New Quizzes will eventually replace Classic Quizzes as the default quiz engine. New Quizzes was enabled for all Penn users on October 1, 2021. Instructors and TAs now have the option to select either Classic Quizzes or New Quizzes for their assessments.
For more information and detailed feature comparison, see New Quizzes.
Classic Quizzes Overview
Canvas quizzes can be used to create graded and ungraded question-and-answer assessments (exams, tests, quizzes, etc.), as well as graded and ungraded surveys.
Canvas uses the term “quiz” to refer generally to tests, exams, and surveys, as well as for actual quizzes.
General
- How do I use the Quizzes Index Page?
- How do I use Draft State in Quizzes?
- What quiz types can I create in a course?
- What options can I set in a quiz?
Features
- How do I import quizzes from QTI packages?
- How do I create a quiz with individual questions?
- How do I create a quiz with a question group to randomize quiz questions?
- How do I create a quiz by finding questions in a question bank?
- How do I create a quiz with a question group linked to a question bank?
- How do I copy a quiz or survey?
- How do I export quiz content from a course?
- How do I link course content to a quiz question?
Question Types
- How do I create a Multiple Choice quiz question?
- How do I create a True/False quiz question?
- How do I create a Fill-in-the-Blank quiz question?
- How do I create a Fill-in-Multiple-Blanks quiz question?
- How do I create a Multiple Answers quiz question?
- How do I create a Multiple Dropdown quiz question?
- How do I create Likert scale quiz questions?
- How do I create a Matching quiz question?
- How do I create a Numerical Answer quiz question?
- How do I create a Formula quiz question with a single variable?
- How do I create a Simple Formula quiz question?
- How do I create an Essay quiz question?
- How do I create a File Upload quiz question?
- How do I create a Text (no question) quiz question?
Question Banks
- How do I create a question bank in a course?
- How do I bookmark a question bank in a course?
- How do I unbookmark a question bank in a course?
- How do I delete a question bank in a course?
- How do I move multiple questions from one question bank to another?
- How do I move/copy a question from one question bank to another?
- How do I reorder questions or question groups in a quiz?
- How do I import a question bank from one Canvas course to another?
Settings
- How can I create a quiz where students only see one question at a time?
- How do I make a quiz available before or after the due date?
- How do I assign a quiz to an individual student?
- How do I assign a quiz to a course section?
- How do I delete a quiz?
- Once I publish a quiz, how do I make additional changes?
- Once I publish a quiz, how do I use the Moderate Quiz page?
- Once I publish a quiz, what kinds of quiz statistics are available?
- Once I publish a quiz, how can I give my students extra attempts?
- Once I publish a timed quiz, how can I give my students extra time?
Grading
- How do I manually submit outstanding student quiz submissions?
- How do I view student results in a quiz?
- How do I view a quiz log for a student?
- What options can I use to regrade a quiz in a course?
- How do I regrade a Multiple Choice quiz question?
- How do I regrade a True/False quiz question?
- How do I regrade a Multiple Answers quiz question?
- How do I create a survey in my course?
- How do I view survey results in a course?
- How do I view practice quiz results in a course?
Last Updated: 25 Jul 2023