Test bank or computer-based testing offers multiple advantages to online learners and instructors, largely in terms of grading, administration, and scale. There are various test bank formats available.

For instance, if the file is .zip, these are typically the old QTI formats and works only in the Canvas environment (can be added in Canvas via import as course content, courses settings, and select the option for QTI zip file). Since many of the titles of the resources have either ExamView, Respondus, and/or ParTest formats available, you can ask vendors about those as they work in most LMS’s. 

In the case of new titles, the option of test bank download is typically available in the IMSCC format. IMSCC is primarily a data interchange file used mainly by Canvas. Unlike the .zip file, the IMSCC format works in most of the LMS’s and would be imported as course content. The problem here is that you cannot easily tell which format is available without downloading them to see what works in major LMS’s. 

This is where outsourcing of test bank conversion comes in.

There are a wide range of assessment tools for learning systems available in the market, including ExamView, Respondus, EZTest and more. They help develop assessment applications for the eLearning market that many educational institutions across the globe use. These applications are powerful tools for creating and managing test banks published directly to Brightspace, Canvas, Moodle, and IMS QTI format. They are particularly useful for educational institutes looking to switch over to test banks.

Further, implementing this assessment software helps everyone involved in the assessment process, including students, for whom it fully streamlines the assessment process. On the contrary, teachers can leverage it to reduce the time taken for them to create exams. Once delivered and the results are collected, teachers can use various analytical tools built into the application to better understand performance and individual students.