Canvas - How do I use Classic quizzes?

Canvas currently supports two quizzing engines – Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes.

Resources

• Canvas guide: How do I use the Quizzes Index Page?
• Canvas guide: How do I create a quiz with individual questions?
• Canvas guide: What options can I set in a quiz?
• Canvas guide: How can I create a quiz where students only see one question at a time?
• Canvas guide: How do I link course content to a quiz question?

Quiz Types

There are four different types of quizzes you can create: graded quiz, practice quiz, graded survey, ungraded survey. Once you pick the quiz type, you can use the question types below. 

Question types

• Canvas guide: How do I create a Multiple Choice quiz question?
• Canvas guide: How do I create a True/False quiz question?
• Canvas guide: How do I create a Fill-in-the-Blank quiz question?
• Canvas guide: How do I create a Fill-in-Multiple-Blanks quiz question?
• Canvas guide: How do I create a Multiple Answers quiz question?
• Canvas guide: How do I create a Multiple Dropdown quiz question?
• Canvas guide: How do I create Likert scale quiz questions?
• Canvas guide: How do I create a Matching quiz question?
• Canvas guide: How do I create a Numerical Answer quiz question?
• Canvas guide: How do I create a Formula quiz question with a single variable?
• Canvas guide: How do I create a Simple Formula quiz question?
• Canvas guide: How do I create an Essay quiz question?
• Canvas guide: How do I create a File Upload quiz question?
  

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Tips and Tricks

• By default, quizzes you create in your course will be assigned to everyone. You can specify a due date and availability dates that apply to everyone. You can also assign a quiz to an individual student or course section. This will allow you to have different due dates for different students if desired.
• Interested in using equations in your quiz questions? Classic quiz questions support use of the Rich Content Editor allowing for equations in the text of a problem, or as choices in multiple choice and multiple answer questions. See Rich Content Editor documentation for details.
• If you have a student who needs extra time on a timed quiz, perhaps due to ACCESS accommodations, you can make the adjustment to give individual students extra time. Students can also be given extra attempts.
• A quiz can be copied from one course to another by using Direct Share.
• You can create a question in a quiz that does not include answers or point values. A text (no question) quiz question can be used as a preface to a quiz or a group of questions within a quiz. You may wish to use this type of question to include a passage of text, image, or video that will be referenced in subsequent questions.