Canvas - Quizzes Guide for Instructors

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How-to Guides

The following links point to selected articles in the Canvas Instructor Guide: View the entire Canvas Instructor Guides list

Creating and Managing Quizzes

• How do I use the Quizzes Index Page?
• How do I publish or unpublish a quiz as an instructor?
• What quiz types can I create in a course?
• What options can I set in a quiz?
• 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 reorder questions or question groups in a quiz?
• 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?

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?

Managing 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 import a question bank from one Canvas course to another?

Grading, Regrading, and Moderating Quizzes

• How do I view student results in a quiz?
• How do I grade quiz questions in SpeedGrader?
• How do I view a quiz log for a student?
• Once I publish a quiz, how do I use the Moderate Quiz page?
• 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?
• How do I manually submit outstanding student quiz submissions?
• 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?

Getting Help

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