Create a Question Pool

Question Pools allow instructors to give students a set number of randomly selected questions from a larger pool of questions. For instance, the questions for a 25-question quiz can be arranged to be randomly selected from a pool of 50 questions. To do this, you must have questions saved in your question library or previously created quizzes with questions in your course.

NOTE: Question pools are created at the quiz level.

Create a Question Pool

  1. From the Navbar, click [Course Activities] and select [Quizzes].

    Shows the Course Activities menu with Quizzes selected on the Navbar.
  2. From the Manage Quizzes page, click the dropdown arrow next to the quiz you'd like to edit and select [Edit], or create a new quiz by selecting [New Quiz].

    Shows the dropdown menu on the Manage Quizzes page with Edit selected.
  3. Click [Create New] under the questions area.

    Shows the Create New button under the questions area of the quiz editor.
  4. Select [Question Pool] from the dropdown menu.

    Shows the dropdown menu with Question Pool selected.
  5. Enter a Question Pool Title, the Number of Questions to Select for each quiz attempt, and how many points you want each question to be worth in the Points per Question field.

    NOTE: To ensure fairness, all questions randomly selected from the question pool are assigned the same number of points.

    Shows the Question Pool Title, Number of Questions to Select, and Points per Question fields.
  6. Click [Browse Question Library] to add questions to the Question Pool.

    Shows the Browse Question Library button in the Question Pool editor.
  7. Click the checkbox next to the folders or individual questions you would like to add to your Question Pool, then click [Import].

    Shows the question library with checkboxes selected and the Import button.
  8. When you are finished, click [Save] from the New Question Pool screen.

    Shows the Save button on the New Question Pool screen.

Troubleshooting and Support

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