Canvas New Quizzes: Best Practices for Item Banks, Images, Equations.

What Are Item Banks?

Item Banks allow you to store and reuse quiz questions across multiple courses and assessments. Unlike Classic Quizzes, New Quizzes tie item banks to individual instructors (not courses), so sharing permissions must be set manually.

Key Features:

• Private by Default: New item banks are only visible to you unless shared.
• Shared Access: You can grant editing or viewing rights to other instructors.
• Linked Questions: Edits to a banked question update all quizzes using it.

How to Create & Share an Item Bank

1. Create a Bank:
   • Go to New Quizzes Item Banks.
   • Click + Bank, name it, and check "Share to this course" (critical step!).
2. Share with Others:
   • Open the bank, click Share, and add collaborators (e.g., co-instructors).
3. Use in Quizzes:
   • When building a quiz, select "Find Questions" to pull from your banks.

3. Adding Equations (Without Errors)

Issue:

Equations may appear as:

• Broken links
• Blank spaces
• Pop-ups in new tabs

If Equations Break:

• Recreate them directly in Canvas.
• Report persistent issues to Canvas Support with screenshots.
   

4. Editing Quizzes After Students Submit

Problem:

• If students have taken a quiz, editing questions may trigger:

  "Some students have already submitted. You can apply edits to a copy."

Solutions:

1. Reset Test Student Attempts before editing:
   • Go to Course Settings Sections Remove test student attempts.
      
2. Duplicate the question if locked, then update the copy.
    

5. Preventing Future Issues