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New Quiz Videos and Guides for Canvas

 

 Overview of the New Quizzes Tool

The New Quizzes option in Canvas lets you create assessments that are more interactive and visual than traditional Quizzes. This video shows you how to select the New Quizzes option, and how to decide which version of Quizzes (Classic or New) is right for you. 

 

Creating a Quiz using the New Quizzes Tool

This video shows you how to create an assessment using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas. Prior to adding questions, some basic parameters must be established such as title, due date, etc. 

 

Overview of the New Quizzes Interface

The layout, buttons, and menus in the New Quizzes interface can be a little overwhelming at first. This video is a step-by-step walkthrough of all the major layout features, and helps you understand how to navigate through New Quizzes to get the options you want. Included in this video are instructions for using the Moderation option to give individual students extra time and/or attempts in case an instructor needs to make a special accommodation. 

 

Understanding How Student Scores are Calculated in New Quizzes

When creating a quiz in New Quizzes, the point total on the quiz does not necessarily reflect the point total in the Canvas Gradebook. This video explains how student scores are calculated, why this discrepancy can occur, and how instructors can use it to their advantage.

 

Creating Item Banks and Adding Questions to an Item Bank

As a general rule it is best to add questions to Item Banks when working in New Quizzes. This allows your questions to be easily sorted and organized, and also added to multiple assessments. This video shows how to create Item Banks and then create questions within an Item Bank. 

 

Adding Questions to a Quiz in the New Quizzes Tool

After creating questions within Item Banks, those questions can easily be added to a quiz. This video illustrates how to add individual questions or an entire Item Bank, and discusses some of the available options such as randomizing questions and using a custom order for questions. 

 

Advanced Settings in the New Quizzes Tool

The New Quizzes tool offers many options for customizing an assessment, including custom attempts, randomized question, randomized answer choice ordering, and more. 

 

New Quizzes Multiple Choice Question

Instructions for creating a Multiple Choice question using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas

 

New Quizzes Categorization Question

Instructions for creating a Categorization question using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas

 

New Quizzes Hot Spot Question

Instructions for creating a Hot Spot question using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas

 

New Quizzes Essay Question

Instructions for creating an Essay question using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas

 

New Quizzes True False Questions

Instructions for creating a True/False question using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas

 

New Quizzes Matching Question

Instructions for creating a Matching question using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas

 

New Quizzes Ordering Question

Instructions for creating an Ordering question using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas

 

New Quizzes Multiple Answer Question

Instructions for creating a Multiple Answer question using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas. Instructors can use this question type to award partial credit for some answer choices if they want to.

 

New Quizzes Fill In The Blank Question

Instructions for creating a Fill In The Blank question using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas 

 

New Quizzes Numeric Questions

Instructions for creating a Numeric question using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas

 

New Quizzes File Upload Question

Instructions for creating a File Upload question using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas

 

New Quizzes Formula Question

Instructions for creating a Formula question using the New Quizzes tool in Canvas

 

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