Module 3Taking Quizzes & Exams

Introduction

Canvas Quizzes can be used to check for student understanding and assess comprehension of course material. Depending on how your professor sets up the quiz, questions may be shown all on one page or one at a time. If you are unable to finish a quiz you may be able to resume it later.

Professors can add various question types, including multiple-choice, true/false, matching, and essay questions, and can also add images and other multimedia to enhance the quiz content. Professors can also set various settings for their quizzes, including time limits, number of attempts, and availability dates.

Once the quiz is completed, students can submit their answers for grading, and professors can view and grade student responses through the Canvas gradebook.

Accessing Quizzes

There are multiple ways to find Quizzes in Canvas. Depending on how your professor sets up the course, you can find them by locating the Quizzes, Syllabus, Assignments, and/or Modules course navigation links in Canvas. Different courses may link to quizzes in different ways.

Quizzes are identified by the quiz icon [1].

In the Quiz Index Page, you can view the name of each quiz [2], the availability dates for the quiz [3], the due date for the quiz [4], the number of points the quiz is worth [5], and the number of questions in the quiz [6].

assignment quizzes index page,

Taking a Quiz

Find an available quiz you'd like to take and click the title of the quiz.

quiz index, highlighting one quiz title

To begin the quiz, click the Take the Quiz button.

take the quiz button at the bottom of the quiz page

How do I take a quiz?

Taking a Quiz with the Lockdown Browser/Monitor

You professor may require you to take a quiz using Repondus Lockdown Browser and may also require Respondus Monitor. Respondus LockDown Browser creates a restricted test-taking environment. The Respondus LockDown Browser does not allow other windows to be opened during the quiz and helps mitigate cheating. When students use Respondus LockDown Browser they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications. Respondus Monitor is an extension to LockDown Browser that uses students’ webcams and analytics to generate automated reports assessing any possibility of cheating for each user.

In order to take a quiz with Respondus Lockdown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor, you must have LockDown Browser installed on your computer.

Launch LockDown Browser on your device (install LockDown Browser beforehand (Links to an external site.))
On launch, you should see a dropdown menu next to “connect to:” YOU MUST select “Montclair State University Canvas” or you will not be able to sign in
Log into Canvas as you normally would
Navigate to your course’s quiz and begin the quiz

The Quiz Sidebar

At any point during the quiz, you can view a summary of your quiz. Questions you've answered will be faded out and identified by a checkmark icon [1], while unanswered questions will be bolded and identified by a question mark icon [2].

You can also view the due date for the quiz [3]. In the sidebar, the quiz due date refers to the autosubmit date, which can be a specified Until date or the last day of the course. This is not the due date set for when the quiz will be marked late.

You'll also see a timer showing your progress on the quiz. For untimed quizzes [4], the quiz shows as the elapsed time. If you are taking a timed quiz [5], the timer shows the running time and counts down until time expires.

Quiz sidebar while take the quiz

Viewing Quiz Results

The quiz results screen consists of several areas:

Attempt History
Quiz Results
Submission Details

The quiz results screen highlighting 3 areas:Attempt History;Quiz Results;Submission Details

Depending on how your professor has set up the quiz, you may be able to see the results immediately upon completion. For objective results questions, such as an essay question, scores will be posted later as your professor grades them. They will show up as a 0 on your score until graded.

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