This lesson reviews how to duplicate an itembank assessment. Itembank Assessments are typically only available for the author to duplicate or copy in their own account. When shared to others, the itembank assessment can only be duplicated with certain permissions assigned to the user.
Contact your District Administrator for questions or to enable permissions.
Why Duplicate an Itembank Assessment?
Itembank Assessments once published are locked from further editing and cannot be changed once published by the author or creator. Users, with permissions or as the acting author, can duplicate or make a copy of an itembank assessment that will create an editable version of the existing assessment to then edit, revise, and refine. Once complete, the assessment must be published again in order to be available for sharing to others and administration to students.
Where to Start
- Go to Assessments.
- Select View Assessments.
- Click the title of the assessment you'd like to duplicate.
Duplicate from the Assessment in Illuminate
- Select Advanced.
- Click Duplicate Itembank Assessment.
- You will be prompted to select how you want to duplicate or make a copy of the assessment. Duplicate as provides two options:
- Not Published (most common) creates an editable copy in the itembank account
- Published creates a published non-editable copy sent directly to the Illuminate Assessments > List Assessments
- Select Duplicate to confirm the duplicate copy or Cancel to stop the duplication process.
Once duplicated, you will be taken to the Illuminate Itembank to a "Copy of" the assessment.
Duplicate from the Illuminate Itembank
If you are the author of an itembank assessment:
1. Select Assessments.
2. Then, under Itembank, select Visit Itembank.
- Click Assessments to access itembank assessments that have been created in your account.
- Find the assessment that you wish to duplicate and select the duplicate icon on the right-hand side.
When the duplicate icon is selected, a window will appear to confirm the task. Select OK or Cancel to move forward with the process.
Rename, Edit/Revise, and Publish
Once duplicated, you will be taken to the Illuminate Itembank to a "Copy of" the assessment.
- Edit and adjust the Title (1), removing the "Copy of" and refining the name of the assessment to something different than the original.
- Click Next or Go Back (2) to edit and refine the assessment as needed using the Itembank tools available.
- When the assessment is complete and ready as final version, select Step 6 Publish (3).
- Return to Illuminate (4) to start the administration process with students, share with other users, and other assessment tools available.
Next Steps
Once your assessment is published, learn about Sharing an Assessment.