Setting Up Exams in Canvas

• Use the Canvas “Quizzes” feature to create and administer exams. Canvas "Quizzes" offers many question types and other features, including file uploads.  Check the Online Exam Resources and Guides page for details.
  • Find student-submitted files and provide feedback through the “Grades” link in your Canvas site.
  • Make sure both “Quizzes” and “Grades” are enabled in the Canvas Navigation for students, so that students can submit their work and see their grades.

File Upload Exam

• Already have your exam in a Word doc? Consider a “file upload” question.
  • Link to the file of your exam from within a quiz question.  Students download the exam file and upload their completed exam when they’re finished.

Exam Support Services

Check out our Exam Support page for additional assistance:

• White Glove partnerships offer full service online exam creation in Canvas.
• Exam Shell service adds an exam template for a file upload exam to your Canvas Course site. You will then be able to edit the questions and exam settings.
• Support for adding and using Proctorio, DCE's digital remote proctoring solution, is also available.