Question Library | How to use the Question Library
The Question Library works as a repository of questions that can be used in Quizzes, Surveys and Self-Assessments in Brightspace.
This article shows how to:
Navigating to the Question Library
In your Brightspace course, navigate to the green navigation bar.
- Click on Assessment
- From the drop-down menu click on Quizzes
On the Quizzes homepage,
- Click the tab Question Library to open the Question Library
In your Brightspace course, navigate to the green navigation bar.
- Click on Assessment
- From the drop-down menu click on Surveys
On the Surveys homepage,
- Click the tab Question Library to open the Question Library
In your Brightspace course, navigate to the green navigation bar.
- Click on Assessment
- From the drop-down menu click on Self Assessments
On the Self-Assessments homepage,
- Click the tab Question Library to open the Question Library
In the Question Library homepage you will see the list of questions and sections but only those created via/added to the Quiz Library.
4. Add questions by clicking either New or Import
You have two options for adding questions:
- Create new questions (blue button New)
- Import questions (grey button Import)
- From a file (Upload a File - .csv and .zip files are supported)
- Search questions from other quizzes in the course (Browse Existing Questions)
Importing existing questions to the Question Library
When browsing existing questions, it is also possible to use the search function to find specific questions.
In the Question Library:
- Click Import
- From the drop-down menu click Browse Existing Questions
A sidebar to Browse Existing Questions will open with options to browse for questions of other course quizzes where you can use different filters to search for/review existing questions (1 - 5):
The following filter options can help you narrow down your search for questions to be added to the quiz:
- Search by title or text
- Search by (quiz) source (different quizzes within the course page)
- Filter by Question type - filter applies only to the Source selected
- Sort by Question type, or Points (Low to High/ High to Low), or Title or Text (A to Z / Z to A) - sorts only the results of the source selected
- Preview the question
When one of the filters is used, the questions appear in the list.
To add the searched questions to the Question Library
- Click the Selectbox of the question(s) to be added
- Click the blue button Import
Questions that have been already added to the Quiz Question library will indicate so underneath the name of the question with a check mark and a text Already Imported.
The selected questions will be added to the Question Library at the bottom of the list. To finish
- Click the blue button Done Editing Questions in the upper right corner
You will be taken back to the Manage Quizzes/Surveys/Self-Assessments homepage, depending on how you navigated to the Question Library.
Now you know how to use the Question Library in Brightspace!
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