Whether you call it a mid-term, exam, quiz, test, evaluation, or survey --- Canvas creates all assessments using the Quizzes tool.

Different Types of Quizzes

There are two different quiz types in Canvas:

Quiz: Most common assessment. Questions will automatically be evaluated based on right or wrong answers.
Survey: Most common form of evaluation. Can be administered anonymously. Questions will not be evaluated based on right or wrong answers.

Quizzes and surveys can be graded or ungraded. Graded quizzes and surveys will be listed as assignments and will have a column associated in the gradebook. Ungraded quizzes are considered practice quizzes.

Ways to Add Questions to a Quiz

There are three ways to add questions to a quiz (or survey).

Build a question from scratch from the question tab.
Copy a question from an existing question bank.
Have questions randomly pulled from a question bank.

Setting the Quiz Options

Once you've added the questions to a quiz (or survey), you'll have to decide on the quiz-related settings. How do you want to administer this assessment? Is it timed? For what window of time should the students be able to access it?

Below are the quiz settings to consider that increase test security and preserve test integrity:

Shuffle answers. If you create questions in a bank, question order will be randomized as well.
Set a time limit.
Show one question at a time and lock questions after answering.
Utilize a proctoring service.

View the Quizzes Video Tutorial (Links to an external site.), and consult the Canvas Guides (Links to an external site.) for step-by-step instructions on how to do a variety of things with Quizzes.