Technology
Accessing Quizzes and Tests in Canvas
Last modified 5/15/2026
- Go to Canvas and open the course you need to take a test or quiz
- Follow the instructions below to view and take your quizzes or tests.
- How to find your Quiz or Test
- Select Quizzes from the left-hand Course Navigation menu (Figure 1), or select the quiz title from your To Do list in your Dashboard, or select your Quiz from your Calendar (Figure 2)
- Figure 1: (the Course Navigation menu)
- Figure 2: (selecting the quiz)
- Figure 1: (the Course Navigation menu)
- Select the quiz you need to take if you chose to get to the quiz by the Quizzes link.
- Quiz or Test information
After clicking on a quiz or test you will see the quiz information that will give you the following information (Figure 3):
- Time Limit
- Due Date
- Instructions
- If multiple attempts are allowed
- And the button to begin taking the quiz or test
Figure 3: (example of a quiz with 0 of 3 attempts used)
To begin taking the quiz select the Begin button.
- Taking the Quiz or Test
Each quiz can look different depending on the instructors settings for the quiz.
- You could see a side bar with the questions listed and the ability to pin a question to come back to (Figure 4), or you may only see each individual question as you take the quiz
- Figure 4: (example quiz question)
- The time remaining if the quiz has a time limit will be at the top (Figure 4)
- Figure 4: (example quiz question)
- To view questions you've pinned to come back to later selected the pinned button (Figure 5)
- Figure 5: (screenshot of a pinned question)
- Figure 5: (screenshot of a pinned question)
- If you leave the quiz, or get logged out, you may be able resume taking the quiz, by returning to it and selecting the Resume button (Figure 6)
- Figure 6: (Quiz Resume button)
- Figure 6: (Quiz Resume button)
- Select the Submit button at the end of the quiz to submit your answers and complete your quiz
- After you select the first Submit button, you will get a Confirm Submission pop-up, where you will need to select Submit (Figure 7)
- Figure 7: (The confirm / submit button)
- Figure 7: (The confirm / submit button)
- Completed Quiz
At the end of your quiz you may get some results depending on your quiz question types and how your instructor has the quiz set up.
- Some question types are automatically graded
- Some question types require review before they can be graded
- Some instructors will not allow you to see the results at the end until they have graded it all
- Results can show how many questions you got right
- Questions that must be manually graded will not show as correct, or count towards your score until they are graded
- Some instructors will allow you to see which questions you got right and which ones you got wrong
- The amount of time it took you to take the quiz
- The number of attempts you may have remaining, if your instructor allows multiple attempts
- If you have more attempts you may select the Take Now button to take the quiz again (Figure 8)
- Figure 8: (the "Take Now" button)
- Figure 8: (the "Take Now" button)
Logging in to Canvas
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Additional Sources For Help
- Student Guide - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)
- Canvas: How do I use the Calendar as a student?
- Canvas: How to add events to my calendar
- Canvas: How to add a to-do item to my calendar
How to Get Help
Technical assistance is available through the Illinois State University Technology Support Center at:
- Phone: (309) 438-4357
- Email: SupportCenter@IllinoisState.edu
- Submit a Request via Web Form: Get IT Help Form
- Live Chat: IT Help Live Chat
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