Canvas Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes Feature Comparison

Canvas has two quiz options available, Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes. Note that Classic Quizzes will not be available after July, 2022. This table offers a side by side comparison
of features for the two quiz options.

Canvas Workflows

  Classic Quizzes New Quizzes
MasteryPaths ✓ ✓
Course Copy ✓ ✓
Common Cartridge Import ✓ ✓
QTI Import ✓ ✓
Quiz Exports (content and files) ✓ ✓
Duplicate Quiz from Quizzes page   ✓
Third-party Integrations (Proctor/Security) ✓  
Third-Party Item Types (Integration Framework) %  
Blueprint Courses ✓ Initial sync only
Ability to configure in *.beta.instructure.com ✓ ✓
Loss of Connectivity message when relevant ✓ %
Role permissions support ✓  
  • Designer role support
 ✓  
  • Observer role support
 ✓  
  • TA role support
 ✓ ✓
Ability to enable at sub-account/course levels via flag N/A ✓
Quiz content migration from Canvas N/A ✓
Question Bank content migration from Canvas N/A  

% - Partial solution

Features

  Classic Quizzes New Quizzes

Import Content into Individual Quiz

   ✓

Create Practice Quiz

 ✓

Create an assignment worth 0 points*

Create Ungraded Quiz

 ✓

Create an assignment worth 0 points and select option to exclude from final grade*
Create Survey ✓  
Preview quiz (student view) ✓ ✓
API access to quizzes ✓  
LockDown browser support ✓ ✓
Customize Question Feedback ✓ ✓
Leave/Resume Quiz ✓ ✓
Manage Question Banks/Item Banks ✓ ✓
  • Bookmark Banks
 ✓  
  • Copy/Move Banked Questions
 ✓ ✓
  • Delete Banks
 ✓ ✓
  • Import Banks
 ✓ ✓
  • Randomize Bank Questions
 ✓ ✓
  • Share item banks
 ✓ ✓
  • Tag banked items with metadata
   ✓
  • Search content within an item bank
   ✓
Regrade Questions ✓ ✓

Reorder Questions

 ✓ ✓
Rich Content Editor ✓ ✓
  • Record audio and video
 ✓  
  • Content Selector Sidebar
 ✓  
  • Accessibility Checker
 ✓  
  • Apps and LTI tools
 ✓  
  • HTML Editor
 ✓  
  • Insert media iframe
 ✓  
  • Right-to-left/left-to-right formatting buttons
 ✓  

* Not supported; workaround option

Item/Question Types

  Classic Quizzes New Quizzes
Categorization   ✓
Essay ✓ ✓
Fill in the Blank ✓ ✓
Fill in Multiple Blanks ✓ Use Fill in the Blank question*
File Upload ✓ ✓
Formula ✓ ✓
Multiple Answer ✓ ✓
Multiple Choice ✓ ✓
Multiple Dropdown ✓ Use Fill in the Blank question*
Matching ✓ ✓
Numeric ✓ ✓
Stimulus/Passage   ✓
Text (No Question) ✓ Text can be included as stimulus content, but the stimulus type requires adding questions related to the content*
True/False ✓ ✓
Ordering   ✓
Hot Spot   ✓

* Not supported; workaround option

Settings

  Classic Quizzes New Quizzes
Allow Multiple Attempts (All Students) ✓ ✓
Allow Multiple Attempts (Individual Student) ✓ ✓
Require Waiting Period Between Attempts   ✓
Display One Question at Time ✓ ✓
Require Access Code ✓ ✓
Set Time Limit ✓ ✓
Shuffle Questions Globally   ✓
Shuffle Answers Globally ✓ ✓
Hide Student Responses ✓ ✓
Filter IP Addresses ✓ ✓
Assign to Individual Student ✓ ✓*
Assign to Section ✓ ✓*
Set Availability Dates ✓ ✓*
Shuffle Answers per Question   ✓

* Customize by editing the assignment in Canvas

Grading & Moderation

  Classic Quizzes New Quizzes
Add Extra Time (Individual Student, for the whole course)   ✓
Add Extra Time (Individual Student, for the assessment) ✓ ✓
Add Extra Attempt (Individual Student, for the assessment) ✓ ✓
View Moderation Page ✓ ✓
Manually Submit Attempts ✓ ✓
View Quiz Log ✓ ✓
View Student Results ✓ ✓
Automatic grading of questions ✓ ✓
Add Fudge Points ✓ ✓
Grade One Question at a Time (SpeedGrader) ✓  

Reports

  Classic Quizzes New Quizzes*
Item Analysis ✓ ✓
Summary Statistics ✓ ✓
Quintile Performance   ✓
Student Analysis CSV ✓  
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