You need to select the discussion as graded, which will let you choose a number of points, and add it to an assignment group. Instructions are listed here: How do I create a graded discussion? - Inst...

There is also a setting within the gradebook itself to hide the totals column. Please check whether that is selected. From the gradebook, on the top right, you should see 3 buttons, import, export and...

While that was indeed the plan for a while, Instructure has decided to not eliminate Classic Quizzes a couple of years ago. There is currently no general deadline that I can see for moving to New Quiz...

Within a module, you can set requirements, specifying individual module items that a student must go through, including requiring them to do in order, so you can require them to view a page, or get at...

I'm assuming you are using a classic quiz for the final, as in those the points are the sum of the points of the individual questions, and shouldn't be changed after students start the quiz. I...

Do you see a Zoom Meeting button in Settings -> Navigation? If you do, drag it to the visible for students part, save, and then click the Zoom Meeting button that will show up in the navigation men...

Do you manually drag the Total column with your mouse? If you click the 3 dot button on the Total column that appears when you hover over it and then choose move to front, it is slightly stickier for ...

Just to add to what @dbrace said, the simplest solution is probably to write in the quiz instructions that students should spend those 15 minutes, and you can check their times afterwards (for exa...

You didn't mention whether this was a multiple choice question or a multiple answer question (or perhaps something else, but it's likely one of these two). If it was a multiple choice question...

I believe the enhanced rubrics feature would help you, as it allows to change the display of rubrics to more compact formats. That feature is still in development, though, and may not be available in ...