Transferring tests (quizzes) from one university to another

I have several tests (quizzes) in my completed course at one university. However, I am currently teaching the same course at another university. Because of all the coding and time involved in creating a major test on Canvas, I would like to transfer that content from my one account to the other. How do I do that? Thank you for any advice.

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Chris_Hofer

Good morning, @WilliamSwanger ...

This should be quite easy for you to do. Here are the steps:

You'll want to export your quizzes from the course where all the quizzes currently live. You can use this Guide to export your quizzes from Canvas...which I think will give you a downloadable *.imscc file or a *.zip file. How do I export quiz content from a course?
In your other Canvas environment, log into the course where you want to import the quizzes into. Use this Guide to import the file that you had downloaded from your other Canvas environment into this course. How do I import a Canvas course export package?

Hopefully, once this is done, your quizzes will appear the way you want.

Please keep us posted here in the Community if you have any questions about this...thank you!

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Chris_Hofer

Good morning, @WilliamSwanger ...

This should be quite easy for you to do. Here are the steps:

You'll want to export your quizzes from the course where all the quizzes currently live. You can use this Guide to export your quizzes from Canvas...which I think will give you a downloadable *.imscc file or a *.zip file. How do I export quiz content from a course?
In your other Canvas environment, log into the course where you want to import the quizzes into. Use this Guide to import the file that you had downloaded from your other Canvas environment into this course. How do I import a Canvas course export package?

Hopefully, once this is done, your quizzes will appear the way you want.

Please keep us posted here in the Community if you have any questions about this...thank you!

WilliamSwanger

Thank you so much. I will try this and let you know if it works. I appreciate the support!

WilliamSwanger

Thank you again for the information. It worked extremely well. There may have been one or two items that did not exactly follow the instructions, but they were minor. I was slightly confused by the import function as I had to select files to import from within the ZIP file, but the correct ones imported and are in the correct place in the course at the university at which I am teaching this semester. I have to double-check the tests to make sure the questions and answers are synchronized correctly but everything so far appears to be in order. This process saved me hours of work. Thank you again!

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