{"id":6908,"date":"2025-05-13T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/academics\/2025\/05\/13\/frequently-asked-questions-about-canvas-quizzes\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:46:39","slug":"frequently-asked-questions-about-canvas-quizzes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/academics\/2025\/05\/13\/frequently-asked-questions-about-canvas-quizzes\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions About Canvas Quizzes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Chapman Instructors,<\/p>\n

Final exam season has arrived!\u00a0 Below please find the most frequently asked questions about Canvas Quizzes at this time of year.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: The below instructions are for Canvas Classic Quizzes. If you are using or intend to use Canvas New Quizzes<\/a>, please see these Canvas guides<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

How do I accommodate students who need extra time?<\/h3>\n

If you have students who need extended time for quizzes\/exams (e.g. \u201ctime + 1\/2\u201d or \u201cdouble time\u201d), you can use the Moderate Quiz feature in Canvas to give these students the extra minutes they need for timed quizzes.\u00a0 The following video contains a demonstration.<\/p>\n

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Important<\/strong>:\u00a0 If you have entered an Available Until<\/strong> date and time (4 in the image below), any student who is still taking the quiz will be kicked out at that time, even if you have moderated the quiz and given the student extra minutes.<\/p>\n

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Canvas Guide<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Once I publish a timed quiz, how can I give my students extra time?<\/a><\/p>\n

How do I accommodate students who need to take a Canvas quiz at a different time than the rest of the class?<\/h3>\n

There may be a circumstance where a student needs to take a Canvas quiz at a different time than the rest of the class.\u00a0 The following video shows how to accommodate a student in this way in Canvas.<\/p>\n

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Important<\/strong>:\u00a0 Be sure to use the + Add<\/strong> button to add the student(s) rather than removing Everyone<\/strong> and replacing Everyone<\/strong> with the student(s).\u00a0 If you remove Everyone<\/strong>, then Canvas will hide the grades of all of the other students who have taken the quiz in the Gradebook.<\/p>\n

How do I copy a quiz from one Canvas course to another?<\/h3>\n

There are a few different ways to copy a quiz from one Canvas course to another.\u00a0 The simplest way is to find the quiz that you would like to copy, click on the three dots to the right of the quiz, then select Copy to…<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Canvas Guide<\/strong>:\u00a0How do I copy a quiz to another course?<\/a><\/p>\n

Important<\/strong>:\u00a0 There have been a few cases where a Canvas quiz that students had already taken was overwritten when another quiz was copied into the course.\u00a0 If you are someone who likes to make copies of quizzes to create different versions and frequently copies quizzes between Canvas courses, then you may want to use a safer method to avoid this issue.\u00a0 According to Canvas Support, the safest way to copy a quiz from one course to another is to export the quiz<\/a> as a .zip file, then import the .zip file into the other course as follows:<\/p>\n

In Course Navigation, click the Settings\u00a0<\/strong>link.<\/p>\n

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Click the Import Course Content<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/p>\n

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In the drop-down menu, select the\u00a0QTI .zip file<\/strong> option.\u00a0 Click the\u00a0Choose File\u00a0<\/strong>button.<\/p>\n

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Find and click the ZIP file you want to import [1]. Click the Open\u00a0<\/strong>button\u00a0<\/strong>[2].<\/p>\n

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DO NOT check the box next to “Overwrite assessment content with matching IDs,” then click on the Import<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

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Need Support?<\/h3>\n