[ARCHIVED] Locking quiz

[EhfazNowman]

Hi, 

I have been using New Quizzes to create and conduct quizzes in my course. Is there a way I can 'LOCK' a quiz? Meaning, even though a quiz is published and students could see the quiz title, they would not be able to access and take the quiz. 

This is because I take my quiz at the beginning of the class and I do not want a late -comer to access the quiz whenever he or she pleases. 

[PallaviJalakam · Accepted solution]

Hello,

While creating a New Quiz, you can set Availability from and Until dates in the Assign section along with Due Date. Setting Availability from and Until dates will automatically open the quiz and lock the quiz at the set time. (By default the Due and Until timings are set to 11:59 PM and Availability from is set to 12:00 AM for the selected date. Timings can be modified manually.)

Availability from option keeps students from viewing and submitting an assignment until a specific date. Assignment/Quiz content is not visible to students until after the Available from date and time passes.

Until date option allows students to submit an assignment until a specific date/time. The Until date you set depends on whether you want to accept late submissions or not. When the Until date has passed, students can still view the quiz.

For No late submissions set the Until Date the same as the Due Date. For example, If your class starts at 8:00 PM and you want to start the quiz at the same time and the time limit is half an hour, set the Availability from date to 8:00 PM, Until and Due Dates to 8:30 PM. This way any latecomers will not be able to take the quiz beyond 8:30 PM, but please note that if any student starts the quiz at 8:20 PM, they still have 10 mins to work on the quiz.

Check this article about Assignment Due Dates and Availability Dates.

Hope this helps!

Thanks!
Pallavi

[BrianneCaruso]

You have described this feature which pertains to ALL students who are taking the quiz. 

The feature that the above user has mentioned works best for those students that are absent. As a teacher, you do not want a student who is absent to log onto Canvas and be able to take the quiz remotely at the same time as the other students are taking theirs in class. Having the lock feature allowed the teacher to manually unlock ONLY those students who were present in their class. The absent students would then be locked out and could NOT attempt to take it while they are at home. 

By setting the dates, that will lock ALL students out or allow ALL students access. 

Could you make a quiz and then assign it to those students present that day--- yes, but it is MUCH more cumbersome and takes a lot of time out of class as students arrive. 

The feature to lock and manually unlock quizzes in Canvas new quizzes is absolutely essential. 

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi @EhfazNowman ...

In addition to the information you've received from @PallaviJalakam, here is a video tutorial that shows where to set the availability dates (first part of the video):

New Quizzes Overview (Instructors)

[danielle_graha1]

Resetting availability dates does not address the situation as described by BrianneCaruso.  I am seeing a situation in which students are not taking their exam (new quiz) at the prescribed time; then completing it in another class with help from classmates.  Because an attempt has not been opened/logged, the new quiz can't be stopped, then re-opened later.  As mentioned above this is also an issue with students who are absent, and need to take the new quiz (exam) on another day.  

[KCothran]

This is what I am trying to fix.  I don't want to have the due date make the quiz grade a zero, but I want to lock the quiz so they don't finish in another class.