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Use Item Banks for New Quizzes

Last updated on October 29, 2026

New Quiz questions can be stored in Item Banks instead of the Question Banks used in Classic Quizzes. You can use Item Banks to organize quiz questions and share them with fellow instructors.

Note: Question Banks used in Classic Quizzes cannot yet be easily migrated to New Quizzes. Refer to our “Convert Question Banks to Item Banks” tutorial to learn how to convert a classic quiz question bank into a new quiz item bank.

Directions

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Create and Edit Item Banks

  1. Click on Item Banks in the Course Navigation Menu on the left.
  2. Click the blue +Bank button at the top right of the screen.
  3. Enter a Name for the Item Bank in the Bank Name text field in the pop-up window.
  4. Check the box to the left of Share with [Course Name\.
  5. Click Create Bank at the bottom right of the pop-up window.

Add Questions to an Item Bank

  1. Click the Name of the item bank to open it.
  2. Click the +New button at the top right of the page to add new questions to the item bank.
    • Note: You can also import questions into an empty item bank by clicking the three dots at the top right of the Item bank, selecting Import Content, and choosing a QTI 1.2 or 2.x .zip file from your computer.
  3. Select a Question Type for the Item Bank question.
  4. Fill out the question fields.
  5. Click Done at the bottom right corner of the question to save the question to your Item Bank.

Edit Questions in a Question Bank

  1. Click the Pencil icon to the right of a question’s name to edit the question.
    • Click Done at the bottom right corner of the question when you are finished making your changes.
  2. Click the Paper Icon to the right of the question name to copy/move the question to a different Item Bank.
    • Select either Existing item bank or New item bank.
    • Enter the name of the Item Bank you wish to move the question to.
    • Check the box to the left of Keep a copy in this bank if you wish to have the question in the current bank as well as the new bank.
    • Click Add at the bottom right corner of the pop-up window.
  3. Click the Trash Can Icon to the right of the question name to remove the question from the item bank.
    • Click Delete at the bottom right of the pop-up window.

Share an Item Bank

  1. Click on Item Banks in the Course Navigation Menu on the left to return to your Item Bank menu.
  2. Click on the Share Icon, which resembles three dots in the shape of a “less than” symbol, to the right of the Item Bank name.
  3. Select People or Courses from the tabs at the top of the pop-up window, depending on where you want to share it.
  4. Enter the Name of the Instructor or Course you wish to share the bank with in the Share With text field.
    • You can enter more than one name at a time.
  5. Select the Name from the drop-down menu when it appears.
  6. Click on the Access Drop-Down Menu to the right of the Name field.
  7. Select Can View or Can Edit, depending on the level of access you wish to provide.
  8. Click Add to the right of the drop-down menu.
  9. Click Close at the bottom right of the pop-up window when done.

Use Item Banks with a New Quiz

  1. Click Quizzes in the course navigation menu at left.
  2. Click the Name of the New Quiz to open it.
  3. Click Build at the bottom right of the page.

Add Questions from an Item Bank to a New Quiz

  1. Click the Item Banks button at the top right of the Build page.
  2. Click the Filter By drop-down menu to filter the Item Banks by location or enter the Item Bank Name in the Search Banks field.
  3. Click the Name of the item bank from the Item Bank list. A list of the Item Bank Questions will appear.
    • Note: You can edit the questions from the Item Bank panel. Once the question is added to the quiz, you will not be able to edit them from within the Quiz.
  4. Click All/Random at the top right of the panel if you wish to add all questions to your quiz.
    • The questions will appear as a group with the Item Bank as the title. This group will default to using all question, but you can edit it to pull a random set of questions if you prefer.
      • Click on the Question Group in the New Quiz to edit how many questions from the bank each student will answer.
      • Select Randomly select questions to have Canvas pull a random selection of questions from the bank for each student.
      • Enter the number of questions you want each student to answer in the first text field.
      • Enter the Points per question in the second text field.
      • Click Done at the bottom left of the question.
  5. Click the blue + (Plus) button at the top left of a question to add individual questions to the quiz.
  6. Click the X at the top left of the panel to close it.
  7. Click a Question to change the point value (bottom left) or options.

Add a Question from a New Quiz to an Item Bank

  1. Click on the Question from the Build page.
  2. Click Item Banking near the bottom of the question details.
  3. Click Add to Bank.
  4. Choose Existing Item Bank or New Item Bank.
  5. Enter the Name of the Item Bank.
  6. Click Add at the bottom right of the pop-up window.

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