How to let teachers share questions between courses

Moodle1.9

The page explain how Administrators can let teachers share questions between courses in Moodle 1.9.

What you need to do

1. Create a new role Question sharer

As usual, you create a new role by going to Administration -> Users -> Permissions -> Define roles.

You can use whatever Name and Short name you like for the role. Set the 'Legacy role type' to None.

In Moodle 2.0 and later, set the role to be assignable in the System and Category contexts.

Set the following capabilities to Allow: moodle/question:add moodle/question:editall moodle/question:managecategory moodle/question:moveall moodle/question:viewall moodle/question:useall

2. Assign the new role in the System context

Any user who you wish to be able to access the shared areas of the question bank must have the new role assigned in the System context. (Administration -> Users -> Permissions -> Assign system roles)

Or, for more control, you can assign this role in a course category. That lets the user share questions only between the courses in that category.

What teachers need to do

Once you have done the above steps. Teachers who have the Question sharer role will be able to see the shared areas of the question bank when they are editing quizzes, or when they click on the 'Questions' link in the course administration block.

Any questions they store in the shared areas of the question bank will be visible in all their courses.

Why does this work?

See: Question permissions explained with diagrams.

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