NOTE: Item Banks will not be available in a Canvas course site until a Quiz using the New Quizzes engine has been created.
- Item Banks are question pools used exclusively in New Quizzes.
- You can use your item banks in any course where you have permission to create and edit a quiz using New Quizzes.
Create an Item Bank
In Course Navigation, click Item Banks. You may also access Item Banks from the New Quizzes Build page.
- Click + Bank.
- In the Bank Name field,enter the name of the item bank.
- Share the new item bank to the current course by clicking the Share checkbox.
- Click the Create Bank button to save the item bank.
- The new item bank will appear when selecting the Shared With Me and Shared With Courses view.
You can now begin adding questions into the new Item Bank.
Add a Question to an Item Bank
In Course Navigation, click Item Banks.
- Under the Filter By drop-list, click Shared with Me if the Item Bank is not appearing by default.
- Click the title of the Item Bank.
- Click + New.
- Select a new question type.
- Create the new question.
- Click Done to save the question to the Item Bank.
Create a Question and Add It To An Item Bank in Quiz Creation Process
- Click Quizzes and select the quiz title or + Quiz to create a new quiz
- Click Build.
- Click + to add and select a new question type.

- Create the new question.
- Click Item Banking drop-menu to expand options.
- Click Add to Bank.
- Select New item bank and enter the new bank title in the available field or select to add it to an existing item bank.
- Click Add.
- NOTE: This method does not share a newly created Item Bank with the course.
- Click Item Banks either in New Quizzes build page or in course navigation.
- Under the Filter By drop-list, select Shared with Me and the Item Bank will appear.
- Select the title of the item bank to open it. Select the checkbox in the upper left corner to share the item bank with the current site.