Previously it was recommended that
Semester 1 2020 assessments set the 'available
from' and 'available until' times for a New
Quiz in Canvas to present a 5-10 minute
“window” within which students could launch
and begin a quiz.
Students who had begun the quiz
within this window would still be able to
submit according to the Time Limit set for the
quiz.
A recent update by Canvas is allowing the “Available Until” value to overwrite the Timer in a New Quiz, thus concluding a Quiz potentially before time.
To remedy this issue, simply ensure
that the Available Until attribute in
your
new Quiz is blank (unless you want the quiz to
be completely inaccessible after a specific
date and time).
If you have created a timed-quiz
in Canvas according to these previous
recommendations:
- Please simply remove the Available
Until attribute. All
other settings
(Available from, Time Limit and any
additional time allocated for specific
students under Moderate , etc) can
remain the same.
- If you are currently in the process
of creating a new timed-quiz in
Canvas, leave the Available until attribute blank . Set the Time Limit for
the quiz as appropriate and use the
"Moderate" section to allow additional
time for specific students.
You can edit the settings for a new
quiz by clicking on the right-hand menu for a
quiz and selecting Edit
Creating a window of time
If you wish to ensure that students only have
a specific window of time in which to launch
the quiz, you can simply unpublish the quiz
after a specific amount of time has passed
(e.g. 5 - 10 minutes after the quiz was due to
begin).
E.g. for a quiz which is due to begin at 10:00, have it published for students to start and unpublish the quiz at 10:05 - 10:10
It is important, however, to
inform your students about this ahead of
time (e.g. that they are all to begin the
quiz at the determined starting time and
beyond 5-10 minutes after this starting
time, they will not be able to launch the
quiz).