{"id":5031,"date":"2025-10-27T15:56:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/?p=5031"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:14:13","slug":"creating-exams-in-canvas-guidance-for-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/creating-exams-in-canvas-guidance-for-builders\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Exams in Canvas: Guidance for Builders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. General Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Default Quiz Settings and Functionality<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. FSE Canvas Exam Settings – Our Recommendations<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Final Pointers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    While the move to Canvas necessitated the need to transfer learning materials and teaching content, it also brings the need to ensure that online exams are transferred and re-deployed correctly. In this guide, we take a closer look at some of the essential settings to consider when building online exams in Canvas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    This guide won’t cover the building of questions specifically, and only touches on settings relating to deployment in the context of online summative exams. For specific guidance on creating quizzes, take a look at our existing guidance: Assignments and Quizzes – Setting up Quizzes.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    General Guidelines<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Use the Quiz Preview Function to Test Your Quiz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Canvas offers a View As Student feature that lets you experience your course from a student\u2019s perspective. However, we recommend not using this feature to preview or test quizzes<\/strong>, as it records an actual quiz attempt and therefore prevents further edits to the quiz once the attempt is logged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Instead, use the Preview<\/strong> feature available on the quiz builder page. This option allows you to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n