How to add questions to a Quiz
When you have created and set up the quiz you can add questions to it or import questions from the Question Library.
This article will explain how to:
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Adding questions to a quiz
- adding quiz questions one by one
- adding quiz questions via Import
Adding questions to a quiz
- Click on Assessments in the green navigation bar
- From the drop-down menu click Quizzes

To add question whilst creating a new quiz check the article How to create a Quiz in order to check the steps before adding questions. Then proceed directly to Step 5 of this article.
On the Quiz homepage navigate to the quiz to which you want to add questions. Then,
- Click on the black arrow next to the quiz name to open the quiz quickmenu
- Click on Edit to add questions to an existing quiz

- Click on Add/Edit Questions this will open the question menu for the quiz
For a new quiz, this is only possible after entering a name for the quiz.

Now, the Question Editor will open and you can choose to either (1) Add or (2) Import questions.

1. Adding quiz questions by creating them (one by one)
- Click on Add to create a question or a quiz section or a question pool
- Click on New Question to add a new question
It's now possible to select the type of question to add.

Several options of question types appear.
- Let's choose a Multiple Choice question (MC)

Now, the question editor opens.
When clicking in the text box, options will appear to:
- format text (bold, italics, underlined)
- to Add a File, Insert Stuff or insert equations
- and to enlarge the text editor field (last icon of four arrows) to access more text editor options
If you include a picture in the question, you need to insert this picture in the text editor, instead of copying and pasting it. See, how to insert image in the text editor.
Each answer's text box has the option of a text editor as in the Question Text box.
- Reorder answers by clicking on the vertical dots in front of the answer and dragging it up or down in the list.
- Add more answers by clicking on the Add Answer in blue letters
- Randomize answer order for each student by clicking on the Selectbox
- Choose Enumeration style by selecting one from the drop down menu
For Written Response (WR), Arithmetic (ORD), and Significant Figures (x10) quiz question types you have an additional option for students to Enable inserted images and attachments (Add a File, Record Audio, Record Video) as their answer.
By default the value is 1. The points cannot be eliminated, a value per question is always needed.
Click on:
- the blue button Save to close the Question editor and return to the list of questions
OR
- Click on the arrow on the blue button to choose from Save and New (to continue onto creating a next question) or Save and Copy (to copy the current question and edit it in the next step)
Optionally you can customize each question by clicking on the Options in blue letters above the Question Text box to :
- Add Feedback - per answer and/or overall feedback
- Add Hint - needs to be enabled in the quiz settings (Optional Advanced Properties)
- Add Short Description - you can add a description outside the Question text
- Add Custom Weights - per question answer
- Add/Remove Enumeration - by default enumeration is turned on
On the right side of the question editor you can see the preview of the question while you are creating its content.
After you have saved your question, the next view will appear where you can find all the questions that you created for this quiz.
13. (Optional) Click on Preview to open a new window where you will see how the questions look like for students
14. Click on Add to continue adding more questions to your quiz
15. When you are ready adding questions, click on Back to Settings

2. Adding quiz questions by importing them (from a file or Question Library)
You can also add questions to your quiz by importing them.
Follow the steps 1 to 5 from the section Adding quiz questions of this article. Then,
- Click on Import to import existing questions,
- From the drop-down menu choose:
- Upload a File to import questions from a file (only .csv and .zip files are supported), or
- Browse Question Library to import questions from the Question Library to this quiz

To import question from Question Library please continue to the article How to add questions to a Quiz from Question Library.
Follow the system's instructions of either of the options on importing questions to your quiz.
You now know how to add questions to a quiz in Brightspace!
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