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title: "Finding an Item Bank in Aware"
slug: "navigating-to-item-bank"
updated: 2025-10-17T18:22:06Z
published: 2025-10-17T18:22:06Z
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# Finding an Item Bank in Aware

Users can navigate to available **Item Banks** in **Aware**.

## **Quick Guide**

1. Log in to **Aware**.
2. Select **Questions & Resources** under **Item Bank**.
3. Select the **School Level**, **Course**, and **Grade Level** to expand all available items, or use the search box.
4. **(Optional)**Click on a **Star** icon to favorite a selection.
5. Under **Questions**, choose **All Standards** or a **specific primary standard** to view items pertaining to that standard. Select **Resources** to display the available resources.
6. Select **Choose Item Bank** to access questions and resources from different item banks.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** Users can also add their own custom items to the **Local Item Bank**. Learn how to [create your own questions](/v1/docs/creating-and-managing-questions-in-the-local-item-bank) and [add resources](/v1/docs/adding-a-resource-to-a-local-item-bank).

## **Illustrated Guide**

**Step 1:** Log in to **Aware**.

**Step 2:** Select **Questions & Resources** under **Item Bank**.

![item_bank_questions___resources.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/13346539375255.png)

**Step 3:**Select the **School Level**, **Course**, and **Grade** **Level** to expand all available items. Levels are established in the district’s course management system in **Forethought**.

![Item Bank Tree.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/16122192050327.png)

Users can also find a course by using the search box. Keywords must match the title of the course. For example, searching for “third” would not return any results if all third-grade courses are titled “Grade 3.”

**Step 4 (Optional):** Click on a **Star**icon to favorite a selection. Favoriting creates a shortcut to the selection on the **Favorites**card. You can favorite up to 20 courses, but you cannot favorite folders. Use the **Trash Can** icon to delete a favorite from the card. This will not delete the course from the course tree.

![Item Bank Favorites.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/16122192057111.png)

**Step 5:**Under **Questions**, choose **All Standards** or a **specific primary standard** to view items pertaining to that standard. Select **Resources** to display the available resources.

![questions_and_resources_tabs.gif](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/12421550222487.png)

**Step 6:**Select **Choose Item Bank** to access questions and resources from different item banks. The drop-down menu will list all item banks currently available to you.

![choose_item_bank.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/12421549986967.png)

Users can also add their own custom items to the **Local Item Bank**. Learn how to [create your own questions](/v1/docs/creating-and-managing-questions-in-the-local-item-bank) and [add resources](/v1/docs/adding-a-resource-to-a-local-item-bank).