New Quizzes

RESOURCES | OVERVIEW VIDEO | GETTING STARTED  

In 2023 or 2024, Canvas’s new quiz tool will replace classic quizzes. New Quizzes is available in all Northwestern courses and it is recommended that users start using New Quizzes now to get used to the changes prior to a complete switch from classic quizzes. 

New features include a waiting period between multiple attempts, the ability to shuffle questions on a quiz, more fill-in-the-blank word recognition options, and the ability to provide a time accommodation for a student for all quiz attempts in a course.

New question types include categorization Links to an external site., stimulus Links to an external site., hot spot Links to an external site., and ordering Links to an external site..

View the feature comparison between new and classic quizzes Links to an external site..

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New Quizzes Resources

Instructure-Created Resources

• All Canvas New Quizzes Guides Links to an external site.
• New Quizzes Readiness Checklist Links to an external site.  
• Canvas guide: Building/Creating a Quiz in New Quizzes Links to an external site. 
• Canvas guide: Migrating a Classic Quiz into New Quizzes Links to an external site. 

Northwestern-Specific Resources

• Overview of New Features and Known Issues in New Quizzes
• Suggestions for recreating Ungraded Surveys and Practice Quizzes in New Quizzes
• Overview of using Item Banks in New Quizzes
• Suggested Settings in New Quizzes (for first-time users) 

Proctoring

• Respondus LockDown Browser + Monitor works with New Quizzes, however, it is a slightly different process for students to use LockDown Browser with New Quizzes Links to an external site..

 

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New Quizzes Overview Video

New Quizzes Overview Links to an external site. from Instructure Canvas Video Guides Links to an external site..

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Getting Started

While there is still the option to choose between classic quizzes and New Quizzes, please follow these steps to enable New Quizzes in a course: 

1. Click on the course Settings
2. Click on the tab for Feature Previews
3. Open the drop-down for New Quizzes and click the icon on the right-hand side of the line to Enable

 

Migrating a Classic Quiz into New Quizzes

To migrate a quiz from a classic quiz into New Quizzes, follow these steps:

1. From the course site that you want to copy a quiz from, click on Settings in the course navigation
2. On the right-hand side of the page, click on the option to Export Course Content
3. Select Course from the options, then click the blue Export button
4. An option for New Export will appear at the top of the page when it has completed processing, click it to download an IMSCC file
5. From the new course site you want to import the quizzes into, go to the course Settings and click the option to Import Course Content on the right-hand side
6. Select Canvas Course Export Package from the dropdown menu and choose the file you just exported from the content picker
7. Click the option to Select specific content and then click the blue Import button
8. Once it has finished processing, click the Select Content button and click the checkbox next to Quiz (Assignments will also automatically be checked when you click on the line for Quiz), then proceed with the import
9. Once the import is complete, click on Quizzes in the course navigation
10. On the line for the quiz you want to convert to New Quizzes, click on the three-dot icon on the far right-hand side, then select Migrate 
11. The New Quizzes version of the quiz will appear below the classic quiz in an unpublished state which you may now update** 

Note: When you have migrated a classic quiz into New Quizzes, it will create a new assignment group in the Assignments tab for Migrated Quizzes. 

 

** Be sure to review any questions that contain formatting beyond simple text. The rich content editor used to do formatting of classic quizzes in Canvas is not supported in New Quizzes and those questions will likely need to be rebuilt to work with New Quizzes.