Adding Questions to an Exam

Once you’ve created an exam, you’ll be prompted to use the Add Questions button to begin adding questions.
Ensure the exam is set to Draft Mode before adding questions. Once an exam is released or closed, you cannot edit its questions.

A Default Section is automatically created when you create an exam.
Use the Add Section button to create additional sections with custom titles and descriptions.
To add questions to a section, click the Add Questions button under the relevant section, which opens the Question Bank where you can add or create new questions for the exam.
To edit existing sections or questions within an exam, go to the Exams Tool, open the desired exam, and click the Manage Questions button.

Viewing and Selecting Questions: After clicking Add Questions, you’ll see a list of questions from the Question Bank with details like type, title, category, and tags. Use the Preview Question icon to view the full question or the Question Usage icon to see where it’s used.
Selecting Questions: Use the Select checkbox to choose questions. Selected questions will highlight in blue, and the count will appear at the top of the screen. Click Add Questions to add selected questions or Select All to add all listed questions.
Setting Point Values: Questions keep their original point value by default. To change it, click the point value and enter a new number before adding. You can also set a point value for all questions within a section by editing the section itself.
Extra Credit Questions: After selecting questions, you can mark them as Extra Credit. Note: Extra Credit questions cannot be added to sections set to randomly select questions, as this could lead to some students receiving extra credit while others do not.
Searching and Filtering: Use the Search box above the question list to find specific questions by keywords. Click Show Filters to filter questions by type, category, and tags. To access questions across all SOLE courses where you’re an administrator, use the drop-down in the filter menu.

To add a new question directly within the exam, click the Circle + button at the top left.
The question will automatically save to the Question Bank.
For details on creating questions, see Creating Exam Questions.

Editing and Removing Questions: Use the Manage Questions icon to review and edit questions within an exam. Each question has a pencil icon for edits and a trashcan icon to remove it from the exam. Adjust the point value by clicking the edit icon.
Editing and Syncing with Question Bank: Edits made in the Question Bank do not update questions in exams automatically. To edit a question within an exam, make changes directly in the exam. After editing, choose whether to save changes to the exam only or to both the exam and the Question Bank.
- Important: You can only edit questions in Draft Mode. Once the exam is released, questions can be viewed but not changed.
Viewing Question Usage Data: In the Question Bank, click the Preview Question icon below each question to see its usage history, including the number of times it’s been used and in which exams. To remove a question from the exam without deleting it from the Question Bank, click the trashcan icon below the question.