SCHOOL OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY ORIENTATION – CANVAS
QUIZZES AND QUESTION BANKS IN CANVAS
Things to remember when creating Quizzes or
Question Banks:
• All quizzes are considered assignments and are
included in the Assignments area.
• Questions banks are used to create quizzes that
are based on randomly selected number of
questions.
Creating a Question Bank - Part 1:
1. Log into Canvas and select your course
2. Click on Quizzes on the left navigation
menu.
3. Click the Manage Question Banks button on
the right side.
4. Click Add Question Bank button on the right
side.
5. Type in a name for the Question Bank and
hit Enter to accept the name. If you typed
the name wrong, click the pencil to edit.
6. To add questions, click on the Question
Bank’s name.
7. Click the Add a Question button on the right
side.
8. You can type in a question title in the
Question text area. However, it is
recommended that you don’t bother with
this part to save time.
9. Type in the points the question will be
worth.
10. Choose the question type:
a. Multiple Choice – choose one
answer from several options
b. True/False
c. Fill in the Blank – Let students know
that answer if case sensitive if you
require a specific answer.
Otherwise, enter as many of the
possible answers as possible.
d. Fill in Multiple Blanks – Allows
students to complete sentences by
choosing the terms.
e. Multiple Answers – for questions
that have more than one correct
answer. Best to signal students by
adding (choose all that apply) at the
end of the question.
f. Multiple Dropdowns – Works like
Multiple Answers except uses
dropdown menus, instead.
g. Matching – Best used to match
definition to words, concepts to
definitions, names to pictures, etc.
h. Numerical Answer – used in math
where students type their answers
in a text box.
i. Formula Question – Used in math
where students type in their formula
answers.
j. Missing Word – Works like Multiple
Choice except uses a dropdown
menu, instead.
k. Essay Question – Students type in
their essay answer in the text box. Is
the only question type that is
manually graded.
l. Text (no question) – Used when
writing instructions for sections of
the test.
Note: For all questions types except Essay and Text,
there are options below to write out the correct
answer or answers. If you need more distracters or
add more answers, click the Add Another Answer
link. To set the correct answer, click the arrow in
front of the answer. It will change to green which
indicates the correct answer. Clicking the arrow
again will set the answer to incorrect which is
indicated by the color red. There are comment
boxes below where you can type Correct and
Incorrect.
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Note: This option will over ride the point option on

individual questions in the Question Bank
8. Click the Create Group button.
9. In the Quiz Options, there are several
options you can select:
11. Click text areas and type the question and
answers depending on the question type.
You can add multimedia options, such as
movies, links, audio, and images.
12. Click the Update Question button at the
bottom. Repeat Steps 7 through 11 to build
your Question Bank.
Creating a Quiz Based on a Question Bank:
1. Log into Canvas and select your course.
2. Click on Quizzes on the left navigation
menu.
3. Click the Create a New Quiz button on the
right side.
4. Type in the instructions on how to take the
exam.
5. Click New Question Group link. Type the
name for the group. If you have only one
group to create, type in the name of the
quiz you want it to be. If you plan to use
more than one group, you may want to use
Unit, Section, or Chapter heading.
6. Type how many questions you want from
the Question Bank in the Pick text area.
7. Type in how many points each question is
worth.
a. Quiz Type – Graded Quiz and
Graded Survey are recorded in the
grade book. Practice Quiz is not
recorded in the grade book.
Ungraded Survey allows you to
collect information about how
students feel about the course.
b. If Graded Quiz, you can assign the
quiz to a specific assignment group if
the option is available.
c. Shuffle Answers - Allows the
answers to be rearranged, so
students can’t memorize the letter
or number option.
d. Time limit – use only if the exam
must be completed in a certain
amount of time. Keep in mind the
ADA rules about timed exams. You
can extend time for an individual
student. However, the student must
be registered with the DRC to
receive any accommodations.
e. Let Students See their Quiz Results –
allows students to review their test.
Below this option, you can elect
whether or not to allow students to
see the correct answers.
f. Allow Multiple Attempts - Set how
many times a student can take the
quiz. Below this option, you can
elect to keep the highest score or
newest score. Also, you can limit
how many attempts. Leaving this
blank will set the quiz to unlimited
attempts.

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g. Restrict this Quiz – Sets how and select the group you want to add the
students access the quiz. You can questions.
enter a password and/or the Filter IP 7. Click the Add Questions button.
Address option which will only force 8. Repeat all the steps in Part1 and 2 to add
students to take their exams on more grouped questions.
certain computers.
9. Click Save Settings button and click the
h. Due Date – Set this if you have a Publish Quiz button. The quiz is now
regular course that you want the available to the students.
exam completed by a certain date.
Note: You add individual questions to the quiz by
i. Locked Until – Locks the exam up to clicking Add new Question link. Questions added in
a certain date. After that date, the
this manner will not be part of the group questions,
exam becomes available. so adjust your points accordingly.
j. Locked After – Locks the exam after
a certain date has passed. If
students have not taken the exam
for that date, they will be locked out
the exam. You can release the exam
individually to students who missed
taking that exam.
10. You can elect to preview the quiz by clicking
the Preview the Quiz link.
11. Click the Save Settings button.
Creating a Question Bank - Part 2:
1. Log into Canvas and select your course.
2. Click on Quizzes on the left navigation
menu.
3. Click on the pencil of the quiz you want to
edit. (Use the same one you were working
with in Part 1.)
4. Click the Find Questions link at the bottom.
5. Look for the Question Bank you want to
base the quiz off of and select it on the left
side (if you have created more than one).
On the right side, all the questions will be
listed. You can select only those questions
you want or click the Select all button at the
top.
6. Scroll down to the bottom. In the Add
Questions area, click the drop down menu