Quiz question types

[konyal]

I would like to create a quiz for my students. Is it possible to set up a quiz question in a way that students can decide whether to answer it by writing a paragraph or two in some provided box, or by uploading a pdf or jpg document? In other words, can I combine 'short-answer' style and 'file upload' style?

Thanks for your help in advance.

[James]

 @konyal  

Questions can only be one type at a time.

The best way to do this is to make it an essay (short-answer) question as it allows what you're wanting to do and is better than a file upload question. You have to download file upload questions to take a look at them as you cannot preview them in SpeedGrader.

The essay question type gives them access to the Rich Content editor.

• They could type their paragraph of two.
• They could embed images within their post, but that only works with image files. 
• They could use the Google Drive LTI tool to allows access to their Google Drive for embedding documents from there. How do I create a hyperlink or embed a file from Google Drive into the Rich Content Editor as a stud... 
• They could use the Office 365 LTI tool that allows access to One Drive. Note that the One Drive integration allows you to link to a file, not embed it the way that Google Drive does, but this would be about the same as a file upload question. How do I create a hyperlink from Microsoft Office 365 in the Rich Content Editor as a student? 

The links I provided were to the old Rich Content Editor. It is going away, so you may need to use the instructions in the New Rich Content Editor section of the Canvas Instructor Guide.