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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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