Canvas: New Quiz Settings for Multiple Dates and Time Limits

Canvas New Quiz Settings for Multiple Dates and Time Limits

At this time, the CTL recommends that you select Classic Quizzes. Although New Quizzes offers some new features, it also lacks features of Classic Quizzes upon which many instructors depend. Please see Canvas: New Quizzes vs. Classic Quizzes to learn more.

The instructions on this page are for Canvas quizzes using the New Quizzes engine. For similar instructions pertaining to Canvas Classic Quizzes, see 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:

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

 

Assigning a Different Availability Window

Create your online quiz as you normally would as follows:

  1. As the instructor in your course, in the courses menu, click Quizzes.
  2. In the Quizzes page, at the top right, click +Quiz.
  3. In the quiz engine pop-up that appears, select New Quizzes, and then click Submit.
  4. In the form page that opens enter a name for the quiz and the number of points the quiz will be worth.
  5. 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.
    Note: you can change other quiz settings for your specific use of the quiz.
  6. When finished, scroll down and click Save, then build your quiz questions as you normally would. (See Canvas: Creating a Quiz with New Quizzes)
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When you find out the dates and times for the student exceptions, add their dates and times as follows:

  1. In the Quizzes page, click the 3 dots to the far right of the quiz name.
  2. In the drop-down menu that appears, click Edit.
  3. In the quiz settings page, scroll to the bottom below Assign to Everyone and click +Add.
  4. 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.
  5. 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. Note: in the first Assign to box, “Everyone” will change to “Everyone Else” after you save.
  6. If you have more students who will take the quiz at another date or time, repeat steps 9 to 11.
  7. When finished adding settings and questions, scroll down and click Save.
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To learn more about Canvas Quiz settings, contact ctl.helpdesk@ubc.ca.

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Updated March 2021