When accessing the question bank, you may see a number of questions for the default selected category and a range of options available.

How to create a new question in the question bank

1. Choose a category using the dropdown box at the top of the Question Bank page.
2. Click the Create a new question button above the list of questions in that category:
   
3. Choose a question type and click Add, then configure the settings for your new question.
4. Click the Save Changes button to save the new question and return to the question bank. Your new question should now appear in the list of questions on this page.

To learn more about question settings, please see LEO Guides: How to add questions to a quiz.

For more information about the question types and the settings for each type see Moodle Docs 3.9 - Question Types.

How to filter the questions displayed

• Use the Select a category dropdown box to show only questions in the chosen category.
• Type a tag name into the Tag Filter search box to show only questions with the chosen tag.

How to edit existing questions

For each question in the list you may click the Edit link to access a list of functions to perform on that question:

These functions are:

1. Edit question - edit the settings for this question.
2. Duplicate - make a copy of the question.
3. Manage tags - add and edit the tags for this question (may also be edited in the question settings).
4. Preview - preview how this question will appear to students.
5. Delete - remove the question from the question bank and all quizzes that use it.
6. Export as Moodle XML - save this question as an XML file to import into a different quiz.

How to move one or more questions into a category

When editing the settings for a question, you can change the category setting for that particular question. You can also move questions into a category from the question bank:

1. Using the checkboxes, select the questions you want to move into a category:
   
2. Select the category to move them to from the dropdown box below the list of questions:
   
3. Click the Move to >> button. You will then be taken to the category page where you should see the category selected, including questions you moved.

You may also edit the settings for a specific question and change the category setting to one of your choosing.

You can organise questions in the question bank into categories and sub-categories. You may wish to group questions by their type (such as multiple choice or short answer), their purpose in the unit (formative, summative) or by theme (topic, genre, etc.). Some other example may be "mid-semester quiz" with sub-categories of "knowledge questions", "understanding questions" and "skills-based questions".

Categories are also necessary if you intend to use randomly selected questions. Using categories allows you to add a random question from a specific category rather than from all the available questions in your question bank.

1. Navigate to your unit in LEO.
2. Click the Cog icon to open the Unit Administration menu, then choose the More option:
   
3. Click the Question Bank link in the Categories section.
   Note: The Categories link is also available in the Tool Administration menu when you are editing your quiz by clicking the Cog icon, and as a Categories tab at the top of the Question Bank page.

By default, all questions are added to a Default unit category. For more information about categories refer to MoodleDocs: Question categories

How to create a new category

On the main Categories page, below the list of existing categories, you should see a heading called New category, where you may create a new category:

1. Choose a parent category from the Parent category dropdown box (your new category will become a sub-category of this).
2. Enter a Name for your new category.
3. Enter some information about the new category in the Category info box (optional).
4. Click the Add category button.

You will then be taken back to the categories page, where you should see your new category.

How to edit existing categories

On the Categories page, you should see existing categories, with sub-categories nested under their parent categories:

Each category shows the number of questions in this category in parenthesis after the name of the category. The additional functions you may access for each category are:

• Delete: Click the Trash icon to remove this category. Questions in the category are not deleted - you will be prompted to choose another category to move questions to).
• Edit: click the Cog icon to edit the settings of this category.
• Move to top level: Click the Arrow icon to move this category up to the same level as the Parent category.

If you wish to move questions into new categories, see the previous section on this page for instructions on how to move questions.

You can save your questions from the question bank, either all questions or just a single category of questions (including its sub-categories), and then upload this file into another unit.

Exporting questions

1. In your LEO unit, click the Cog icon to open the Unit Administration menu, then choose the More option.
2. Under the Question Bank category click the Export link.
3. Under the File Format heading, select the Moodle XML format option.
4. Under the General heading, use the Export category dropdown box to choose the specific category you wish to export, or choose the Default category for the unit to export all questions in the unit.
5. Check the Write category to file and Write context to file options if you want the existing category structure to be recreated in the unit you are importing them into (if not, they will be all added to the Default category)
6. Click the Export questions to file button.
7. Save the file to your computer. This file may now be used when importing questions into another unit.

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