This content is intended for the pilot group using New Quizzes in Canvas and details the features and limitations at this moment. This version of New Quizzes will change before the official launch.
If you are looking for:
- features which will be released later, visit New Quizzes Features Road Map.
- features which were available in Classic Quizzes that will no longer exist (or can only be completed with workarounds), visit New Quizzes Limitations.
- New Features in New Quizzes.
- A way to change an existing Classic Quiz to a New Quiz, you can follow the directions under How do I migrate a Canvas quiz to New Quizzes?
- How to Create a New Quiz
How do I migrate a Canvas quiz to New Quizzes?
Open Course
Click the Courses link [1] in Global Navigation, then click the name of the course [2] that contains the quiz you want to migrate.
Open Quizzes
Click the Quizzes link.
Migrate Quiz
To migrate a quiz, click the Options icon [1]. Then click the Migrate option [2].
Note: If you cannot view the Migrate option, it has not been enabled for your institution. Contact your Canvas Admin for assistance.
Open Quiz
Once migrated, the quiz displays a New Quiz icon [1]. To open your quiz, click the name of the quiz [2].
Note: By default, migrated quizzes are unpublished.
How to build a new quiz
Open Quizzes
In Course Navigation, click the Quizzes link.
Add Quiz
Click the Add Quiz button.
Create New Quiz
In the Choose a Quiz Engine screen, select the New Quizzes option [1]. To save your quiz engine selection for this course, check the Remember my choice for this course checkbox [2].
Then click the Submit button [3].
Note: You can reset your quiz engine choice from the Quiz Options menu at any time.
Edit Quiz Details
In the Assignment Name field [1], enter the name of your quiz. To enter quiz details, enter the total points possible [2], select the assignment group [3], and choose how the grade is displayed to students [4].
To remove this quiz from final grade calculations, click the Do not count this assignment towards the final grade checkbox [5].
The points possible set on the assignment details page is the total points possible for the quiz. Points set per question determine points earned for correct answers. Points earned for correct answers are totaled and divided by the sum of the total question points for the quiz. That percentage is then used to calculate the final score based on the total points set on the assignment details page. For example, if you set the total points on the assignment details page to 50 and create an quiz with 10 questions each worth 1 point, the quiz has a total of 10 points but is worth 50 points when graded. If a student answers 9 questions correctly, their quiz score is 90% (9/10). However, their final score in the Gradebook will be 45/50 (90%).
Assign Quiz
In the Assign To field [1], select who will be required to take the quiz. You can assign the quiz to individual students or sections.
In the Due field [2], select the quiz due date.
In the Available from and Until fields [3], select the availability dates for the quiz. In progress quizzes automatically submit when the Until date and time passes.
Note: If you have set section override dates in your course, you may need to select a course section and set due and availability dates that fall within the section override dates.
Save Quiz
To save your quiz details, click the Save button [1]. To save and publish your quiz, click the Save & Publish button [2].
Clicking the Save or Save & Publish button returns you to the page where you opened the quiz.
Open Build Page
To open the New Quizzes build page and add questions and content to your quiz, click the Build button.
Build Quiz
In the Build page, you can edit the title and description of your quiz [1], view your item banks [2], align the quiz to outcomes [3], preview the quiz from the student view [4], and navigate the quiz [5].
You can use the Rich Content Editor to format and add content to your quiz instructions.
Add Content
To add content to your quiz, click the Add button.
To insert content from an item bank, click the Item Bank button [1]. To create a new question, click the button for the question type [2] or add stimulus content [3].
The following question types are available in New Quizzes:
- Categorization
- Categorization questions require students to place answers in the correct categories while ignoring all distractors. When Categorization questions are graded, students must categorize all items correctly to earn full points. There is not an option to assign partial credit for Categorization questions.
- Essay
- In an Essay question, students are required to enter a text response. You can also add word count, word limit, spell-check, and Rich Content Editor options for students’ essay responses.
- You can also add grading notes to an Essay question. Grading notes will display next to the question as a reference to help you grade student responses.
- File Upload
- You can limit the number of files and the file extensions that can be uploaded by students.
- Fill in the Blank
- Fill in the Blank questions can have multiple blank spaces and include various answer types.
- Formula
- In a Formula question, students need to type in the correct numerical answer.
- Hot Spot
- Hot Spot questions allow teachers to upload images and have their students identify a specific area in that image. The following image types can be used for Hot Spot questions:
- BMP
- GIF
- JPG/JPEG
- PNG
- Matching
- In a Matching question, students are required to match answers from a drop-down menu with a list of questions. When Matching questions are graded, students must get all matches correct to earn full points. There is not an option to assign partial credit for Matching questions.
- Multiple Answer
- Multiple Answer questions are formatted like Multiple Choice questions, but there are multiple correct answers.
- Multiple Choice
- Multiple Choice questions have several choices and one correct answer.
- Numeric
- Numeric questions will accept answers from students that contain numbers, text, and/or symbols. However, instructors can only use numeric entries for accepted answers. Student answers in non-numeric format will not be graded automatically.
- Ordering
- In an Ordering question, students are required to place answers in a specific order. You can add top and bottom labels to the list to help students know in which order they should place their responses.
- When Ordering questions are graded, students must order all items correctly to earn full points. There is not an option to assign partial credit for Ordering questions.
- True or False
- In True or False questions students are required to select true or false.
Edit Question
For each question, you can enter a question title [1], question stem [2], and answers [3]. You may also select options specific to the question [4], align the question to an outcome [5], and add the question to an item bank [6].
In the Points field [7], adjust the point value for the question by entering a number or clicking the arrow buttons. To add general student feedback, click the Feedback icon [8].
To save the question, click the Done button [9].
Note: Essay questions do not include an answer field and must be graded manually.
Delete Question
To delete a question, click the Delete icon. The page will confirm you want to remove the item.
Open Question Navigator
To open the Question Navigator and view your quiz, click the Expand icon.
View Question Navigator
In the Question Navigator, you can view each question number [1], question type [2], point total [3], question stem [4], and total question points [5].
To view a question in the quiz, click the question stem [1]. You will be taken to the question within the quiz.
To manually reorder questions, click and hold the Move icon [2]. Drag the question to where you want it to display in the quiz.
Return to Quizzes Page
To close your quiz and return to the Quizzes page, click the Return button.
Limitations: Disappearing Features in New Quizzes
- Practice quiz (can do by creating an assignment worth 0 points)
- Ungraded quiz (can do by Create an assignment worth 0 points and select option to exclude from final grade)
- Surveys
- To-do list for instructors
- No ability to bookmark banks
- Fill in Multiple blanks and multiple dropdown question type (can be recreated using the Fill in the Blank question)
- Text without a question within a quiz (Text can be included as stimulus content, but the stimulus type requires adding questions related to the content)
- Hide student responses available window
- Partial points for multiple choice matching questions
- Grading one question at a time in speedgrader
- Bulk download file submissions
- Exporting Quizzes
Features on Road Map
- New rich content editor
- Printing quizzes
- Question bank (called Item Banks in New Quizzes) migration
- Bulk migration of quizzes
- 3rd party integrations (including videos)
- CSV download (After July)
- Student Analysis Report (After July)
New Features in New Quizzes
- Add extra time for a student across an entire course
- Share Item Banks with multiple courses, accounts, users
- Categorization question type
- Stimulus/Passage question type
- Ordering question type
- Hot Spot question type
- require a waiting period between attempts
- shuffle questions globally without using banks
- Shuffle answers per question
- Duplicate quiz from the Quizzes page
- Partial Credit on multiple answer question type