Test copying

[WilliamSwanger1]

I am trying to copy a test from a prior class (2023) to two new ones. When copied, the test does not allow edits and does not show the questions as editable. It reads Build, in fact.

I tried several approaches but to no avail. 

I tried copying the test bank and it copied questions from other tests. 

I don't want to have to rebuild the test.

Importing any course content from the older class has been a little challenging, as my university has already set up various assignments for all classes of this type.

Thank you for any help. 

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hi there, @WilliamSwanger1 ...

Although I cannot see what your original quiz looked like compared to what it looks like now, I wonder if your quiz was converted (migrated) from a Classic Quiz to the New Quiz format?  The New Quiz format has the "Build" button, and that is the button you would click on to edit any of your quiz questions.  Here is a Guide for you:

New Quizzes Overview (Instructors)

If you could share a screenshot of what your original quiz looked like compared to what it looks like now, this might be helpful in determining if your quiz was migrated during a course copy/import.

Thanks.  Looking forward to hearing back from you on this.

[WilliamSwanger1]

I have reached out to our IT department in the meantime. If I recall correctly, I have traditionally used the classic quiz structure, so don't think I used the new quizzes overview, but ... that was two years ago, so not certain. At any rate, the interesting thing is that I have three tests in my 2023 course. Two of them show up in the quizzes sidebar but this test (#2) is not showing up there. It shows up in a Week module listing and students took the test without issue, but as noted it is not listed in the quizzes sidebar section, which seems odd. Test 1 does show there and I successfully copied it to my classes this semester. I was successful in copying the test in question to a module in one of the current classes, and the questions are there, but it does not appear like a quiz entry (at the top of the Canvas page) and I am unable to adjust the student input choice at all, nor is there a save button at the end.

Is it possible this is somehow coded as an assignment and not a quiz (though it does have the little rocket icon)? 

[WilliamSwanger1]

Here is a screen shot of the test as I was able to copy it to my current course. As noted, it does not appear like the other tests I have copied from prior classes.

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi @WilliamSwanger1 ...

Thanks for sharing that screenshot.  The interface you are looking at is definitely New Quizzes.  You can tell because it has the "Build" menu...whereas Classic Quizzes does not have that terminology.  Here are a couple video tutorials on how you can distinguish the two different types of quizzes in Canvas:

• Quizzes Overview (Instructors)
• New Quizzes Overview (Instructors)

[WilliamSwanger1]

Screen shot of test as I was able to copy it to one current course; see my message for details/issues about this copy.

[WilliamSwanger1]

In further investigation, I believe you are correct ... that it was a new quiz rather than classic. I was able to import a QTI file to a test quiz in my new course and so far it seems to have worked. It is still showing external tool options for submission, so I need to do some investigation into that. 

[Chris_Hofer]

@WilliamSwanger1 ...

Hi again.  Yeah, New Quizzes is technically an external LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) that was built by Instructure (the same company that makes Canvas).  By comparison, Classic Quizzes is not built as a LTI, so that is why you are seeing the difference there.