Best Practices for Canvas Quizzes

Maximize the following Canvas Quiz features when creating and administering quizzes.

1. Utilize question banks to:

   1. Draw your quiz questions from a pool of questions. 

   2. Randomize question order (must use Question Groups feature). 

   3. Update question banks for each course iteration. 

   4. Additional Resources for Question Banks

      1. What are question banks? 

      2. How do I create a quiz by finding questions in a question bank? 

      3. How do I import quiz banks from publisher? 

2. Randomize answer choices for each question. 

   1. How do I create a quiz with a question group to randomize quiz questions? 

3. Display one question at a time. 

4. Provide time limits for assessments: 

   1. Set time limits for completion of the quiz once started. Enough time should be given to allow students to answer the question without aide of a textbook or Internet resources. 

   2. Routinely review start and end times for exams after they have been taken. This allows you to identify anyone who takes an unusually short amount of time to complete an exam. 

5. Set availability dates for assessments and results.

   1. Allow access to the quiz for a set date range. For example, available on Friday at 5 p.m. and due on Sunday at 9 p.m.

   2. Release the student's test score after the availability time has ended. 

   3. Release results to the students after all students have taken the exam.