You can easily randomize the questions that your students are given on an exam. This is often accomplished by linking a Question Bank or an Item Bank. Question or Item Banks have a pool of questions which will randomly supply a quiz with a number of questions you specify. The specified number must be less than or equal to the Bank's total amount of questions.
In Classic Quizzes you will need to create a question group or link to a Question Bank. Questions will be shuffled among each individual group or bank.
In New Quizzes you can link to an Item Bank to shuffle among each individual bank or you can turn on a setting to shuffle all questions across the whole quiz.
Classic Quizzes:
In Classic Quizzes use a question group or link to a question bank. For detailed steps please see:
- How do I create a quiz with a question group to randomize quiz questions?
- How do I create a quiz with a question group linked to a question bank?
New Quizzes:
In New Quizzes link to an Item Bank or turn on the option to shuffle questions in the Settings tab. For detailed steps please see:
- How do I manage settings for a quiz in New Quizzes?
- How do I add all items or a random set from an item bank to a quiz in New Quizzes?
Other FSU Canvas Support Center Articles with information about New Quizzes
- Introducing New Quizzes
- New Quizzes Transition Timeline
- Get to Know New Quizzes
- How to Convert a classic Question Bank to a New Quizzes Item Bank
- Can I make an assessment so that students only see one question displayed at a time?
- Can I use random blocks of questions?
- How to allow extra time for students on a Canvas assessment
- How to increase security to minimize cheating in Canvas quizzes