The Canvas Quiz Tool is a multi-featured tool that enables you to create tests, exams, quizzes, and surveys.

Canvas terminology: The QUIZ tool in Canvas allows you to create quizzes, tests, exams.

To build a quiz, you can add questions directly to the quiz, randomly select questions from a question bank, or take specific questions from a question bank. The video below is a general introduction to Canvas quizzes, question banks, and the related terminology/concepts. Below the video, you will find specific instructions for building your quiz.

This course is designed to assist you as you create quiz assessments in Canvas. There are a number of different ways to build Quizzes, so we have organized the different methods into modules. Feel free to pick and choose the module that most closely fits with your chosen quiz-building method, or you can read through the entire course for more information on the different quiz-building methods and decide which one fits your style best.

Where would you like to start?

Build a Quiz Manually (from scratch)

Create a Quiz Using Publisher Content

Create a Quiz Using Respondus Test Creation Software

Create an "In-Class" Quiz

Copy a Quiz from One Canvas Course to Another

Managing, Grading, and Troubleshooting Quizzes

Quiz Security