[MODULE 2] Adding Assessments (Quizzes or Surveys)

Whether you call it a mid-term, exam, quiz, test, evaluation, survey --- Canvas creates all assessments using the 'quizzes' tool.

Different types of Quizzes

There are 2 different quiz 'types' in Canvas:

• Quiz: Most common assessment. Questions will automatically be evaluated based on right or wrong answers.
• Survey: Most common form of evaluation. Can be administered anonymously. Questions will not be evaluated based on right or wrong answers. 

As always, quizzes and surveys can be graded or ungraded. Graded quizzes and surveys will be listed as 'assignments' and will have a column associated in the gradebook. Ungraded quizzes are considered practice quizzes.

 

Ways to Add Questions to a Quiz

Just remember, there are THREE (3) ways to add questions to a quiz (or survey).

1. Build a question from scratch from the question tab.
2. Copy a question from an existing question bank.
3. Have questions randomly pulled from a question bank (i.e. "Select 10 questions at 1 point each from the Chapter 4 question bank).

 

REMEMBER:  After adding questions and setting options, you must publish the quiz (or survey). Otherwise students will not be able to access it.

Setting the Quiz Options

Once you've added the questions to a quiz (or survey), you'll have to decide on the quiz-related settings. How do you want to administer this assessment? 

Below are the quiz specific settings:

• Shuffle answers
• Time limit
• Multiple attempts
• Let students see their quiz responses
• Show which answers were correct
• Restrict this quiz (by password, by IP address, Respondus Lockdown Browser*)
• Show one question at a time

*NOTE: This option would only appear if your campus uses Respondus Lockdown Browser.

 

The following tutorials detail quizzes: What are the different types of Quizzes? Links to an external site. How do I make a Quiz show one question at a time? Links to an external site. What do one-question-at-a-time quizzes look like for students? Links to an external site. How do I randomize the order of the questions on my quiz? Links to an external site. What do Quiz results look like in Canvas? Links to an external site. How do I create a new Quiz with individual Questions? Links to an external site. How do I create a new Quiz with a Question Bank? Links to an external site. How do I create a new Quiz with a Question Group? Links to an external site. How do I create a new Quiz with a Question Bank in a Question Group? Links to an external site. What options are available for Quizzes? Links to an external site. How do I create varied due date Quizzes? Links to an external site. How do I link course content to a Quiz question? Links to an external site. How do I create a Multiple Choice question? Links to an external site. How do I create a True/False question? Links to an external site. How do I create a Fill-in-the-blank question? Links to an external site. How do I create a Fill-in-Multiple-Blanks question? Links to an external site. How do I create a Multiple Answers question? Links to an external site. How do I create a Multiple Dropdowns question? Links to an external site. How do I create Likert scale questions? Links to an external site. How do I create a Matching question? Links to an external site. How do I create a Numerical Answer question? Links to an external site. How do I create a Formula question with a single variable? Links to an external site. How do I create a Simple Formula question? Links to an external site. How do I create an Essay question? Links to an external site. How do I create a File Upload question? Links to an external site. How do I create a Question Bank? Links to an external site. How do I bookmark a Question Bank? Links to an external site. How do I unbookmark a Question Bank? Links to an external site. How do I delete a Question Bank? Links to an external site. How do I move multiple questions from one bank to another? Links to an external site. How do I move/copy a question from one bank to another? Links to an external site. How do I import a Question Bank from one Canvas course to another? Links to an external site. Once I publish my Quiz, how do I make additional changes? Links to an external site. Once I publish my Quiz, what kinds of quiz statistics are available? Links to an external site. Once I publish my Quiz, how can I give my students extra time or extra attempts? Links to an external site. How do I make a Quiz available before or after the due date? Links to an external site. How do I delete a Quiz? Links to an external site. How do I import Quizzes from QTI packages? Links to an external site. How do I export Quiz content? Links to an external site. How do I create a Survey? Links to an external site. How do I view Survey results? Links to an external site.