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Import questions from your LMS or test bank

Import questions from Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Moodle, or a publisher test bank into Akindi. Export your LMS quiz or test bank as a QTI zip file, then upload it to Akindi.

Written by Christa Plumley

Already have your questions in an LMS quiz or a publisher test bank? Export them as a QTI file and upload that file to Akindi. Akindi imports the questions, answers, answer key, and question groups, so you skip converting everything to a Word document first.

1. Export your questions

Export the questions you want on this assessment as a QTI zip file from your LMS or publisher test bank.

šŸ’” Import one assessment at a time
Akindi imports the questions for a single assessment. It doesn't support importing an entire question bank Before you export, select or copy just the questions for this assessment.

Canvas

To export your Canvas quizzes to QTI file:

  1. Click 'Settings' in the course navigation.

  2. Click 'Export Course Content'.

  3. Select 'Quiz Export'.

  4. Select the quiz to export.

  5. Click 'Create Export'.

  6. Click the 'New Export' link when the export finishes.

šŸ’” For more detailed instructions, visit Canvas' exporting quiz content from a course guide.

Blackboard Ultra

  1. Move the questions for this assessment into a new question bank.

  2. Open the 'Question Banks' page.

  3. Select the ellipsis next to your question bank.

  4. Select 'Export QTI 2.1 Package'.

šŸ’” For more detailed instructions, visit Blackboard's Export a question bank as a QTI package guide.

Brightspace D2L

  1. Click 'Course Admin'.

  2. Click 'Import/Export/Copy Components'.

  3. Select 'Export as Brightspace Package', then click 'Start'.

  4. Select 'Quizzes'.

  5. Select 'Select individual items to export', then click 'Continue'.

  6. Select your quiz, then click 'Continue'.

  7. Select 'Include course files in the export package' if your quiz has images.

  8. Click 'Export'.

  9. Download the zip file when the export finishes.

šŸ’” For more detailed instructions, visit D2L's Export course components guide.

Publisher test banks

Download the QTI version of the test bank from your publisher's instructor site. Choose the chapters or sections you need, not the whole bank.

2. Upload to Akindi

1. Click 'Create Assessment'.

Click create assessment

2. Select your course.

3. Enter a title.

4. Click 'Next'.

Select course from dropdown menu, enter assessment name

5. Select 'Start with questions'.

Start with questions

6. Select QTI (.zip) file. Click 'Upload'.

šŸ’” Keep the file zipped
Some browsers, including Safari on Mac, unzip downloads automatically. If your export downloaded as a folder, compress it back to a zip file before uploading.

Select zip file

3. Review your questions

Akindi flags any issues on the left side of the screen. Check each of these before you continue:

  1. Click the 'Issues' box to jump to each flagged question.

  2. Confirm every question has the correct answer marked.

  3. Check that images, tables, and equations were imported as expected.

  4. Check that question groups kept their shared context.

Edit anything that needs fixing directly in Akindi.

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