I have students that are trying to complete Canvas quizzes on their phones since they lack computers. Is there a way around the error they are given?

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jsmith29
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I have students that are trying to complete Canvas quizzes on their phones since they lack computers. Is there a way around the error they are given? 

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Hi  @jsmith29 

That error message means that the student had already made a submission to a quiz set for one attempt (or submitted for all possible attempts). Many students do not understand that just peeking at a quiz is counted as an attempt. They looked, they exited, Canvas submitted after allotted time limit.

I remind my students in several places that "peeking" counts.

One other thing I have noted is that sometimes when the quiz is set to display one question at a time, students will hit the "Submit" button after their first question; thereby creating the problem above - this seems to happen more on phones since the "Next" and "Submit" buttons are so close.. I also remind them of this, since so

Kelley

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