New Quizzes is a quiz engine that integrates with Canvas and replaces the classic quizzes functionality currently existing in Canvas.

Instructors can use New Quizzes to create quizzes using a variety of questions types. Students can take New Quizzes quizzes within their Canvas courses.

New Quizzes:

• displays as assignments in the Assignments page
• can be duplicated
• is available in beta and production environments
• uses the Rich Content Editor to format and add content to certain quiz questions
• meets VPAT WCAG 2.1 accessibility requirements
• can be used alongside Classic Quizzes in a course

The following New Quizzes features are not supported in the Canvas beta environment:

• Reports
• Statistics
• Item bank search
• Item bank tagging

Outcomes added to Canvas in the beta environment after the beta refresh will not display in the New Quizzes beta environment. Outcomes must be added to the production environment to display in the beta environment.

If you do not have access to New Quizzes: 

• As an instructor, contact your Canvas LMS Admin team.
• As a Canvas LMS Admin, you can enable New Quizzes under your root account’s Feature Options.

To know more about using New Quizzes, refer to the dedicated guides for instructors and students.

To see a breakdown of how New Quizzes compares to Classic Quizzes, refer to the Classic Quizzes vs. New Quizzes Feature Comparison resource document.