Canvas - How do I use Classic quizzes?

Classic quizzes can be accessed from the Quizzes link in the course side navigation menu. After clicking on Quizzes, a classic quiz can be created by clicking the +Quiz button and then selecting the option for Classic Quizzes. Classic quiz types include Graded Quiz, Practice Quiz, Graded Survey, and Ungraded Survey. Graded options display in the Syllabus, Gradebook, Calendar, and To Do Lists. Quizzes support various question types such as multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, formula, and multiple answers. Articles on creating each of the various question are linked below. Quiz questions can also be pulled from question banks. Quiz questions can be manually graded in SpeedGrader if desired.

Resources

• Canvas Article: How do I use the Quizzes Index Page?
• Canvas Article: How do I create a quiz with individual questions?
• Canvas Article: What options can I set in a quiz?
• Canvas Article: How can I create a quiz where students only see one question at a time?
• Canvas Article: 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 Article: How do I create a Multiple Choice quiz question?
• Canvas Article: How do I create a True/False quiz question?
• Canvas Article: How do I create a Fill-in-the-Blank quiz question?
• Canvas Article: How do I create a Fill-in-Multiple-Blanks quiz question?
• Canvas Article: How do I create a Multiple Answers quiz question?
• Canvas Article: How do I create a Multiple Dropdown quiz question?
• Canvas Article: How do I create Likert scale quiz questions?
• Canvas Article: How do I create a Matching quiz question?
• Canvas Article: How do I create a Numerical Answer quiz question?
• Canvas Article: How do I create a Formula quiz question with a single variable?
• Canvas Article: How do I create a Simple Formula quiz question?
• Canvas Article: How do I create an Essay quiz question?
• Canvas Article: How do I create a File Upload quiz question?
  

View quiz results

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.

See Also:

• Canvas - How do I add images to quizzes?
• Canvas - How do I use New quizzes?
• Canvas - How do I use question banks in Classic quizzes?
• Canvas - How do I set up and use my gradebook?
• Canvas - How do I enable Respondus Monitor video proctoring?
• Canvas - How do I use the New Rich Content Editor?