Classic vs. New Quizzes

There are two quiz tools in Canvas: Classic and New Quizzes. Classic Quizzes is the original quiz tool, while New Quizzes is the newer version. At some point Classic Quizzes will no longer be available, but a date has not been set yet for that changeover as Canvas continues to improve New Quizzes and work out issues that continue to arise. For more information on this transition, check out this Canvas community page "New Quizzes Hub."

It is important to note that Classic Quizzes can be migrated to New Quizzes, but New Quizzes cannot be migrated to Classic Quizzes. When a Classic quiz is migrated, the Classic Quiz remains as-is and a New Quiz version is created. So you will have two copies of the same quiz - one in Classic and one in New Quizzes.

IDS Recommendation: At this point in time, we strongly recommend you use Classic Quizzes unless you need a feature that is only available through New Quizzes.

What can only be done in Classic Quizzes

Create a Survey (ungraded or graded)
Extend time on an attempt in progress
Release correct answers at a specific date/time
Allow students to view the results only once after an attempt
Add questions automatically to the question bank when created in a quiz
Change question content after students have begun taking the quiz (changes will only apply to future attempts)
View Student Analysis Report
Download CSV of quiz data

What can only be done in New Quizzes

Duplicate quiz
Set an overall point value for the quiz
Display quiz grade as percentage, complete/incomplete, or letter grade
Require waiting period between attempts
Have subsequent attempts only display questions the student got wrong in the previous attempt
Duplicate questions within the quiz
Vary points by answer (for multiple choice question type)
Turn on/off shuffle answer choices at question level
Use stimulus, ordering, categorization, and hot spot question types
Set word limit (min and max) for Essay question type
Require exact match for credit for fill in the blanks, multiple answers, and matching question types
Set default accommodation for a student for all New Quizzes in the course
Use Outcome alignments
Bulk regrade fill in the blank(s), multiple answers, and matching question types
Print quiz with or without answer key (not available for randomized quizzes)
Share item banks with other instructors

What can be done in both

Both Classic and New Quizzes can accomplish a lot of the same tasks, though they might be set up or look a little different. The similarities include:

Set time limit and availability dates
Set a different time limit and availability dates for specific students
Allow multiple attempts
Set access code
Create practice/ungraded quizzes
Display only one questions at a time and disable backtracking
Shuffle/randomize questions
Shuffle answer choices globally
Format answer text for multiple choice questions
Pull questions randomly from a question/item bank
Use multiple choice, true/false, essay, fill in the blank(s), multiple answers, formula, file upload, matching, and numeric question types
Give partial credit (with penalty) for fill in the blanks, multiple answers, and matching question types
Provide answer specific feedback and general question feedback
Be used with Respondus LockDown Browser
Hide scores until manually released
Give additional attempts to specific students
Change question point values after students have begun taking the quiz (will require regrading)
Grade one question at a time
Regrade individual student attempts
Bulk regrade multiple choice, true/false, and multiple answers question types
Give fudge points
View quiz data
Copy quiz to another course
Send quiz to another instructor

What can be done in neither

Unfortunately there are still a number of features that are not available in either tool. These include:

Reopen a submitted quiz attempt
Make a specific question extra credit
Allow students to choose which questions to answer from a pool
Make the quiz be extra credit (though there are ways around this)
Release scores at a specific date and time
Allow students to take a quiz as a group