This help doc will walk you through the Canvas Question types that you can use for Canvas Quizzes. You can create questions either directly in a Quiz or in a Question bank. Feel free to read our Question Bank help docs for instructions on how to create one.

Question types included:
- Multiple Choice
- True/False
- Fill in the Blank
- Fill in Multiple Blanks
- Multiple Answers
- Multiple Dropdowns
- Matching
- Essay

Multiple Choice

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Enter your question text and multiple answers, then select the one correct answer by clicking on the green arrow to the left of the correct answer. You can add other false answers if you wish. Update Question when you are done. 



True/False

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Enter your question text, then hover over each answer and select the correct one by clicking on the green arrow to the left.


 
Fill in the Blank

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Enter your question text, then enter all possible correct answers for the blank.  Students will see the question followed by a small text box to type their answer.




Fill in Multiple Blanks

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Enter your question text, specifying where each blank should go by replacing the desired blank with "[Word1]" (a reference word surrounded by brackets with no space). 

Example: "Roses are [word1], violets are [word2]."

Then, in the Show Possible Answers for drop-down menu, select each reference word and enter the possible correct answer for each blank. Students must type correct answers into text boxes at each blank.





Multiple Answers 

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This question will show a checkbox next to each answer, and the student must select ALL the answers you mark as correct. Enter your question text and select all correct answers by clicking on the green arrow to the left of the correct answer.  Do not click on the green arrow to the left of incorrect answers.



Multiple Dropdowns



Multiple dropdown questions are set up the same as Fill in Multiple Answers questions, except for the fact that you will have to select one correct answer for each blank while other possible answers will be treated as incorrect answers.




Matching

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Enter your question instruction text and all matching criteria. Students will see values on the left and have to select the matching value on the right from a dropdown. Multiple rows can have the same answer, and you can add additional distractors that will appear in the dropdown menus.


         


Essay

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Enter your question text.  Students will be given a text field to compose their answer.