Question Groups are an optional tool that can be applied to the questions or items in an assessment, and allows users to align those questions to a common attribute, theme, or topic. Question Groups aid in data analysis when viewing assessment reports, providing an overall view of groups of questions with the chosen shared themes. This article walks through how to utilize Question Groups within Flexible and Item Bank assessments.
Before You Begin
Question Groups can be added to an assessment during assessment creation and/or when editing an existing Flexible or Item Bank assessment. This lesson begins assuming that an assessment has already been created and populated with questions.
To learn how to create a Flexible or Item Bank assessment, take a look at Creating a Flexible Assessment or Creating an Item Bank Assessment.
To learn how to edit an existing Flexible or Item Bank assessment, take a look at Editing Assessments.
Question Groups can also be added to Skills Assessments, but must be added while creating each Skills Assessment Question. To learn more, take a look at Add Skills Assessment Questions.
Flexible Assessments

- When creating a new Flexible assessment or editing an existing assessment, each question appears with a Question Groups option.
- Questions without linked Question Groups will appear with a + Question Groups button.
- Questions with Question Groups already linked will appear with a # Questions Groups button.
- To add or edit Question Groups linked to a question, select Question Groups.

- A dropdown list of existing Question Groups appears, listing Question Groups in alphabetical order.
- Use the Search field to filter the list of existing Question Groups.
- Select the desired Question Groups to link to the question from the list.
- Selected Question Groups appear with a green checkmark.
- Select linked Question Groups from the list again to unlink the Question Group.
- The number of linked Question Groups updates in real time.

- If a desired Question Group doesn't exist, no listed options appear when entered into the Search field.
- To create a new Question Group, type out the desired Question Group name in the Search field, and press [Enter].

- The newly created Question Group is automatically linked to the question, and appears selected at the top of the Question Group dropdown list.
Item Bank Assessments

- When creating a new Item Bank assessment or editing an existing assessment, each item appears with a Question Groups option. Items without linked Question Groups will appear with a + Question Groups button.
- Items with Question Groups already linked will appear with a # Questions Groups button.
- To enable or disable preset Question Groups for the entire assessment, select the Settings gear icon.

- Select the Question Groups tab. The preset Question Groups linked to the items on the assessment appear.
- The current preset Question Groups include:
- Depth of Knowledge
- Difficulty Level
- Item Type
- Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
- Preset Question Groups are linked to items during item creation. Item Type is linked automatically, but the other Question Groups are linked by adding the relevant Tags to the item.
- If no item in an assessment is linked to a preset Question Group, that group will not appear to be enabled.
- The current preset Question Groups include:
- The # of Questions in the assessment linked to the associated Question Group is listed.
- The Question names linked to the associated Question Group are listed.
- Select the toggle to Enable or Disable the Question Groups for the items listed under that category.
- All preset Question Groups are default set to Disabled.
- Multiple or all preset Question Groups may be Enabled.
- Select the X to exit the Assessment Settings popup window and return to the assessment.

- Enabled preset Question Groups automatically populate for each relevant item. These appear under the item Question Groups dropdown list with a green checkmark and the word "Default."

- Custom Question Groups can be added to items separately from the preset Question Groups. To add a custom Question Group, select the Question Group button for the desired item.
- A list of existing Question Groups appears in alphabetical order. Select desired Question Groups from the list to link them to the item. Selected Question Groups appear with a green checkmark. Select a Question Group again to unlink it from the item.
- Use the Search bar to filter the Question Group list.
- Select the gear icon to open the preset Question Groups popup window.

- If a desired Question Group doesn't exist, no listed options appear when entered into the Search field.
- To create a new Question Group, type out the desired Question Group name in the Search field, and press [Enter].

- The newly created Question Group is automatically linked to the question, and appears selected at the top of the Question Group dropdown list.
Next Steps
To learn more about assessment functions, take a look at the other articles in the Assessment Basics manual.