Adding Question Pools

Watch the how-to video

Movie camera symbol depicting a link to an instructional video.

Note: You may not add a question pool to an assessment if:

  • You have attached a rubric to the assessment
  • You have chosen to collect submissions offline
  • Students have already opened the assessment

1. Open the assessment and click the plus sign where you would like to add a question pool:

Arrow pointing the plus sign to add a question pool:

2. Select “Add question pool” from the dropdown menu:

Dropdown menu with red arrow pointing to option to add a question pool.

3. Select the checkboxes next to questions you would like to add. Click “Select all” at the top if you would like to add all questions:

Red arrow pointing to select questions option.

4. You may also select the filters under "Sources" and “Question Types” to browse specific types of questions:

Question filter menu. Sources of questions highlighted in red. Question types are also highlighted in red.

5. Click "Add Questions"

Choose add questions button,  highlight in red.

6. The question pool now appears under “Test Content”. Enter the point value for each question as well as the number of questions you would like the assessment to randomly display from the question pool:

Question point value highlighted in red as well as the number of questions to display to students. 4 question are being displayed in this example.

7. Click “Save” to add the question pool to your assessment:

Red arrow pointing to the save button.

8. You may click “View questions” to edit individual questions in the pool. Note that any changes made here will apply anywhere the question is used:

View questions button highlighted. instructor can view all the questions in the question bank by clicking on this option.