There are numerous ways of sharing questions between courses. This user guide explores how to export questions from one course and import them into another.

Step 1: Exporting Questions

1. 1. In the settings menu for your module select Question bank.
   2. Then click Export.
      
   3. Select Moodle XML format
   4. Select the ‘Export category’
   5. Click on EXPORT QUESTIONS TO FILE.

In this example I have exported the file to my desktop.

Step 2: Importing questions

Go to the course where you want the questions to appear:

1. 1. In the settings menu select Question bank.
   2. Click on Import.
      
   3. Select Moodle XML format.
   4. Click on CHOOSE A FILE and select the XML file that you just exported.
   5. Click IMPORT.

Step 3: Accessing your imported question

1. 1. In the settings menu select Question bank.
   2. Click on Questions.

1. Click on the Select a category drop down menu.
2. Select your imported ‘Questions’. A new category will have been added to your course which contains the new ‘Questions’. They are automatically added to a new ‘Category’. This ‘Category’ is named after the course where these questions originally came from. In this example I have selected ‘Richard’s test area’ and I can see that it contains seven questions (displayed as (7)).

The imported questions are then shown underneath when the category is selected from the drop down menu.

Here is a link to moodle docs on question categories.

Produced by the the E-Learning Unit at Queen Mary University of London.