Delivery Settings

You can adjust Delivery Settings for a quiz in New Quizzes Build area. The options to delivery setting adjust the way that a quiz is delivered to students.

To edit the point total, assignment group, due date, availability dates, and the individual students and course sections who will be assigned the quiz, edit the quiz from the Assignments or Quiz page.

For the most current instructions refer to the Canvas Guides: How do I manage settings for a quiz in New Quizzes?

New Quiz Build/Edit Options

To manage settings for a quiz, find the quiz you want to open [1].

To open the Build page, click the Options icon [2] and then click the Build link [3] or simply click the name of the quiz and on the Quiz Details page click the Build button at the bottom.

To create a new quiz, click the Add Quiz button [4].

Screenshot of a list of quizzes on the Quizzes page with the option menu open for one quiz

Open Settings

Click the Settings tab.

Screenshot of the Build area with the Setting tab selected.

View Warning Message

If students have already submitted the quiz, a warning message will appear on the Delivery Settings page.

Screenshot of Delivery setting warning that students already attempted

Shuffle Questions

To shuffle the order questions are displayed to students, click the Shuffle Questions button. If this setting is turned off, questions will display in the order you designate in the quiz.

Note: Item bank questions that have been added in a group will continue to be randomized within that group whether this setting is turned on or off.

screenshot of the Shuffle questions option selected

Shuffle Answers

To shuffle the order answers are displayed to students for multiple choice, multiple answer, and matching quiz questions, click the Shuffle Answers button. If this setting is turned off, answers will display in the order you designate in the quiz questions.

Note: Shuffling answers does not guarantee the order is displayed differently to every student. Some students will receive the same answer order, depending on the number of answers for each question.

Screenshot of the shuffle answers option selected

Display One Question at a Time

To display one question at a time to students, click the One Question at A Time button [1]. To allow students to backtrack to previous questions in a quiz, click the Allow Backtracking checkbox [2]. Allow Backtracking is enabled by default.

Screen shot of the One Question at a time option selected allowing backtracking

Require Student Access Code

To require students to enter an access code to take a quiz, click the Require a student access code button [1]. Then enter the access code in the Password field [2]. To view a masked access code, click the Show access code checkbox [3].

Set Time Limit

To set a time limit for a quiz, click the Time Limit button [1]. Then enter the time limit using the Hours and Minutes fields [2].

Note: In progress quizzes automatically submit when the Availability date and time passes, even if there is time remaining.

Screenshot of the Set Time limits options

Filter IP Addresses

To filter IP addresses for the quiz, click the Filter IP Addresses button [1]. Then enter the allowed IP ranges using the Allowed IP range fields [2]. To add multiple IP ranges, click the Add Allowed range link [3].

Screenshot of the Allow IP Filer addresses options

Allow On-Screen Calculator

To enable an on-screen calculator for the entire quiz, click the Allow Calculator button [1]. Select either the Basic or Scientific calculator option [2]. The Basic calculator only displays numbers and basic mathematical functions (add, subtract, multiply, divide). The Scientific calculator displays more options for advanced calculations.

Allow Clearing Selection for Multiple Choice Questions

To allow students to clear a multiple choice answer, click the Allow clearing selection (Multiple Choice) button. If this setting is turned on, students can clear their answer to a multiple choice question after they've made a selection and leave the question unanswered.

Allow Multiple Attempts

To allow multiple attempts for a quiz, click the Allow multiple attempts button [1]. To assign which score to keep for student grades, select the option in the Score to keep drop-down menu [2]. You can choose to keep the highest score, average score, latest score, or first score.

Note: The Late Submission Policy is not supported when using multiple attempts in New Quizzes.

Screenshot of the Allow Multiple attempts options

Set Limited Attempts

By default, students will be allowed unlimited attempts when the Allow multiple attempts option is enabled. To set a limited number of attempts, select the Limited option [1]. Then select the number of attempts you want to allow [2].

Screenshot of limited attempts options

Set Waiting Period

To set a waiting period between attempts, click the Require time between attempts checkbox [1]. Then select the days [2], hours [3], and minutes [4] to require students to wait before they can begin a new attempt.

Screenshot of the waiting period options for multiple attempts

Restrict student Results View

To restrict students from viewing quiz results, click the Restrict student result view button.

Note: Students can still see their quiz grades in the Gradebook when the Restrict student result view option is enabled. To completely hide grades from students, you need to enable a Manual posting policy in the Gradebook.

Screenshot of the Restrict student results view options

You can manage if students can view their quiz results in New Quizzes. You can also select which result items are visible to students, including points awarded, points possible, questions, responses, and feedback.