FAQ: New Quizzes

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• General
• How are New Quizzes different from Classic Quizzes?
• Can I use New Quizzes along with the Classic Quizzes feature in Canvas?
• When is Classic Quizzes being sunset?
• Can I test New Quizzes in my Test and Beta instances?
• Are Canvas Partner integrations supported?
• Does New Quizzes have an API?
• Is New Quizzes accessible?
• Getting Started
• How do I access New Quizzes?
• Can I import and export using QTI?
• Can I import quizzes from a word document?
• Can a Classic Quiz migrate to New Quizzes?
• How are Classic Quiz Question Banks and Question Groups migrated to a New Quiz?
• Quiz Features
• How do I use New Quizzes?
• Is the Hot Spot item type accessible?
• Can I set student accommodations in New Quizzes?
• Is the Rich Content Editor fully integrated with New Quizzes?
• How do I create surveys in New Quizzes?
• Can a question be duplicated?
• If I import a quiz a second time, will my changes be reflected in the previously imported quiz?
• Can I import and export New Quizzes out of Canvas Commons?
• Can I use New Quizzes in a Blueprint course?
• How can I preview a New Quiz as a student?
• Can I print a New Quiz?
• Is there partial credit grading for items?
• Is Anonymous Grading supported in New Quizzes?
• Is it possible to delete student attempts?
• Is it possible to see which students got which version of the quiz?
• How do I give extra credit on a New Quiz?
• Does New Quizzes work with the Learning Mastery Gradebook?
• Can I attach outcomes to a New Quiz?

 

General

How are New Quizzes different from Classic Quizzes?

New Quizzes provides a modern, robust assessment experience with enhanced performance and scalability, designed to meet both current and future classroom assessment needs. New Quizzes offers an improved user experience along with expanded functionality, including advanced accommodation settings, a wider variety of question types, enhanced collaboration tools, and streamlined migration options. To see a breakdown of how New Quizzes compares to Classic Quizzes, please see our New Quizzes Feature Comparison.

Can I use New Quizzes along with the Classic Quizzes feature in Canvas?

Yes, New Quizzes can be used in tandem with Classic Quizzes. 

When is Classic Quizzes being sunset?

Classic Quizzes currently has no set end-of-life date.

Can I test New Quizzes in my Test and Beta instances?

New Quizzes is supported in the Production and Beta environments. This includes support for blueprint courses, quiz copy, course copy, and quiz migration. We do not plan to support New Quizzes testing in the Canvas Test environment.

Note: To test Outcomes in New Quizzes (NQ) within Beta environments, the Outcomes must first be added in the Production environment to appear in Beta. Additionally, NQ reports in Beta reflect submissions made within the Beta environment.

Are Canvas Partner integrations supported?

We encourage you to check with your third party vendor to confirm if they have an integration with New Quizzes. 

Does New Quizzes have an API?

Yes, APIs are available for New Quizzes. 

Is New Quizzes accessible?

New Quizzes meets VPAT WCAG 2.1 accessibility requirements, and is underway to be WCAG 2.2 AA in 2026. 

Getting Started

How do I access New Quizzes?

If your institution has enabled New Quizzes, you can enable it following the steps in this article. If you do not have access to New Quizzes: 

• As an instructor, please contact your Canvas LMS Admin team.
• As a Canvas LMS Admin, you can enable “New Quizzes” under your root account’s Feature Options. 
• Note: New Quizzes is not available in Free for Teacher accounts. Availability will be determined at a later date. 

Can I import and export using QTI?

Yes, users can import and export New Quizzes using QTI packages. Once your institution has enabled the “New Quizzes Migration During Course Import/Copy” feature option, you can also convert quizzes in QTI packages to the New Quizzes format when using the Course Import Tool. 

• How do I import a quiz from a QTI package in New Quizzes?
• How do I import questions from a QTI package into an item bank in New Quizzes?
• How do I import quizzes from QTI packages? - Instructure Community

Can I import quizzes from a word document?

No, neither Classic nor New Quizzes can be created from a word document.

Can a Classic Quiz migrate to New Quizzes?

Yes. New Quizzes migration supports all question types. Refer to this article for instructions on migrating a single quiz, and this article for migrating all quizzes and Item Banks within a course. We recommend instructors review migrated quizzes prior to publishing and/or assigning them to students.

How are Classic Quiz Question Banks and Question Groups migrated to a New Quiz?

Question Banks are collections of questions stored in Canvas that can be used in Classic Quizzes. Item Banks in New Quizzes function the same way. 

Question Groups are sets of specific questions that can be grouped within a Classic Quiz, allowing Canvas to randomly select some or all of the questions for each student. 

When a classic quiz is migrated to New Quizzes, here is how question banks and question groups appear:

Classic Quizzes	How it’s migrated to New Quizzes
Single question: not associated to a bank or group	Single question located in the quiz
Single question: associated to a bank or group	Within an Item Bank
Inline question in Question Groups	Within an Item Bank
Question Banks: not associated within a quiz	As an Item Bank

Quiz Features

How do I use New Quizzes?

You can find detailed information about functionality in New Quizzes using the New Quizzes Chapter in the Instructor Guide.

Is the Hot Spot item type accessible?

Hot Spot questions are currently not accessible to keyboard-only and screen reader users, due to inherent challenges in how assistive technologies interact with Hot Spot’s location-based selections. This limitation is indicated via a tooltip in the UI. We recommend that educators consider alternative question types to ensure accessibility for all learners who use assistive technologies.

Can I set student accommodations in New Quizzes?

Yes, New Quizzes provides enhanced accommodation options and settings to better support diverse learner needs.

• This article explains how to set individual quiz accommodations for a student.
• This article explains how to set course-wide accommodations for a student.

Is the Rich Content Editor fully integrated with New Quizzes?

The same Rich Content Editor (RCE) is used across Canvas, including New Quizzes. Within New Quizzes, the Rich Content Editor is available in the following features:

• Quiz building:
  • Multiple Choice
  • Multiple Answer
  • Ordering
  • Fill in the blank
• Quiz Instructions
• Question stems for all question types
• Student feedback for all question types
• Possible answers for the following question types:
• Quiz taking: Essay Question Type
• Educators can limit file uploads for answers to essay question types. 

How do I create surveys in New Quizzes? 

We are hard at work to create a survey question type in New Quizzes, tentatively scheduled for release in Q4 2025. Until that is complete, instructors can utilize the following existing settings to gather student feedback. These include:

• Zero point quizzes do not display in the Gradebook
• Anonymous Grading in New Quizzes
• Do not count this assignment towards the final grade
• Complete/Incomplete scoring
• Anonymous Grading
• Gather Anonymous Student Feedback (Coming Soon)

Can a question be duplicated?

Once an item has been added to an item bank, it can be easily copied or moved between item banks. Individual questions in New Quizzes can also be duplicated, see this article in the Instructor Guide.

If I import a quiz a second time, will my changes be reflected in the previously imported quiz?

No. You cannot modify an existing quiz by importing a modified version. Imports can only be used when creating a quiz for the first time. If you import the same quiz multiple times, previously imported quizzes will not be overwritten, It will produce multiple copies of the same quiz.

Can I import and export New Quizzes out of Canvas Commons?

Yes, Canvas Commons supports New Quizzes content.

Can I use New Quizzes in a Blueprint course?

Yes, New Quizzes can be distributed within a Blueprint course. 

How can I preview a New Quiz as a student?

You can preview and test quiz questions and settings from a student’s perspective by using Quiz Preview. This article explains how to open Quiz Preview, submit a quiz, and view student results as a student.

Can I print a New Quiz?

Yes, learn more in this article.

Is there partial credit grading for items?

Partial credit grading functionality is supported for the for the following item types:

• Multiple Answer (allows points to be varied for individual answers)
• Multiple Choice
• Matching

It is not currently available for:

• Ordering
• Categorization

Is Anonymous Grading supported in New Quizzes?

Yes, you can use anonymous grading in New Quizzes. Learn more in this article.

Is it possible to delete student attempts?

While you can modify the number of attempts for individual students as described in this instructor guide, it only means you can reduce the number of extra attempts.  You cannot delete an already submitted quiz.

Is it possible to see which students got which version of the quiz?

By selecting the student’s attempt from the Moderation page, you will see the questions the student was given, along with their answers. The version itself is not explicitly shown. 

How do I give extra credit on a New Quiz?

Extra credit can be added to a quiz attempt using fudge points or through regrading. This article provides instructions for giving extra credit in a course. Additionally, check out this video from our Dear Danielle series on Extra Credit. 

Does New Quizzes work with the Learning Mastery Gradebook? 

Yes, New Quizzes data flows back to the Learning Mastery Gradebook and Admin-level Outcome Results report.

Can I attach outcomes to a New Quiz?

Yes, outcomes can be attached to either a single quiz question or an entire quiz.

Note: Outcomes added to Canvas in the Beta environment after the beta refresh will not display in the New Quizzes Beta environment. Outcomes must be added to the production environment to display in the Beta environment.