There are a number of different ways of
setting up a quiz to be available for a
specific period. The 2 most effective
solutions are to:
- Use the "Until" time for the
quiz
- Use the Quiz timer and
moderate option
1. Use the "Until" time for the quiz
You can set the "Available from" and
"Until" time in the quiz settings for a
quiz to determine it's availability. The
"until" time overrides all other elements in
Canvas (including the quiz timer, etc.).
Because of this, it is the most reliable
indicator of when the quiz becomes available
and when it closes.
To do this:
- Set the "Available from" in the
quiz settings to determine when the quiz
is available to students.
- Set the "Until" in the quiz
settings to determine when the quiz is no
longer available to students.
If you wish to allow a longer
availability time for specific students (e.g.
students with accommodations) you can
- Click on the "+Add" button at the
bottom of the Assign section
- Type in the name of the specific
student(s) and set an alternative
"Until" time.
2. Use the Quiz timer and
moderate option
Once you have created the quiz, you can go to settings on the top left side of the screen and set the quiz availability using
the quiz timer and "moderate" section of the
quiz.
If you wish to allow a longer
availability time for specific students
(e.g. students with accommodations) you
can:
- Moderate your assessment by
following Moderate a
student's single attempt
in
New Quizzes.
- Find the student that you want
to
give accommodations to, and
click the
edit icon.
- Select from
the Time
adjustments list.
- To add additional time
to
the assessment attempt,
select
the Give
additional
time from
the list, then
select the amount of time.
Time units can be set to
minutes or
hours.
- When finished
adjusting
the time limit, click Save.
Please note however, that the above
adjustments will be overwritten by the
"Until" time. So if a quiz due to run
between 10:00 - 12:00 has additional time
set in the moderate area of the quiz, but
the the quiz has an "until" time which
expires at 12:00, it will end for all
students at 12:00.
In this scenario, it is
recommended to potentially set the "Until"
time to facilitate students with
accommodations - e.g. if a quiz is due to
run between 10:00 - 12:00 but to allow 15
extra minutes for students with
accommodations, one can set the until time
to 12:15.