The Pool Manager has three basic functions: Creating a question pool from which assessments can be made, exporting question pools — saving them for use on another course site, and importing question pools — using previously saved (exported) question pools. Pools can thus be shared across courses and among faculty in a department. While the Pool Manager can be used to create pools of questions, the Assessment Manger must be used to make a pool into an assessment for student use.

• From the Control Panel, click on Pool Manager
• Click Add Pool
• Enter a Name and Description for your pool and click Submit

To add a new question:

• Use the drop-down menu to select a Question Type and click Go
• Enter your Question text, the Point Value, and possible

Answers . Entering Correct and Incorrect Responses for the student is optional

• Click Submit

To use a question from an existing pool or assessment on this course site:

• Use the drop-down menu to select From Question Pool or Assessment and click Submit
• Highlight the pools and assessments you wish to draw questions from by ctrl-clicking and select types of question from your search.
• Click Submit
• Check the box next to the questions you wish to add. Click Submit
• Click OK to save the pool as it is, or use the drop-down menu to add more questions.

To Save a Question Pool for later use:

• Go to the course site containing the pool you wish to save
• From the Pool Manager, click Export next to the pool you wish to save.
• Click Save
• Select where you want the file to save to and click Save

To Load a Question Pool from an Old Course Site:

• In the course site you wish to import the pool to, enter the Pool Manager
• Click Import Pool
• Click Browse…
• Locate the pool on your computer and click Open
• Click Submit

To Create an Assessment using the Pool Manager:

• Enter the Test Manager of your course site
• Click Add Test
• Enter a Name, Description and click Submit.
• Follow the instructions under “To use a question from an existing pool or assessment on this course site” above

Note: Questions drawn from a pool into an assessment are not changed if the original pool question is subsequently changed.