# How do I create a question bank in a course?

Question Banks are a place to house questions that can be added to quizzes across courses or accounts.

## Open Quizzes

<div data-step-uuid="ABE1EA41-D80B-410F-B5C2-4FCB0C220EEA" id="bkmrk-"><div data-step-uuid="ABE1EA41-D80B-410F-B5C2-4FCB0C220EEA"><div>![Open Quizzes](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/758/592/original/90a9b5d8-2335-452c-b774-a8a5c57c10b1.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>In Course Navigation, click the **Quizzes** link.

## Manage Question Banks

<div data-step-uuid="A7B56FCF-13E7-4246-AA21-83EA2418BEFE" id="bkmrk--0"><div data-step-uuid="A7B56FCF-13E7-4246-AA21-83EA2418BEFE"><div>![Manage Question Banks](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/234/297/original/ffd27535-acec-4ecf-8f47-5cdda6191ecc.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Click the **Options** icon \[1\] and click the **Manage Question Banks** link \[2\].

## Add Question Bank

<div data-step-uuid="7AE01767-3FDC-4B41-B3CF-F9D27626FD4E" id="bkmrk--1"><div data-step-uuid="7AE01767-3FDC-4B41-B3CF-F9D27626FD4E"><div>![Add Question Bank](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/839/548/original/b2805951-d201-437a-94eb-d2f4552f8f4f.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Click the **Add Question Bank** button.

## Create Question Bank

<div data-step-uuid="D30E0984-0F22-4E2D-8A4D-467A4B6EEF2F" id="bkmrk--2"><div data-step-uuid="D30E0984-0F22-4E2D-8A4D-467A4B6EEF2F"><div>![Create Question Bank](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/839/552/original/856b2644-06bd-458f-b404-da859b2e5c39.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Name the question bank and press Return (on a Mac keyboard ) or Enter (on a PC keyboard).

## Open Question Bank

<div data-step-uuid="65A6AC8F-4823-4085-95AD-D2F76BC3EAB6" id="bkmrk--3"><div data-step-uuid="65A6AC8F-4823-4085-95AD-D2F76BC3EAB6"><div>![Open Question Bank](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/839/550/original/eada1637-4302-4ebc-912a-5c0ce47a5b04.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Open the question bank by clicking the title of the question bank.

## Question Bank Options

<div data-step-uuid="A6D34057-C507-4A9E-AB51-CA1F2ADD3CA1" id="bkmrk--4"><div data-step-uuid="A6D34057-C507-4A9E-AB51-CA1F2ADD3CA1"><div>![Question Bank Options](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/767/380/original/37154642-153e-4b26-a91a-03e2422cc6d3.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>After opening the Question Bank, you can:

<div data-step-uuid="A6D34057-C507-4A9E-AB51-CA1F2ADD3CA1" id="bkmrk-add-a-question-edit-"><div><div>1. Add a Question
2. Edit Question Bank Details
3. Move Multiple Questions
4. Delete Question Bank
5. Verify Question Bank [Bookmark](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-bookmark-or-unbookmark-a-question-bank-in-a-course/ta-p/1231) (by default new Question Banks are bookmarked automatically)
6. Align Outcomes

</div></div></div>## Add a Question

<div data-step-uuid="5CDAC62A-D92A-4AEC-9A45-3CE04163E3E2" id="bkmrk--5"><div data-step-uuid="5CDAC62A-D92A-4AEC-9A45-3CE04163E3E2"><div>[![Add a Question](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/767/363/medium/8a7e4638-d2b7-4cb5-bea5-56148c4df5b3.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/767/363/original/8a7e4638-d2b7-4cb5-bea5-56148c4df5b3.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Click the **Add a Question** button.

## Create New Questions

<div data-step-uuid="5FEA6101-B54B-4BE0-A888-A511833F6088" id="bkmrk--6"><div data-step-uuid="5FEA6101-B54B-4BE0-A888-A511833F6088"><div>[![Create New Questions](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/004/051/281/medium/74185fc2-9e4e-44eb-a516-e757557e1547.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/004/051/281/original/74185fc2-9e4e-44eb-a516-e757557e1547.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Add as many [individual questions](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-create-a-quiz-with-individual-questions/ta-p/1248) as you wish to your question bank. Click the **Update Question** button to save your changes.

## View Questions

<div data-step-uuid="a91185a3-a7db-418e-acbe-40d7f7d1695d" id="bkmrk--7"><div data-step-uuid="a91185a3-a7db-418e-acbe-40d7f7d1695d"><div>[![View Questions](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/767/359/medium/a445151f-9e1d-48c4-a363-29bdea0e690f.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/767/359/original/a445151f-9e1d-48c4-a363-29bdea0e690f.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>View the questions in your question bank. To view question details, click the **Show Question Details** checkbox.

Now you can reference this single bank of questions in many different quizzes.

**Note:** Questions details are not available in question banks with more than 50 questions.

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