Canvas: Quiz Accommodations (Faculty Getting Started Guide)

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This collection of resources, links to articles about quiz time accommodations for student with documented disabilities.

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Some accommodations you may need to apply to quizzes include: 

Alert iconTo apply accommodations, you'll need to know if you have New Quizzes or Classic Quizzes.
Submit a helpdesk ticket with Instructional Design and Technology if you're unsure.

 

Increase Quiz Time Limits

Exclamation point NoteNote: To ensure students with accommodations receive their full extended time allowance, your quiz’s availability window must be longer than the total time they are permitted. If the availability window is too short, Canvas cannot apply the additional time. You can meet this requirement by either:
  • Extending the Quiz Availability Window for the entire class, or
  • Using Assign To to give only the students with accommodations a longer availability window.

Classic Quizzes icon from CanvasClassic Quizzes

New Quizzes icon from canvasNew Quizzes

Add Attempts for a student

Exclamation point NoteNote: If your Quiz Settings show the answers after submission, students can view between attempts. To prevent this, Hide Quiz Results from students, or consider creating an Item Bank (Question Bank in Classic Quizzes) with many questions for your quiz to randomly pull from. 

Classic Quizzes icon from CanvasClassic Quizzes

New quizzes icon from CanvasNew Quizzes


Still need assistance setting up student accommodations, or want to know how to
transition your Classic Quizzes to the more flexible New Quizzes?
 Submit a Helpdesk Ticket for Instructional Design and Technology.


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Article ID: 159234
Created
Fri 11/7/25 4:32 PM
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Fri 2/6/26 3:43 PM