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New Quizzes Hub

Canvas has transitioned to a new quizzing engine called New Quizzes, which replaced the original quizzing tool (now known as Classic Quizzes) as of June 30, 2025. 

While you are no longer able to create Classic Quizzes, your existing quizzes and question banks will remain accessible and can be seamlessly migrated to the New Quiz format.

This Hub contains important information and resources to support you during this transition. 

new quizzes training

  • The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering ongoing New Quizzes Orientation sessions. 
REGISTER FOR NEW QUIZZES ORIENTATION

questions?

  • 24/7 Canvas Support is now available to assist you with everyday Canvas use, “how-to” questions, course management issues, and technical problems. Access it directly through the “24/7 Support” menu in your Canvas instance.

What's new with New Quizzes?

New Quizzes offers several tools including:

  • Course-wide student accommodations 
  • Shuffle answers by question
  • Printing quizzes
  • Require waiting period between attempts
  • Stimulus, ordering, and hot spot question types

What features are NOT available within New Quizzes?

There are some features and functionalities that are currently unavailable in New Quizzes although they may be introduced in a future update. Please be aware of the following:

  • Surveys are not supported in New Quizzes
  • There is no option to provide partial credit for Categorization or Ordering questions at this time. 
  • Regrading only applies to completed submissions. If all students will be affected by the regrade, please wait for all submissions before regrading.
  • Only point values can be changed for Categorization questions when regrading; correct answers cannot be changed for this question type.

Can I still create Classic Quizzes?

No. After July 2, 2025, you will no longer be able to create Classic Quizzes. However, your existing quizzes and question banks will remain accessible and can be seamlessly migrated to the New Quiz format.

Can I migrate my existing Classic Quizzes to the New Quiz format?

Yes. You will be able to migrate your existing quizzes and question banks to the New Quiz format. While New Quizzes migration supports all question types, you should still review your quizzes for assigning them to students.

Respondus LockDown Browser can be enabled when using New Quizzes. However, some functionalities have changed. Please be aware of the following:

  • New Quizzes paired with Respondus LockDown Browser must be accessed by students through Canvas. This will launch the proctoring tool automatically. Attempting to open the quiz from the Respondus LockDown Browser software directly (as it was done in Classic Quizzes) will lead to an error. 
  • Students will not be able to view their New Quiz results through their Grades tab as long as Respondus LockDown Browser is enabled.
    • To view results from a New Quiz paired with Respondus LockDown Browser, the quiz must remain available to students through the Modules, Quizzes, or Assignments tab.
    • Once students open a quiz from one of these tabs, Respondus LockDown Browser will be launched. Students will then be able to access and review their results as per the quiz settings.
    • The quiz results will be automatically locked after the "available until" date has passed. 

Building New Quizzes

Quiz Settings

Item Banks

Accommodations & Moderation

Grading

Reports & Analytics

Using Respondus LockDown with New Quizzes