Quizzes

For our last section of the workout, we are going to look at quizzes in Canvas and how to add accommodations such as: adding time or allowing multiple attempts.

Time

Canvas has four different types of assessments:

  • A graded quiz is the most common quiz, and Canvas automatically creates a column in the Gradebook for any graded quizzes you build.
  • A practice quiz is ungraded and can be used as a learning tool to help students see how well they understand the course material. Practice quizzes do not appear in the syllabus tool page or Gradebook.
  • A graded survey allows you to give students points for completing the survey; however, it is not graded based on right or wrong answers.
  • An ungraded survey allows you to obtain opinions or other information from students; however, students do not receive a grade for their responses. Ungraded surveys do not appear in the syllabus or Gradebook.

If you need to review Quiz options, go to, What options can I set in a quiz? Links to an external site. in the Canvas Guides.

Adding Accommodations

The most common type of accommodation, about 88% requested on campuses is extra time in quizzes and exams, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics. In order to add extra time you must first create a timed quiz or survey and publish it. Only once the quiz or survey is published will you be able to customize the allotted time.

(Source: National Center for Educational Statistics. [1999]. An institutional perspective on students with disabilities in postsecondary education. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Education.)