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Copying a quiz in a course by sending to Commons

Question asked by Kelly Traylor on Dec 8, 2017
Latest reply on Apr 5, 2018 by chofer@morainepark.edu

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I have used a workaround to copy a quiz I make in Canvas in order to modify the quiz for special needs students. I make my original quiz, send it to commons, then pull it back to the same course. Once I have this copy, I edit the name, change the questions and end up with two versions of the same test. Recently, two other teachers and I have noticed that after students take the modified test, if we want to allow them a second attempt, it strangely reverts back to the original test. How and why is this happening? It has happened to all of us.

Kona Jones

Dec 11, 2017 5:46 AM

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I’m not super familiar with copying from Commons, but I’m pretty sure Eric is correct and that’s why people do not use this as a way to make multiple copies of their quizzes.

I’m pretty sure the best way to do this right now (until the new quizzing engine comes out) is to copy the quiz back into your course. So in the course with the quiz go to settings, click on import content, select the course you are in (it will warn you with a red triangle), make sure to select import specific content (NOT all content). Then when you get the option to select content check the box only for the specific quiz or quizzes you want to copy. Once you do this it will create a copy of your quiz. At that time make sure to rename it! You can then go back in and make another copy of the quiz as needed. I’ve tested this and was able to make at least 8-9 copies.

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Eric Werth

Dec 10, 2017 8:54 PM

Hi Kelly. I don't know the answer definitively, but somewhere in the Community (I can't find it now), I read that if something like a page is in one course, that if the page is copied and the name changed, and then brought back into the same course it might overwrite the original because while the teacher has renamed the page the way Canvas identifies the page has not. I wonder if something similar to this may be happening with your quizzes . . . when Canvas goes to load a second attempt it kind of gets confused as to which quiz identifier to choose from. This is just a thought and hopefully someone has a 100% accurate answer for you.

I do have a question. If you are creating one quiz and then after copying the quiz changing the quiz questions, have you considered creating the original quiz in a question bank, copying the questions from the original question bank to a new question bank, editing these for your special needs students, and using the two question banks to make two separate quizzes? (See How do I move/copy a question from one question bank to another? for information on copying questions from one bank to another.) If these quizzes were shared in the Commons and used by multiple teachers, the same problem may not exist. Just a thought!

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Kona Jones

@ Eric Werth on Dec 11, 2017 5:46 AM

I’m not super familiar with copying from Commons, but I’m pretty sure Eric is correct and that’s why people do not use this as a way to make multiple copies of their quizzes.

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chofer@morainepark.edu

Apr 5, 2018 6:48 PM

Hello there, Kelly Traylor...

I have been reviewing older questions here in the Canvas Community, and I stumbled upon your question. I wanted to check in with you because I noticed that we've not heard back from you since you first posted this question on December 8, 2017. Have you had an opportunity to review the feedback that you've received from both Eric Werth and Kona Jones? Did either of their responses help to answer your question? Or, are you still looking for help from members of the Canvas Community? If you feel that either Eric's or Kona's response has helped to answer your question, please feel free to mark one of their responses as "Corret" However, if you are still looking for some help with this question, please let us know by posting a message below so that someone from the Community might be able to hep you out. For now, I am going to mark your question as "Assumed Answered", but that won't prevent you or others from posting additional questions and/or comments below that are related to this topic. I hope that's alright with you, Kelly. Looking forward to hearing back from you soon.

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Eric Werth Dec 10, 2017 8:54 PM
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Hi Kelly. I don't know the answer definitively, but somewhere in the Community (I can't find it now), I read that if something like a page is in one course, that if the page is copied and the name changed, and then brought back into the same course it might overwrite the original because while the teacher has renamed the page the way Canvas identifies the page has not. I wonder if something similar to this may be happening with your quizzes . . . when Canvas goes to load a second attempt it kind of gets confused as to which quiz identifier to choose from. This is just a thought and hopefully someone has a 100% accurate answer for you.

I do have a question. If you are creating one quiz and then after copying the quiz changing the quiz questions, have you considered creating the original quiz in a question bank, copying the questions from the original question bank to a new question bank, editing these for your special needs students, and using the two question banks to make two separate quizzes? (See How do I move/copy a question from one question bank to another? for information on copying questions from one bank to another.) If these quizzes were shared in the Commons and used by multiple teachers, the same problem may not exist. Just a thought!
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- Kona Jones @ Eric Werth on Dec 11, 2017 5:46 AM
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  I’m not super familiar with copying from Commons, but I’m pretty sure Eric is correct and that’s why people do not use this as a way to make multiple copies of their quizzes.
  
  I’m pretty sure the best way to do this right now (until the new quizzing engine comes out) is to copy the quiz back into your course. So in the course with the quiz go to settings, click on import content, select the course you are in (it will warn you with a red triangle), make sure to select import specific content (NOT all content). Then when you get the option to select content check the box only for the specific quiz or quizzes you want to copy. Once you do this it will create a copy of your quiz. At that time make sure to rename it! You can then go back in and make another copy of the quiz as needed. I’ve tested this and was able to make at least 8-9 copies.
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chofer@morainepark.edu Apr 5, 2018 6:48 PM
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Hello there, Kelly Traylor...

I have been reviewing older questions here in the Canvas Community, and I stumbled upon your question. I wanted to check in with you because I noticed that we've not heard back from you since you first posted this question on December 8, 2017. Have you had an opportunity to review the feedback that you've received from both Eric Werth and Kona Jones? Did either of their responses help to answer your question? Or, are you still looking for help from members of the Canvas Community? If you feel that either Eric's or Kona's response has helped to answer your question, please feel free to mark one of their responses as "Corret" However, if you are still looking for some help with this question, please let us know by posting a message below so that someone from the Community might be able to hep you out. For now, I am going to mark your question as "Assumed Answered", but that won't prevent you or others from posting additional questions and/or comments below that are related to this topic. I hope that's alright with you, Kelly. Looking forward to hearing back from you soon.
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