New Quizzes
Status - Approved
Approved for use.
Tool Description
New Quizzes is a new assessment engine built to meet the assessment needs in your classroom today and in the future. Leveraging modern technologies, New Quizzes features include a series of feature enhancements and new item types, and bring workflow improvements to what is commonly encountered in Quizzes Classic.
Overview of New Quizzes
Instructure has released New Quizzes, a new quizzing tool for Canvas. New Quizzes will eventually replace Classic Quizzes, however, this will not happen all at once (view timeline above). We recommend using the quizzing tool that best meets the needs of the course while familiarizing and preparing for when New Quizzes will become the standard.
There are innate differences between the New Quizzes and Classic Quiz features. New Quizzes offers several features and question types that are currently unavailable in Classic Quizzes. However, New Quizzes does not currently have every feature traditionally available in Classic Quizzes. Please note that Instructure will continue to add to the New Quizzes feature set over the next two years. For an up-to-date comparison between New Quizzes and Classic Quizzes, view this feature comparison document. For a timeline of features coming to New Quizzes, view the
timeline of features.
Tips to aid in deciding between Classic and New Quizzes
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If you use question banks and/or rely on exporting and importing to share quiz content with other individuals, consider using Classic Quizzes until Instructure develops the tool to migrate question banks to item banks. However, there is a workaround for those that use New Quizzes to share quiz content with other individuals.
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New Quizzes uses its own Rich Content Editor (RCE). The New Quizzes Rich Content Editor currently does not support external tools or apps, HTML editing, media iframes, audio and video recording, or the Accessibility Checker.
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Review the New Quizzes vs Classic Quizzes Feature Comparison Guide as New Quizzes offers several features and question types that Classic Quizzes does not; however, it does not currently have every feature available that is in Classic Quizzes. Right now, it may be beneficial to use one over the other depending on the sort of quiz or exam you are giving.
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Tip: The Canvas Quizzes tool now houses both Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes. When you create a quiz, you'll be asked which type of quiz you want to work with. On the Quiz index page, icon styles differentiate between Classic and New Quizzes. Classic Quizzes have an outlined icon of a rocket ship, whereas the icon for New Quizzes is a solid (filled in) rocket ship.
- From the course navigation, click on Quizzes.
- Click on +Quiz on the top right to create a new quiz.
- In the Choose a Quiz Engine screen, select the New Quizzes option.
- Click the Submit button.
- Enter a name for the quiz.
- Enter total points possible.
- Optional: Add a due, available from, and available until date.
- When ready to build your quiz, click Build.
- Enter a title for the New Quiz.
- Optional: Enter instructions for students.
- Add questions to the quiz by clicking the + (Add) button.
- For more information on how to build a New Quiz, view How do I create an assessment using New Quizzes?
- Click on the Settings tab.
- Enable the settings you would like to apply to apply to your assessment
- Shuffle questions
- Shuffle answers
- One question at a time
- Require a student access code
- Time limit
- Filter IP addresses
- Allow calculator
- Allow multiple attempts
- Restrict student result view
- For more information on how to modify settings, view the How do I manage settings for an assessment in New Quizzes?
- From the course navigation, click on Modules.
- Locate the module you would like to add this assessment to.
- Click on the + (add) button on the top right of the module.
- Click on the Add drop-down menu and select Quiz.
- Select the name of the quiz.
- Click Add item.
- Once the item is added, click on the Publish icon on the right-hand side (green checkmark).
Adding accommodations in New Quizzes allows you to set accommodations for students for every New Quiz in the course. Examples of this use case would be if students need time and a half for every quiz.
- From the course navigation, click on Quizzes.
- Click on the name of the quiz to access it.
- On the bottom right of the page, click on Build.
- Navigate to the Moderate tab.
- Locate the student(s) you need to add a moderation option to.
- Click on the pencil icon under the Accommodations column.
- Select the time adjustment accommodation:
- Give additional time
- Remove the time limit
- Time limit multiplier
- When done, click Save.
Moderating a quiz in New Quizzes allows you to modify individual assessment accommodations for students in the course. Examples of this use case would be if a student needs an additional attempt for one quiz.
- From the course navigation, click on Quizzes.
- Click on the name of the quiz to access it.
- On the bottom right of the page, click on Build. Navigate to the Moderate tab.
- Locate the student(s) you need to add a moderation option to.
- Click on Moderate.
- Select the time adjustment accommodation:
- Additional Attempts
- Time Adjustment
- When done, navigate away from the page - this will auto-save.
Workaround for Migrating Question Bank to Item Banks
Instructure has provided the following workaround if you would like to start migrating your question banks that are linked to a Classic Quiz to item banks that are linked to future New Quizzes.