Once I publish my Quiz, how can I give my students extra time or extra attempts?
You can grant access to an individual student, several students, or the entire class to have extra attempts on a quiz. If you have set a time limit on your quiz, you can also grant access for extra time.
Locate Quiz Link
Click the name of the quiz you want to moderate.
View Moderate Quiz Options
The Moderate Quiz page displays the following information:
- Student name
- Number of attempts the student has already taken quiz
- Time it took for the student to complete the quiz
- Number of remaining attempts, if any
- Student's quiz score
To refresh the page and make sure all statistics are current, click the refresh icon [6].
Give Student Extension
Type the number of extra attempts you'd like to give to the student in the Extra Attempts field [1].
If the quiz has a time limit and you want to give more time, type the number of extra minutes in the Extra Time on Every Attempt field [2]. For example, if you set the quiz with a time limit of 3 minutes, but you want to give this student 10 extra minutes, type in the number 10. On the student's next attempt, the quiz will show the student has 13 total minutes to take the quiz.
If your quiz is locked, you will need to unlock the quiz for the student by clicking the manually unlock the quiz for the next attempt checkbox [3].
Click the Save button [4].
Moderate Quiz For Multiple Students
If you want to select multiple students, click the checkbox [1] next to each of their names. If you want to select all students, click the top checkbox [2]. In this example, two students are selected. Click Change Extensions for [#] Selected Students button [3] to give extensions to these two students.
Give Multiple Student Extensions
View Extensions
View the extension changes you made for the student(s). For example, Emily Boone gets 1 extra attempt on her quiz, and because the quiz is timed, she gets 10 extra minutes.
Option 2: Add Extra Attempt through Student Quiz Results
Select Student
Under the heading Students who have taken the quiz, click the name of the student.












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