Duplicate an Item Bank Assessment – DnA & ISE

Item Bank assessments can be duplicated to create an identical Item Bank assessment in an unpublished state. This allows assessment creators to update an existing assessment to swap out, remove, or add items, without having to start from scratch. This lesson provides users the step by step on duplicating an Item Bank assessment.

Where to Start

Go to Assessments.
Select View Assessments.

Duplicate an Assessment from View Assessments

The View Assessments page, with the Action button labeled as step 3, and the Duplicate option labeled as step 4.

Find the desired assessment in the list. Then, select Actions.
Select Duplicate.

Select Duplicate to confirm duplication. Once completed, the duplicated assessment opens in the Item Bank automatically to start editing.

Any materials attached to the assessment are not duplicated onto the new assessment. Please upload any materials to the duplicated assessment after publishing as needed.

An example duplicated assessment, with the assessment title labeled as step 6, the Exit button labeled as step 7, and the Done button labeled as step 8.

The duplicate assessment opens in an unpublished state, with "Copy of" added to the title. Make edits to the name, questions, and more as needed.
Select Exit to go back to the Browse Items page. The unpublished assessment can be accessed in the Draft Item Bank tab of View Assessments to continue editing later.
Select Done after making changes to Publish the assessment.

Duplicate from Within an Assessment

An example assessment overview page, with the Duplicate icon labeled as step 4.

Select the title of the desired assessment.
Select the Duplicate icon at the top of the assessment.

Select Duplicate to confirm duplication. Once completed, the duplicated assessment opens in the Item Bank automatically to start editing.

Next Steps

Want to create your own items to use in an assessment? Visit Create Item Bank Items for more information.