You can use the “import/export/copy” tool in Course Admin to export a question library. Follow these steps to export. Click Course Admin. Click Import/Export/Copy components. Select Export. Click Start. Select Question Library and “Select individual items to export”. Click Continue. The next page shows all of your available question libraries for the current course. Select the one or ones you want to export and click continue. You will see a confirmation screen. Click Continue. Once it is complete, click the Finish button. Click on the link that says, “Click here to download the export Zip package”. Click Done once the download is complete.   Give this zip file to anyone you are sharing the question library with. They will use the import/export/copy function to import the question library into their course.

Follow the steps below to import questions from an existing quiz in D2L into the question library within that course.  Go to the Question Library.  Click on Import > Browse Existing Questions. A panel will open where you will need to use the source drop down menu in the top right to select a quiz from your course to edit.  From here, check the boxes for the questions you would like to import to the question library. You can also select the quiz to view and copy questions from by clicking on the "source" drop down menu, located near the top of the panel.

Importing test bank files in IMSCC format is easy because IMSCC files are, what are referred to as, "common cartridge" files, meaning that they can be imported into any LMS that follows the IMS standards for learning tools. The steps to import an IMSCC test bank file is as follows:  Access the course and click on Course Admin.  Click on Import/Export/Copy Components. Select Import Components > From a course package.  Click Start.  Click Upload and select the IMSCC file to import or simply drag the IMSCC file onto the upload button.  Click "Import All Components" to import the entire test bank into the course or select "Advanced Options" to select individual items to import.  Depending on the size of the test bank file it may take a few moments to upload, convert, and import the test bank into Brightspace.  Once it is done you should see the tests listed when you go to Toolbox > Quizzes.  If you experience any trouble while importing an IMSCC file into Brightspace, please contact Wayne in the Technology Assistance Center for assistance.

In some cases you may want to not have quizzes publish grades to the gradebook automatically, or perhaps you forgot to enable automatic export of quiz grades to the gradebook and need to manually publish the grades so the students can see them. The instructions below will explain how to accomplish this.  Go to Toolbox > Quizzes.  Click on the more actions arrow to the right of the quiz name.  Click on Grade, from the "More Actions" menu.  Make sure all student submissions you wish to publish feedback and grades for are showing on this page. If they are not, change the setting at the bottom of the page to something like "100 per page" and wait for the page to reload so that they are all showing. Click on the "select all" checkbox, located just to the left of the column header that reads "First Name, Last Name", and click on the link above the list that says "Publish Feedback".  If prompted to save changes, click save. 

If you have created a grading scheme in a course and wish to use it in another course that you are not copying over content from a previous course with that grading scheme, it is possible and simple to copy just the grading scheme into the current course following these instructions.  1. From your current course, click on Grades > Schemes > More Actions > Copy. 2. Type the name of your grading scheme (as it appears in the previous course) in the search box and hit enter or click on the magnifying glass. Click the "radio button" to the left of the scheme you wish to copy. Change the name of the grading scheme, if you wish. Click the "Copy" button.  3. At this point the scheme has been copied to the current course but is not set as the default grading scheme for this course. To set it to be the default, click on the small green checkmark in the right-hand column.  4. When you receive the confirmation box, click on "Yes".  5. You should now see your grading scheme with a checkmark in the left column, indicating that it is now the default grading scheme for this course.

The instructions below explain how to copy a rubric from one course that you have instructor access to into another course that you have instructor access to.  Navigate to the course that you are trying to import the rubric into.  Click on "Course Admin". Click on "Import/Export/Copy Components". Leave the radio button on "Copy Components From Another Org Unit" and click on "Search For Offering".  Search for the course you are trying to copy the rubric from. You can use the name, course code, year, year with term (201930, for example).  Select the course by clicking the radio button to the left of its name and click "Add Selected".  Click the "Select Components" button. Very important note: If you click on Copy All Components, you will be copying the entire course into this course, so be sure to click on "Select Components". On the next page, scroll down to Rubrics and check the box next to the title Rubrics.  If you want to copy all Rubrics from the previous course, select "Copy all items".  If you want to copy a specific rubric from the previous course, select "Select individual items to copy".  Click "Continue". Select the individual Rubric(s) you wish to copy and click "Continue".  If you need to offset dates from the previous course you can do so here, otherwise just click "Finish". 

To create a grade column that displays an average of a gouping of grade items to the student, such as their average exam grade, do the following:  Go to Grades > Manage Grades Click New > Item On the "Choose a Grade Item Type" page, select "Calculated".  Give the gradebook item a name, such as Exam Average.  Do not select a category.  In the "Grade Item to Include" list near the bottom of the page, select all of the items you want to factor into this average. If the items are under a category, such as exams, then you can just select the category to select all of the items within it.  Click "Save and Close".  Please note: if you ever add a quiz or exam that should be factored into this average, you will need to edit this gradebook item to add the new gradebook items to the average. 

Instructors can view a log of all events that occurred, with timestamps, during a student's quiz attempt.  Go to Toolbox > Quizzes. Click the More Actions arrow to the right of the quiz name. Click Grade. Locate the student and click Attempt 1, or whatever attempt you want to view if you allowed multiple attempts.  Click View Event Log, which is located near the top of the page.