New Quizzes is available for you to explore!

Faculty now have two quizzing options to select:

Classic Quizzes - which have been available to all users since Bucks first adopted Canvas.
New Quizzes - which is the new Canvas quizzing engine that will eventually replace Classic Quizzes.

On this page you will find:

Ongoing New Quizzes feature updates.
Limitations and benefits of New Quizzes.
How to familiarize yourself with New Quizzes.
How to create a quiz using New Quizzes.
How to build various question types.
How to view student results in New Quizzes.

1. Ongoing New Quizzes Feature Updates

Keep track of new updates by:

Viewing the New Quizzes Feature Comparison Document (Last Updated 9-18-2023).
Subscribing to the New Quizzes Hub: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/New-Quizzes-Hub/ct-p/new_quizzes_hub

2. Limitations & Benefits of New Quizzes

Keep track of updates by viewing the New Quizzes Feature Comparison document (link to document provided above under "1. Remaining New Quizzes Feature Updates").

Limitations:

- New Quizzes does not offer practice quizzes.
  - Workaround option: create an assignment worth 0 points.
- New Quizzes does not offer a survey option.
  - Workaround option: create an assignment worth 0 points and select option to exclude from final grade.
- Third-party integrations.
- Bulk download file submissions.

Benefits:

- Ability to print the quiz and student quiz attempt.
- Four New Question Types: Categorization, Ordering, Hot Spot, and Stimulus (see details below).
- Student accommodations for the whole course (not just quiz by quiz).
- Shuffle Answers by Question.
- Require Waiting Period Between Attempts.

3. How to Familiarize Yourself with New Quizzes

View the Canvas Guides on New Quizzes.
New Quizzes Overview video.
For a more in-depth training on using New Quizzes, enroll yourself in the New Quizzes Essentials course found in the Training Services Portal.
- To access the Training Services Portal click the ? Help link in the Canvas Global Navigation menu.
- Select Training Services Portal link.
Complete the New Quizzes Checklist.

4. How to Create a Quiz Using New Quizzes

Click Quizzes in the course navigation.
Click the +Quiz button in the upper right corner. (Note: you can also access quizzes from the assignments page).
In the Choose a Quiz Engine window, select New Quizzes option (1).
To save your quiz engine selection for the course, check the Remember my choice for this course (2) checkbox.
Click the Submit (3) button to save your choice.

6. You can reset your quiz engine choice from the Quiz Options menu. Click the three vertical dots to the right of the +Quiz button and select Reset quiz engine choice.

Note: To identify a Classic Quiz from a New Quiz:

Classic Quiz: Rocket icon is outlined.
New Quiz: Rocket icon is filled in.

NQ Rocket Icon.jpg

Tip: When you are building your quizzes, attach it to an item bank so this way you can utilize it next year or next term.

5. How to Build Various Question Types

- - Categorization (Only in New Quizzes)
  - Essay
  - File Upload
  - Fill in the blank
  - Formula
  - Hot Spot (Only in New Quizzes - see more information below.)*
  - Matching Question
  - Multiple Answer
  - Multiple Choice
  - Numeric
  - Ordering (Only in New Quizzes)
  - True or False
  - Stimulus (Only in New Quizzes)

*Hot spot questions are not accessible for users requiring keyboard-only access or screen readers. The functionality of a hot spot question type conflicts with being able to access a question by keyboard or a screen reader. This is because the keyboard would identify the hot spots by location and the screen reader would read the locations out loud.

*You cannot add multiple Hot Spots to one question. You must copy the original question and add a new Hot Spot.