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Canvas - Getting Started with Canvas New Quizzes [UW-Madison]
What is New Quizzes?
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New Quizzes is a new assessment and quiz tool in Canvas. Differing from the original, “Classic” Canvas Quiz tool, New Quizzes include a series of feature enhancements and new item types
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For a comparison between Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes refer to the Canvas New Quizzes vs Classic quizzes comparison chart.
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For instructions on how to migrate Classic quizzes and Question Banks to New Quizzes, please refer here.
How should I use New Quizzes?/Best Practices for Instructors
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New Quizzes does not have a direct option to create a survey-type quiz; however, you can configure the settings in New Quizzes to behave like the survey-type quiz in Classic Quizzes.
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You cannot change from New Quizzes to Classic Quizzes or vice versa once you have selected an engine for an individual quiz. You can choose a different engine (New or Classic) for the next quiz you create.
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Avoid using Stimulus and Hot Spot question types in New Quizzes. There are some fairly significant accessibility issues with these question types, including with screen readers, keyboard navigation, and some of the newer question types (like Hot-Spot questions).
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Item Banks in New Quizzes function very differently from Question Banks in Classic Quizzes (Canvas - New Quizzes - Item Banks vs. Question Banks [UW-Madison])
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People enrolled in the course as Designers cannot edit New Quizzes.
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Paired Observers cannot see quiz details, only scores (Canvas - Paired Observer Role cannot see details in New Quizzes [UW-Madison])
Getting Started With New Quizzes
Enabling New Quizzes in Your Course
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Select Settings at the bottom of the course navigation menu.
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Select the Feature Options tab.
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Next to the New Quizzes feature, click the red X then select Enabled.
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The red X will change to a green check, showing that New Quizzes is now enabled.
Choose Between Classic and New Quizzes
When creating a quiz, you will be asked to select between Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes.
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To choose, go to make a new quiz by clicking the +Quiz button on the Quizzes page.
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A window will appear, and ask you to select either Classic Quizzes or New Quizzes.
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Classic Quizzes is the quiz tool that has been available since our transition to Canvas. The tool is being phased out by Instructure (however, Instructure has not set an end-of-life date).
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New Quizzes is the newer engine with more question types and quiz setting functionality.
Building a Quiz in New Quizzes
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After selecting New Quizzes you will see a standard Assignment page. Fill out the details as far as points, assignment group etc. Then when you are ready to add questions to the quiz, click on Build in the lower right corner.
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After clicking Build you will see a screen with a white cross in a blue button in the middle of the screen. Simply click on this button to add a question.
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This will open a dialogue box of the different question types you can choose from.
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Add as many questions as desired using the white checkmark in the blue circle. Once you are done, click the Return button in the top right corner. You can go back and edit the quiz and add questions at any time by simply clicking on the quiz name and selecting Build.