Editing Question Banks

We know that you may need to make changes to the Question Banks in Carousel, so that the most accurate material is available to your students or to tailor it to your classroom or curriculum needs. Carousel has you covered.

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This guide covers:

Editing Private Question Banks

Editing Non-Private Question Banks

Copying and Editing Community and Premium Question Banks

Collaboratively Editing Question Banks (Platinum only)

Using the Question Bank Editor

C-Scores and Editing Question Banks

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Editing Private Question Banks

If you have uploaded your own Question Bank as a 'Private' Question Bank:

• Click on the ACTIONS menu (3 dots) and select EDIT QUESTIONS.
• Confirm any changes.

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Editing Community, School or MAT Question Banks

If you are the author of a Community, School, or MAT Question Bank, you can edit this Question Bank in the same way as you edit a 'Private' Question Bank.

• Click on the ACTIONS menu (3 dots) and select EDIT QUESTIONS.
• Confirm any changes.

• Non-private Question Banks work on a 'version' basis, meaning that when edits are made and submitted, a new 'version' of that Question Bank is created.

• Other teachers who have that Community/School/MAT Question Bank in their dashboard will see an UPDATE icon next to the Question Bank once changes have been made by the author.

  

• Changes can be reviewed via the ACTIONS menu.
• Updates can be accepted or rejected.
• Editing the name of a Question Bank after it has been published will only edit the name in the Community and will not rename the Question Bank for anyone who has already downloaded it into their Dashboard.
• Archiving a Question Bank after it has been published will remove it from the Community, anyone who has already downloaded it into their Dashboard will continue to have access to it. 

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Copying and Editing Premium and Community Question Banks

You can make a copy of Community (all users) and Premium (Platinum only) Question Banks that you like but wish to tailor. 

• Navigate to the Community.
• Click ADD on any Community or Premium Question Bank.
• Select MAKE AN EDITABLE COPY.

• A copy of the Question Bank will appear as a PRIVATE Question Bank on your My Question Banks Dashboard.
• An editable copy of a Community or Premium Question Bank can also be created from your dashboard.

• A private copy can be edited in the same way as a Private Question Bank.
• EDIT DETAILS in the ACTIONS menu allows you to:
  • Edit the name to make it identifiable from the original.
  • Choose the audience to SCHOOL or MAT if desired.

NOTE: You cannot share your new copy to back to the Community.

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Collaboratively Editing Question Banks (Platinum only)

If you are the author of a Community, School, or MAT Question Bank, you can invite other users from within your organisation to collaborate on the Question Bank.

Click on the ACTIONS menu of the Question Bank.

Select COLLABORATE.

This will generate a URL specific to the Question Bank and copy it to the clipboard on your computer. 

Share this link with your colleagues.

Full details on Collaborative Question Bank editing is available here.

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Using the Question Bank Editor

The interactive table in Carousel to easily make edits and add images to any Question Bank you have created, have made an editable copy of or have a collaborative link for.

• Select EDIT QUESTIONS in the ACTIONS menu.

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  Double click on any question, answer or topic field to edit it.

• Browse for images or drag and drop them directly into the Question Bank; it is then possible to see them in preview.
• Questions can be added by pressing the ADD QUESTION button at the top of the table or by right clicking in the left hand menu.

• If you have prepared a section of Question Bank in a spreadsheet this can copied and pasted into the table, provided the column details align.
• Once complete, just click SUBMIT CHANGES.

Top Tips

• Move around the table using your cursor arrows.
• Select a block of questions by holding shift while clicking on the first and last in the range.
• Select multiple separate questions at once, by holding the control key while clicking on each question.
• To delete multiple questions, select them and use the delete key on the keyboard to remove them.
• Reorder a question or block of questions by selecting them and grabbing the dots on the left to drop them into position.
• Press the '+ ADD QUESTION' > 'ADD MULTIPLE QUESTIONS' at the top of the table to create rows at the bottom of the table.
• Right click in any cell to add line/s above or below.
• Right click in any cell and select 'Insert copied questions below' to paste questions from your clipboard.
• The limit for both the question field and the answer field is 700 characters.

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C-Scores and Editing Question Banks

• Making changes to a question, answer or topic or removing an image will reset any C-score data for that question. 
• Accepting updates to a Question Bank, where changes have been made (rather than additional questions added), will also affect the C-scores of any amended questions.
• Replacing or adding an image will not affect the C-score.
• Changing the order of the Questions will not affect the C-Scores.

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For information on uploading your own Question Bank, please find the full guide here.

For details on how to download a Question Bank into an xlsx format for editing, click here.

If you have any questions about editing Question Banks, please let us know at [e-mail]