Content popup: Choose either the Drag and Drop or Browse option to upload the .zip file you downloaded in the export step above
  2. Click the Import button
  3. Wait for the file to import (this can take a minute or two, you will get a green success message when it is completed)
  4. Click the Done button
  5. You should now see the questions you just imported.
    Note: The Item Bank will be automatically renamed to the name from the Classic Quiz
  6. Click the blue Item Bank breadcrumb at the top of the page, locate the Item bank (you may have to search for it by the name of the Classic quiz).
    If you did not name the Classic Quiz with the suggested naming convention, now is the time to insure the Item Bank is named *correctly.
  7. Click the Pencil icon to the right of the Item Bank
  8. Rename with recommended *naming conventions
  9. Click the Save Changes button
  10. Click the Return button
Create a New Quiz using the New Item Bank
1. Go to the Quiz link in the course Navigation
2. Click the +Quiz button, select New Quizzes from the Choose a Quiz Engine wizard, then click the
  1. Give the quiz a name (this can be the quiz name you want students to see in the Modules and the Gradebook).
  2. It is not necessary to worry any about other settings at this time (you can come back to this later).
3. Click the Build button on the bottom right
  1. Click on the Item Banks button top of the page
  2. In the Flyout panel, search for the item bank name from previous step
  3. Click the bank name, this will load the questions into the Flyout Panel for you to see.
4. Add questions to the quiz one of the following ways:
  1. Click the +All/Random button at the top of the fly out (when choosing this method, you will have options to select the number of questions and points per question in the quiz)
  2. Or by selecting the +button in front of individual questions. (You can select them one at a time, in the order you want them to appear on the quiz, or you can select one at a time until you have them all on the quiz. You will also be able to move them around on the quiz with drag and drop.)
5. Save the Quiz
6. You can now delete the original Classic Quizzes you will no longer need (if desired, copy instructions from Classic Quiz before deleting).
7. Repeat for all needed quizzes

Existing Classic Quiz with All questions visible in the quiz using Groups?

It is helpful to work through the steps individually for each quiz/item bank from start to finish while working through this process to help you keep track of everything for each quiz/bank.

Rename each Classic Quiz using the recommended Naming Conventions for Item Banks (work on one quiz at a time) - Copy the name to your clipboard. (Example: 23SP CRIM1010 Chapter 5 Quiz MDavid)
Export each Classic Quiz (The quiz export is only available while you still have the Classic Quiz, it is very important to not delete the Classic Quiz until you complete all steps. Work on one quiz at a time.)
1. Go to Settings on the Course navigation
2. Click the Export Course Content link on the right.
3. Under the Export Type, select the Quiz option
4. From the Select Quizzes to Export area
  1. Deselect All Quizzes
  2. Select the Quiz Name of ONLY the quiz you want to export (Do NOT attempt to export all quizzes at once.)
5. Click the Create Exportbutton
6. Wait for the export to process
7. Click the New Export link (above the Your content has been exported progress bar)
8. Save the .zip file on your computer so you will know where to find it. (Make sure you note the file name (#), this will be the only way to know which quiz you are on.)
Create a New Quiz using the New Item Bank
1. Go to the Quiz link in the course Navigation
2. Click the +Quiz button, select New Quizzes from the Choose a Quiz Engine wizard, then click the
  1. Give the quiz a name (this can be the quiz name you want students to see in the Modules and the Gradebook).
  2. It is not necessary to worry any about other settings at this time (you can come back to this later).
3. Click the Build button on the bottom right
4. Click on the three dots (Options menu) on the top right of the page, next to the Return button
5. Select the Import Content option from the menu
6. In the Import Content popup: Choose either the Drag and Drop or Browse option to upload the .zip file you downloaded in the export step above
7. Click the Import button
  1. Wait for the file to import (this can take a minute or two, you will get a green success message when it is completed)
  2. Click the Done button
8. You should now see the questions you just imported on the test in a group from the original quiz
  Note: This process creates an Item Bank for you, that will be automatically renamed to the name from the Classic Quiz plus the group name.
9. You can now delete the original Classic Quiz (copy/paste instructions from Classic Quiz before deleting).
10. Repeat steps for each quiz

Existing Classic Quiz with questions linked from Question Bank using Groups?

Linked Groups do not work.
See steps to Create a Classic Quiz for the purpose of Exporting/Importing the Question Banks in the No Existing Classic Quiz Section

No Existing Classic Quiz with All questions on it?

Create a quiz for the purpose of Exporting/Importing
1. Go to the Quiz link in the Course navigation
2. Click the +Quiz button, select Classic Quiz, then click Submit
3. Name Classic Quiz using the recommended Naming Conventions for Item Banks (It is not necessary to worry about any settings at this time
Go to the Edit option for the Classic Quiz
1. Click the Questions tab
2. Click the Find Questions button at the bottom of the page
3. In the pop-up, navigate to the desired Question Bank on the left, and select it
4. On the Right select all questions
5. Scroll to the bottom and if there are more than 50 questions, click the more questions link, then go back to the top to Select all again.
  1. If desired, Add questions to the question group, click the drop down and select Create Group
    In the pop up, Give the group a name and select a number of questions and points desired.
  2. If not using groups skip this step.
6. Click Add Questions
Now go to the Instructions for Existing Classic Quiz section with/without Groups

More information on Creating New Quizzes and Managing Items Banks is available.

*Important Note: All Item Banks should be named to include the term, ALPHA & Number, Instructor and Quiz name, along with any other important details. All Item Banks belong to Users, not courses, so it is VERY important to include all course information and quiz identifier in the name of all Item Banks so you will be able to locate them. (If LSS does this for an instructor, they can share the bank with the instructor and remove themselves from the sharing when the item bank is completed.)

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Printable Instructions: Export-Import Classic Quizzes to New.docx