When to Use?
A Question Bank is a collection of questions that is stored for repeated use. You can import question banks for use in assessments in your courses. Instructors typically use banks to create a database of questions they can reuse in multiple assessments.
Question Banks in Blackboard Ultra are the same as Question Pools in Blackboard Original. You can use question banks to share questions between multiple assessments. You can import question banks from other courses and resources. When you select bank questions for an assessment, copies of the questions are created and added to the assessment. You can edit the copies in your assessment without concern as your other assessments won't be affected. Changes you make to one instance of the question or content aren't reflected in the other instances. If you want changes to show in all instances, you must find and edit each copied instance individually.
NOTE: You can import question pools or files from outside resources into your course. Only ZIP files are supported.
Procedure
On the Course Content page, select Manage banks in the Details & Actions panel. On the Question banks page, select the plus icon and browse for one or more ZIP files to import.
As the file imports, you can view the supported question types. You'll receive a success message when the file imports successfully. You'll also receive a message if the file or some question types weren't uploaded.
The message can take some time to generate. You can refresh the page to see if the import was successful or not. You'll also receive an email when the operation is completed.
The most recently imported bank appears first on the list. An exclamation icon appears in banks where one or more unsupported questions were removed.
