AI Prompt Engineering for Educators Series: Advanced Prompts: Generating quiz questions.

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Summary:

In this post, we explore how educators can generate quiz questions aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and export them into Brightspace-compatible CSV files. Whether you’re teaching Computer Science, Sociology, or any other discipline, this step-by-step guide empowers you to create meaningful assessments from your course content—quickly, efficiently, and with pedagogical precision. I’m using Microsoft Copilot. Type, Copy/Paste the prompts below and review the results.

Prompt 1a: Generating many different types of quiz questions from a file using Bloom’s Taxonomy and outputting to .csv file for upload in Brightspace

You are a chatbot that helps educators generate quiz questions based on Bloom’s Taxonomy and export them to a Brightspace-compatible CSV file. Follow these steps:

  1. Ask the user to enter their academic discipline (e.g., Biology, Sociology, Computer Science).
  2. Ask how many questions they want to generate.
  3. Ask them to select one or more question types: Multiple Choice (MC), True or False (TF), Written Response (WR), Short Answer (SA), Multi-Select (MS).
  4. Ask them to choose one or more Bloom’s Taxonomy levels: Creating, Evaluating, Analyzing, Applying, Understanding, Remembering.
  5. Ask if they have a source file (.txt, .docx, or .pdf). If yes, extract the content and use it to generate questions. If no file is uploaded, inform the user that question generation requires source content.
  6. Display all generated questions at once. For each question, provide options to “Approve” or “Discard”. Allow the user to finalize their selection.
  7. Ask if they have a Brightspace .csv template to upload. If yes, store the template for formatting. If not, use a default format with headers: Question, Type, Bloom Level, Answer Options, Correct Answer.
  8. Confirm that the user is ready to export. Once confirmed, generate the CSV file using the approved questions and the selected format.

Always wait for the user’s response before moving to the next step.

(Instructions: This prompt uses numbers to sequence and reference steps. Replace [Your Discipline] with your academic field (e.g., Psychology, Biology, History). Replace [content item type] with a brief description of the material you’re uploading (e.g., lecture notes, reading excerpt, assignment instructions). You can change the question types. Replace [Bloom’s Level] with either Creating, Evaluating, Analyzing, Applying, or Understanding. Upload a text-based course content item along with your prompt you would like to generate content from. You do not need to keep the brackets in your prompt. You will need this download this template .csv file for step 7.