How do I allow students to resume New Quizzes between sessions?

[heath_freeland]

I'm using New Quizzes to collect student responses throughout a project that runs over several weeks.

Up until recently New Quizzes would automatically store student responses between sessions, allowing them to answer different questions at different times throughout the project prior to submission at the end of the project.

This feature seems to no longer be enabled by default.

Is there any way to reenable this feature?

My quiz settings are set to allow to build on last attempt, allow multiple attempts, and have no time limit.

[james_whalley]

Hello @heath_freeland,

Are the students entering answers and then clicking the Submit button each session or are they utilizing the auto-save feature that occurs while taking a quiz? I imagine they are submitting each time if you have build on last attempt and allow multiple attempts on, but want to check for sure. If they are submitting each time, are the questions on the quiz auto-graded questions or do they include file upload and/or essay questions (manually graded)? If they are manually graded questions, they will need to be marked as correct in order for those answers to be retained for subsequent attempts. There is more about this here.

Regards,

James

[heath_freeland]

Hi James,
Thank you for taking the time to respond.
The students are not submitting each time. The behavior of Canvas is as though the auto-save feature has been disabled.
If anyone knows how to re-enable this feature, it would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Heath

[james_whalley · Accepted solution]

@heath_freeland, does no autosaving work on quizzes in your course or just on this single quiz?

I saw one post that mentioned that auto-saving is triggered by moving onto the next question. That's something you could test with Student View. When I just tested in Student View, I noticed that closing the tab/window without navigating away from the quiz (within the course) caused the answer to not be saved.

Are the questions on the quiz auto-graded or manually graded? If they are auto-graded, I might suggest having the students submit each time rather than relying on the auto-save feature. If they are manually graded that would work as well, but I am not sure of the size of your class, so I do not know if it is feasible to go in and grade each check-in.

[heath_freeland]

Hi James.
I just tested, and getting the student to navigate away from the quiz within the course seems to have worked.
Thank you for the assistance.