Use Lumi Pro to generate quiz questions directly in the Question Library. This AI tool allows you to generate questions based on your own course content files, such as HTML files, .docx, .pptx, .txt, and more. Or custom prompts, such as copied text from a lesson or a short description of the topic. After generating questions, you can make any necessary edits, organize them into sections, and add them to quizzes as needed.

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Quiz Question Generation Flow

This flow chart illustrates the steps for generating quiz questions in Lumi Pro. It shows the two available starting points: 1) Using existing course content or 2) Entering custom text—and the sequence of options you will select, including the number of questions, question type, and optionally Bloom’s Taxonomy level, before generating your quiz questions.

Generate and Review Quiz Questions with Lumi

D2L Lumi Pro offers the ability to quickly and efficiently generate quiz questions based on your course content. Quiz questions must be generated in the course Question Library. After the questions are reviewed and saved, they can then be added to your quizzes.

Generate Questions with Lumi

Follow the process below to begin creating quiz questions in the Question Library using Lumi.

1. From the course Navbar, select [Course Activities] followed by [Quizzes].
   
   
2. Select the [Question Library] tab.
   
   
3. From the left navigation menu, select the section where you would like to create your questions if needed, then select [Generate Questions].
   
   
   The Generate Questions window will open as seen below.
   
   
4. From the Content Source dropdown menu, select between two options:
   
   
   1. Course Content: Allows you to generate questions from content topics located in the Content area of your course.
      1. From the Content Source drop down, select [Course Content].
         
         
      2. Click [Select Content].
         
         
      3. Select a Content Module. In the example below, we will select Unit 1: Coffee History.
         
         
      4. Select a Content Topic. In the example below, we will select Week 1 Brief Coffee History Overview

         NOTE: You may only select one content topic at a time. Lumi can generate questions from the following file types: HTML Pages, .doc, .docx, .odt, .ppt, .pps, .pptx, .ppsx, .odp, .xls, .xlsx, .rtf, .txt
         

         
   2. Custom Text: Allows you to generate questions from text entered into the Source Text field.
      1. From the Content Source drop down, select [Custom Text].
         
         
      2. Type or Paste text into the Source Text field.
         
         
5. Select the number of questions desired using the [Number of Questions] drop-down. Choose between 1 - 10 question.
   
   
6. Select the question type desired using the [Question Type] drop-down. Choose between: Multiple Choice, True or False, Written Response, Short Answer, and Multi-Select.
   
   
7. You may optionally select a Bloom's Taxonomy level using the [Bloom's Taxonomy] drop down.
   
   

   NOTE: The taxonomy levels available vary according to the selected question type.

   
8. After selecting your choices, select [Generate].
   
   

Review Questions Generated with Lumi

Lumi generated questions must be reviewed and approved before you are able to save and use them.

1. Select [Pending Review] next to the first quiz question to open the Generated Questions window.
   
   
2. You may edit the question text, answers, and question settings if needed. Then, choose between three options:
   
   
   1. Keep and Next: Keep the current question and review the next question.
   2. Disregard and Next: Delete the current question and review the next question.
   3. Close This Question: Return to the Generated Questions window. 
      
      
3. When reviewing the last question, choose between three options:
   
   
   1. Keep and Finish: Keep the current quiz question and return to the Generated Questions window.
   2. Discard and Finish: Delete the current quiz question and return to the Generated Questions window.
   3. Close This Question: Return to the Generated Questions window.
      
      
4. In the Generated Questions window, choose between two options:
   
   
   1. Save to Section: Save the questions in a Question Library section.
   2. Cancel and Discard: Discards all the current questions.
      
      
5. From the Save Generated Questions window, choose between two options:
   
   
   1. Save to Current Section: Saves questions to the current Question Library section.
   2. Create New Section: Creates and saves questions to a new within the current Question Library section.

      NOTE: You may optionally align your questions to learning outcomes to improve the relevance of auto generated questions with the course's learning objectives.

       When finished, select [Save].
      
      

Adding Questions from Question Library to a Quiz

After generating questions with Lumi, follow the process below to add them to a quiz.

1. From the NavBar, select [Course Activities] followed by [Quizzes].
   
   
2. Click the down arrow next to the quiz where you would like to add the questions and select [Edit].

   NOTE: You can also create a new quiz by selecting the [New Quiz] button.

   
3. From the Edit screen, select [Add Existing] followed by [Browse Question Library].  
   
   
4. From the Browse Question Library window, locate the section where you saved your Lumi generated questions and click the checkbox next to the questions you want to import into the quiz, then select [Import].

   NOTE: Checking the checkbox next to the section will automatically select all the questions contained in the section.

   
5. The questions you selected will appear under Questions.

   NOTE: Questions generated by Lumi can be easily identified by the AI stars icon and the words AI Generated. Students however will NOT know if questions were generated with the help of AI.

   
   Please refer to the Create a Question Pool article for instructions on creating question pools.
   
   
6. When you are finished setting up your quiz, remember to select [Save and Close].