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Canvas Classic Quiz Settings for Multiple Dates and Time Limits

Instructors may have students in their course who need to take a Canvas quiz at a different date or time, or with a longer time limit than the main cohort of students. You will need to add these exceptions to the quiz settings. This involves 3 important steps:

Assign a different or extended quiz availability window for individual students
Extend the time limit for individual students
Double check that your settings are correct

Assigning a Different Availability Window
Extending the Time Limit
Check Your Settings

Assigning a Different Availability Window

Create your online quiz as you normally would as follows:

As the instructor in your course, in the courses menu, click Quizzes.
In the Quizzes page, at the top right, click +Quiz.
In the quiz engine pop-up that appears, select Classic Quiz, and then click Submit.
In the form page that opens enter a name for the quiz and quiz instructions.
Scroll down to Time Limit under Options, check the box next to Time Limit and enter the number of minutes that the main cohort of students will have for the quiz. This is the "countdown timer" that students will see while they are taking the quiz.
Scroll down to Assign to and in the respective fields under “Everyone", enter the due date and time for the quiz to be submitted, the date and time the quiz becomes accessible to students, and the date and time after the due date when the quiz can no longer be accessed.
This is the "availability window" for the main cohort of students. You need to make sure there is enough time available in this "availability window" to accommodate the time limit ("countdown timer") set in step 5.
Note: you can change other quiz settings for your specific use of the quiz. You can also click the Questions tab at top to add questions.
When finished, scroll down and click Save.

When you find out the dates and times for the student exceptions, add their dates and times as follows:

In the Quizzes page, click the 3 dots to the far right of the quiz name.
In the drop-down menu that appears, click Edit.
In the quiz settings page, scroll to the bottom below Assign to Everyone and click +Add.

In the new Assign to box that appears, type the names of the students who will take the quiz at a new date and time. Names of students in your course will appear as you type.
Below the newly entered student names, enter the Due, Available from, and Until dates and times, ensuring you are taking into account any extended time allocations. Note that the duration between the available date and the Until/Due dates MUST allow for each student’s full time allocation, including their time extension. In the first Assign to box, “Everyone” will change to “Everyone Else” after you save.
Note: here you are extending the "availability window" for students that need extra time, but you have not yet extended their "countdown timer". At this stage, you have only increased their window to accommodate the extra time.
If you have more students who will take the quiz at another date or time, repeat steps 10 to 12.
When finished adding settings and questions, scroll down and click Save and Publish.

Extending the Time Limit

Once the quiz is published, extend the time limit (increase the "countdown timer") for individual students as follows:

In the Quizzes page, click the quiz name.
In the quiz summary that appears, at far right or very bottom of the web page, click Moderate This Quiz.
In the Moderate Quiz page that opens, click the pencil icon to the right of the name of a student you want to assign more time to for the duration of the quiz attempt.

In the Student Extensions pop-up that appears, next to Extra time on every attempt enter the time in minutes that you want to add to the quiz time limit that was entered in the Quiz details page.
Note: this step will increase the individual student's "countdown timer".
Click Save. The pop-up closes and you are back in the Moderate Quiz page.
Repeat this for all other students affected.
When finished, click Quizzes in your course menu.

Note: Open Moderate Quiz during the quiz to track submissions and add more time as needed.

Check Your Quiz Settings

It is a good idea to ensure that your quiz settings are set up properly. Compare your settings with those below to ensure they are correct.

Incorrect:

If you have students who require extra time, and your Assign to box looks like this, then you have not provided sufficient time for the students who are allocated extra time.

Correct:

You need an extra Assign to box for the students who are allocated extra time, with a large enough “time window” to allow for their individual time extensions. BUT, this isn’t the last step! You also need to add extra time in the Moderate Quiz page (see below).

You also need to go to the Moderate Quiz page and add extra time for each student with extra time accommodations. Here, a student is allocated the original 180 minutes (through Quiz Details) + 90 minutes extra (through Moderate Quiz).

To learn more about Canvas Quiz settings, contact ctl.helpdesk@ubc.ca.

UBC Okanagan Centre for Teaching and Learning Canvas Directory

Updated September 2020