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Canvas New Quizzes · private and browser-based
Build one clear question, one step at a time.
Start with the evidence students must demonstrate. The toolkit will guide you to a suitable format, the Canvas setup, and a final preview check.
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Evidence → Format → Setup → Preview
- Evidence: What must students demonstrate?
- Format: Which interaction best captures that evidence?
- Setup: What content, answer key, directions, feedback, points, and organization does Canvas need?
- Preview: Does the question work accurately, clearly, accessibly, and as intended for students?
Step 1 · Evidence
What must students demonstrate?
Choose the student action that is closest to your goal.
Step 2 · Format
Choose the interaction that best captures the evidence.
Selected evidence
Choose a different format
Hot Spot requires specialized planning.
Canvas states that Hot Spot questions are not accessible to keyboard-only or screen-reader users. Provide an equivalent way to demonstrate the same evidence when needed.
Read the official Canvas New Quizzes FAQ
Open Specialized FormatsStep 3 · Setup
Build the question structure.
Canvas completion fields
Complete the Canvas setup.
Canvas places question-level directions in the question stem. These fields are separated here so you can plan them intentionally before combining them in Canvas.
Step 4 · Preview
Review the complete Canvas build.
Open one section at a time. Copy only what you need, or copy the full build sheet.
Functional Student Test Drive
This is a functional practice preview. It is not an exact visual replica of Canvas.
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Secondary tools
Specialized Formats
Use these only when the evidence genuinely requires them. These prompts are static planning templates. This site does not call an AI service.
Hot Spot
Accessibility warning: Canvas states that Hot Spot questions are not accessible to keyboard-only or screen-reader users. Plan an equivalent accessible format when needed. Official New Quizzes FAQ.
Official Canvas Hot Spot guide
Create a Hot Spot question plan for Canvas New Quizzes. Do not invent an answer key. Ask me to provide the image, the exact evidence students must identify, the human-verified target area, student directions, point value, feedback, and an equivalent accessible alternative. Return a field-by-field Canvas setup and a human verification checklist.
Numeric
Create a Numeric question plan for Canvas New Quizzes. Do not calculate or invent the correct answer. Ask me for the instructor-verified answer, acceptable precision or range, units, directions, point value, and feedback. Return the Canvas fields and a human verification checklist.
Multiple Answer
Official Canvas Multiple Answer guide
Create a Multiple Answer question plan for Canvas New Quizzes. Do not invent the answer key. Ask me for every instructor-verified correct response, plausible distractors, scoring expectations, directions, point value, and feedback. Check for overlapping or partially correct options and return a human verification checklist.
Reasoning or scenario planning prompt
Help me plan an auto-gradable Canvas New Quizzes question from this scenario. Start by asking what evidence students must demonstrate. Recommend a format only after the evidence is clear. Do not invent disciplinary facts or an answer key. Require me to verify the correct answer, distractors, feedback, accessibility, and student Preview before publishing.