This collection of tips and linked resources to articles that support the creation of teaching accommodations for student with documented disabilities. By offering practical guidance on accessibility tools and assessment adjustments (via managing quiz settings in Canvas), these settings can help instructors provide equitable easement experiences for all students within the first attempt.
Quiz availability and windowTime limits
Quiz availability window and timed quiz limits for individual students for quizzes in Canvas.
Tip for Timed Quizzes with Accommodations
- When setting up a timed quiz, it’s helpful to anticipate that some students may have an official accommodation letter for extended time (from Accessibility Services).
- To avoid multiple retakes and reduce further test anxiety, set the quiz availability window to be longer, by several hours (3-4 hours), than the timed quiz duration.
- For example, if a timed quiz is set to 1 hour and a student has an accommodation 2X time, when the quiz availability window is set for 1.5 hours, the student won’t get their full 2 hours.
- Instead, set the quiz availability window to several hours (ie. 3-4 hours), making the quiz availability window two to three times more that the timed quiz.
- This allows students without accommodations to finish in 1 hour, while those with accommodations can be set up to receive the extra time they require.
Bonus: This approach reduces the need for retakes, and can make grading smoother.
Step-by-step instructions for modifying time limits and attempts for individual students in Classic Quizzes.
Instructions for adjusting time settings or reopening attempts in Canvas New Quizzes for individual students.
Overview of the New Quizzes tool in Canvas for creating and grading assessments.