Moderate a Quiz in Canvas
Once you have published a quiz, the quiz sidebar shows the Moderate Quiz link. This page allows you to view the progress of student submissions, view the number of quiz attempts each has taken, grant students extra attempts, grant extra time for timed quizzes and manually unlock quiz attempts.
Notes:
Depending on the size of your course, Moderate Quiz information may take a few minutes to update. You may have to refresh the page to view the most current data.
If you change the quiz settings while a student is taking a quiz, the new settings will not apply until the student has completed the current attempt.
Accessing the Moderate Quiz Page
In Course Navigation, click the Quizzes link.
Click the name of the quiz.
Click the Moderate This Quiz link.
Viewing Student Information
To view the quiz attempts of a specific student, use the Search People field.
The Moderate Quiz page displays:
Student name [1]
Number of attempts taken [2]
Time [3]: Duration of the attempt
Number of remaining attempts [4]
Score [5]: For multiple submissions, the most recent attempt is shown
Refresh [6]: Click the refresh icon to update statistics
Timed and Non-Timed Quizzes
Non-timed quizzes:
If you view the Moderate Quiz page while a student is currently taking a quiz, the Time column shows the running time for the quiz. When time has expired, the Time column displays the submission as Time Up!
For non-timed quizzes, the timer counts down to the quiz Until date. If no Until date is set for the quiz, the quiz defaults to the course end date.
The highest number display is in months, days, hours, minutes and seconds.
Note: When students are taking a non-timed quiz, their timer will show the elapsed time counting up.
Timed quizzes:
If you view the Moderate Quiz page while a student is actively taking a timed quiz, the Time column shows the running time remaining in the quiz [1]. When time expires, the submission displays as Time Up!
The quiz also displays a clock icon [2] that you can use to extend time on the current attempt. Learn more about moderating current timed quizzes.
Note: When students are taking a timed quiz, their timer will show the elapsed time counting down.
Managing Submissions
If the page displays a warning message, time has expired on one or more student submissions, but those submissions remain outstanding. You will need to manually submit them. Learn how to submit outstanding quizzes.
Moderating Quizzes
You can use the Edit icon to moderate the quiz at any time for a student. Moderating a quiz lets you give students extra attempts and manually unlock quiz attempts. Depending on the quiz settings, you can also give extra time for timed quizzes and let students see quiz results one more time.
If you want moderate a quiz for multiple students and apply the same settings for each, you can update them all at once. Learn more about giving extra quiz attempts.