• The short version of this post is: I think Canvas should keep the option of Classic Quizzes, period.

 

• Almost all software out there, as they make a new version, makes sure that content will be backwards compatible. The old documents will still be able to be used in the new version of the software.
• I don't understand how Canvas can have us make content using Classic Quizzes for years, then switch and not make the New Quiz engine work with the Classic Quizzes that we have written.
• I am in charge of a huge project at my college. We have created hundreds of Classic Quizzes. Two of the features that we use that are not available in New Quizzes are:
  • Text only question. Here we put a video for the students to watch before quizzing them on that material. The only option New Quizzes has for this is a Stimulus question which converts the quiz to a 2 column format, therefore making it unreadable to any student using a tablet or phone. Yes, a workaround would be to make it a T/F problem and ask the students if they watched the video - really?
  • Grouped questions. It was very simple to make grouped questions in Classic Quizzes. Afterwards you could go in and look at and edit your questions. With New Quizzes, all grouped/pooled questions must be put into item banks. To write just 2 questions into an item bank you must:
    • Create the item bank
    • Go to the quiz you want them in and write a question, and add it to the item bank.
      • Now since there is no way to organize item banks into folders, I will be sorting through around 2000 item banks in each of my searches.
    • Write another question in the quiz and add it to the item bank - again searching through 2000 item banks.
    • Delete the two questions from the quiz.
    • Add in a random question from the new item bank (again searching through all of my item banks)
• I have already watched all of the videos out there and read the posts about how to migrate. With what I have, starting from scratch would be way easier. I am not going to export/import each question as a separate QTI file. Plus, my point is really not the migration. My point is we have a good system/product here. Why are we losing it?

Seriously? This is ridiculous!

Keep the functionality of Classic Quizzes.

Who wants to look at a quiz and just see - 1 question randomly selected from ... item bank. You want to see your quiz!