You can specify that a random selection of questions is presented each time a student takes an assessment.
When you create an assessment, you can use question pools to be sure each student receives a different version of the assessment.
About question pools
On the Add Question Pool page, you can browse, preview, filter, and select questions from other assessments and question banks in the course you're currently in. You can view the questions, but you can't make edits until you add the question pool to your assessment.
- Use a keyword search to find questions to add.
- You choose the number of questions from a pool to display to students. For example, you can show 3 questions out of 50. The questions are then randomly distributed so each student sees a different set of 3 questions.
- You can display all the questions in a pool. Questions appear in a random order for each student.
- After you make your selections, you set the same points possible for all questions in the pool.
- You can delete questions in a pool. The question is removed from the pool, but not deleted from your course.
- In the student view, questions randomly selected from a pool appear just as other questions do. Students won't know the questions are from a pool.
You can't add question pools to assessments when these settings or conditions exist:
- You've added a rubric to your assessment.
- You've chosen to collect submissions offline.
- Students have opened the assessment.
Add a question pool
In an assessment, select the plus sign and then select Add question pool from the menu. The question pool is inserted at this point in the assessment.
Add Question Pool page
On small devices, the Filter Criteria panel is closed by default.
On the Add Question Pool page, select Filter to open the Filter Criteria panel. Select the assessments, question banks, and question types to include in the pool. As you make selections, the number of selected items appears above the panel next to Filter. Select the X to close the panel and increase the area to view questions.
In the Filter Criteria panel, you can perform a basic search by keyword. After you enter one keyword, another field appears. Each applicable keyword may increase the number of results.
View questions
On the Add Question Pool page, you can expand questions to view them.
Select questions
As you make selections in the Filter Criteria panel, the number of selected items appears next to Filter. In the active filter area on the right, select the questions you want to add. You can view how many questions you've selected at the bottom of the screen.
Select Clear all to clear the Filter Criteria selections. Selected questions remain selected.
To remove selected questions, clear their checkboxes. Or use Select all and Clear all to remove all questions at one time.
You can't edit the questions or the points on the Add Question Pool page.
