To export content from your Canvas course, follow the instructions below:

• Go to Settings in the Canvas site where you'd like to export the assessment
• Select Export Course Content.
• Click the radio button for Quiz Export [1]. Choose the Quizzes you want to export [2]. Click the Create Export button [3]. Note: When you create an export, Canvas will generate an export archive [4] where you can download prior export files.
  
  
• When the export is complete, click the New Export link.
  
  

Note: Content exports expire after 30 days and can no longer be downloaded.

To import content into your Canvas course, follow the steps below:

• Go to Settings in the Canvas site where you'd like to upload the assessment.
• Select Import Course Content.
• In the Content-Type field, select QTI .zip file 
• In the Source field, upload the appropriate exported .zip file.
• You can then choose to import using Classic Quizzes or New Quizzes: 
  • If you want to import into a Classic Quizzes question bank, use the Default Question Bank field. 
  • If you want to import using New Quizzes, check the Import existing quizzes as New Quizzes box. If you select this, you cannot use Question Banks.
• Click Import.
  • When the import is completed, you can look for your imported assessment in Quizzes, Question Banks (for Classic Quizzes), or Item Banks (for New Quizzes). You can then check your assessment for import errors and edit as needed.

Selecting Specific Course Content if Mass Importing

• After clicking Import, wait until a gray Select Course Content box appears under Current Jobs.
• Click the red Select Content button.
• Place check marks next to the items you want to import–this can be each of the quizzes you'd like to pull over and any question banks. 
  
  

Note: You can check the box next to Quizzes or select the arrow to upload only specific quizzes within that category

• Click Select Content
• The gray Waiting for Selection box should now be green or yellow and say Completed.

Note: If the box says Completed and is green, Canvas ran into no issues while uploading your materials.

• If the box says Completed and is yellow, Canvas ran into issues while uploading your material.
• Click the red Issues to the right of the Completed box to see what problems occurred. Often, the issue is that Canvas couldn't pull over the correct answer (particularly for multiple-choice questions) or had other general formatting issues).
• Go to Quizzes to confirm that your Tests were imported correctly
• If you do not see your Quizzes there, check your Question Bank by selecting the three dots in the right corner (next to the red +Quiz button), and then click on Manage Question Banks

The errors you may experience with the import process include the following:

• Correct answers not transferring over
• HTML code within questions and answers
• Questions that are file uploads will transfer the information but will need to be reset to File Uploads.
• Naming conventions may be changed.

Troubleshooting if your import fails

• Try a different import method in Canvas.
  • If the QTI .zip file import fails, change the Content-Type field to Common Cartridge 1.x Package  and try importing again.
• Try with a different browser or on another device.