How do I moderate a student’s quiz attempt?

• The Moderate Quiz feature for published Canvas Classic Quizzes allows you to see whether students have taken a quiz, how long students have been taking the quiz, extend the time limit, override the date settings, or provide additional attempts for one student.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Assign Additional Attempts

•  In Course Navigation, click the Quizzes link. 
• Locate a quiz, find the three-dot options icon, and click it, then click the Build link. 
• Click the Moderate tab. 
• Find the student you want to moderate. You can also use the Search field to find a specific student. Then click the Edit button.
• To reopen the student’s most recent quiz attempt, click the Reopen button.
• A warning message displays to inform you that the student can resume their quiz attempt from its previous position. To accept and reopen the quiz, click the   Reopen button.
• The Moderate panel displays the number of allowed attempts per the assessment settings.
• To give the student additional attempts for the quiz, type a number or use the arrow buttons in the Additional Attempts field.

Note: Additional attempts granted through accommodations follow the quiz scoring settings configured for the assessment. Depending on the quiz settings, Canvas may keep the highest, average, latest, or first attempt score. 

Give Additional Time (ADA) 

•  In Course Navigation, click the Quizzes link. 
• Locate a quiz and find the three-dot options icon, and click it, then click the Build link. 
• Click the Moderate tab. 
• Find the student you want to moderate. You can also use the Search field to find a specific student. Then click the Edit button.
• To adjust the timer settings for the student, select an option in the Time adjustments drop-down menu.
• To add additional time to the quiz attempt, select the Give additional time option. Then select the amount of time
• Time units can be set to minutes or hours.
• To remove the time limit from the attempt, select the Remove time limit (unlimited) option from the Time adjustments field. 
• The Total allowed time field updates in real time as you adjust the time setting
  1. showing the combined total from the quiz base time, any course-level accommodation, and the quiz-level adjustment you’re making.
• To save changes, click the Reopen & Apply button.
• You can view the moderation timer settings in the Accommodations column.
  1. This column displays the cumulative effect. Of course, level accommodations. And moderation timer settings.
• To moderate a student’s quiz and reduce answer choices, click the student’s name in the moderation list. 

Manually Submit In-Progress Attempt

•  In Course Navigation, click the Quizzes link. 
• Locate a quiz, find the three-dot options icon, and click it, then click the Build link. 
• Click the Moderate tab. 
• Find the student you want to moderate. You can also use the Search field to find a specific student.
•  To manually submit in-progress attempts, click the attempts link
• Students’ in-progress quiz attempts are displayed with the student list by default; you can manually submit quizzes for all students in the list.
• If you do not want to manually submit a student’s quiz, deselect the checkbox for the student. To manually submit the quiz for the selected students. Click the Submit manually button.

TLC Pro-Tips for Course Enhancements

• • Data-Informed Insights: If utilizing Canvas Quizzes or New Analytics, check your course data after the first week of the term. This insight will help you identify which resource folders students are accessing most frequently.
  • Accessibility Check: Always run the native Canvas Accessibility Checker (the small person icon at the bottom of the Rich Content Editor) before publishing a new content page. This ensures all tables, text colors, and media elements remain fully accessible to all modern learners.
  • Student Interaction: Consider integrating short, informal Canvas surveys. This active feedback measure lets you stay highly responsive to ongoing student academic and personal growth needs.
  • Question Stem Construction: Follow the faculty item development guide to have the strongest, concise question stems that will help lead to better assessments with better measurable results. 

Need Extra Support?

We are here to partner with you as you enhance your courses. If you run into technical issues or want a collaborative consultation on designing custom interactive modules, please reach out to our team:

• Email: tlc@neco.edu
• Office Hours: View our current consultation schedule on the TLC website portal