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Canvas by Instructure has released a beta version of a new quiz tool for Canvas called Quizzes.Next. This tool is still under development. It offers several new features and question types but is missing many features from the current Quizzes tool on which many instructors depend. Both tools will continue to be available until Quizzes.Next has achieved feature parity with Canvas Quizzes. The original Canvas Quizzes tool will eventually be retired, but Instructure has not yet announced the timeline.

We have enabled the beta version of Quizzes.Next in Canvas so that instructors can begin familiarizing themselves with the tool by experimenting in practice courses and/or using it for no- or low-stakes course activities.

Important:

We suggests waiting until the beta period is over before using Quizzes.Next for assessments that will have a significant impact on students' grades

Quizzes.Next vs. Canvas Quizzes

To learn more about the new tool and how it compares with the existing Canvas Quizzes tool, see the following documents. Instructure updates these documents regularly as new features are implemented in Canvas.Next.

The comparison linked above is a high-level overview of the differences. Listed below are some additional features in Canvas Quizzes that are not yet available in Quizzes.Next:

Users in the Teaching Assistant (TA) role cannot access Quizzes.Next for authoring or grading.
The Quizzes.Next rich content editor for authoring questions and submitting responses to short answer/essay questions does not yet offer the following features:
- Content Selector Sidebar
- Accessibility Checker
- Apps and LTI tools (e.g., ability to embed Kaltura videos and other app-based content)
- HTML Editor
- Media Recorder
- Right-to-left/left-to-right formatting
Quizzes.Next quizzes cannot be shared with other courses via course import, course export, course copy, or blueprint courses.
Quizzes created in Canvas Quizzes cannot be migrated to Quizzes.Next in bulk. It is possible to migrate them one at a time. See How do I migrate a Canvas quiz to Quizzes.Next?
Question banks created in Canvas Quizzes cannot be migrated to Quizzes.Next.
Scientific notation is not supported in responses to numeric questions.
It is not possible to create question groups that are not linked to an item bank. There is, however, a new item type called a "stimulus " type that allows a group of questions to be associated with a block of content.
Instructors cannot grant additional attempts on a per-student basis.
Instructors cannot hide quiz feedback from students.

Get started

Even though Quizzes.Next is part of the Canvas LMS, it behaves a little differently than other core Canvas tools because it's an external LTI tool. Here are some pointers to help get you oriented; see the documentation below for detailed instructions.

Quizzes.Next User Guides (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Quizzes LTI Feature Comparison (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
FAQ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.