How to take a Quiz in Canvas 2

When might a professor use the "Quiz" function?

Professors may use quizzes for both graded and non-graded assignments.

  • Practice Activities
  • Assessments
  • Reflection

Screen shot of what Quiz Questions Look like when there is one on a page.

Set-up of Quizzes

Quizzes can be set up in a variety of ways

  • Questions all on one page or one question per page
  • Times or not timed
  • Multiple Attempts or one Attempt
  • Answers visible after the student is done, after the quiz closes, or not at all
  • Quiz Questions used

To the right, you will see an example of what quiz questions look like when there is one question per page. To get to the next page, students would press the "Next ▶" button. Once a student goes through all other questions, students will click "Submit Quiz" to turn it in. In a quiz where the questions are on the same page, students would answer all questions and then press, "Submit Quiz".

Types of Questions

Faculty may utilize one type of question for the quiz, or a variety of quiz questions. Below are some common quiz examples that faculty may use.

  • Multiple Choice
  • Short Answer/Essay
  • Matching
  • True/False
  • Fill in the Blank
  • Multiple Dropdown Menu
  • Numerical Answer/Formula Question
  • File Upload Question

What do Quizzes Look Like?

What do Quiz Directions Look like?

Image of quiz directions

What do Quiz Questions Look Like?

Multiple Choice

image of what a multiple choice question looks like

Essay

Image of what an essay quiz question looks like

True/False

image of a true/false question

Matching

Image of matching quiz question

Fill in the Blank

Example of what a fill in the blank question looks like in Canvas

Video | Taking a Quiz

Watch the video below to learn what it is like to take a quiz in Canvas.