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Regrading a Quiz in Canvas

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As an instructor,  a great deal of time and effort is placed into creating challenging yet purposeful quiz questions. In terms of grading, multiple answer, multiple choice, and true/false are some of the most efficient question types; however, if students at large have selected the wrong answers for a question or two, it might be time to consider the Canvas re-grade function.

With the regrade function, multiple answer, multiple choice, and true/false questions can be edited after the quiz has already been administered and taken so that student grades are recalculated to reflect the most up-to-date scores.

Regrade Options

To begin editing, select the quizzes tab in the course navigation:

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Find the quiz you'd like to edit and select the three dots to the right. Once selected, choose the edit option:

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Select the questions tab, and then find the question you'd like to edit by selecting the pencil icon:

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The steps from this point on will depend on whether the question type is multiple answer, multiple choice, or true/false.

A. Multiple Answer Questions

Hover over the answer you'd like to select as your additional correct answer. A green arrow will appear, and you can click this to select the additional answer:

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Choose your regrade option and select "update question" and then save:

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B. Multiple Choice Questions

Hover over the answer you'd like to select as your new correct answer, and click the green arrow once again:

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Choose a regrade option from a new list of options, and update and save once again:

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C. True/False Questions

Find the question you'd like to edit and hover over the answer to select the green arrow for the new correct answer:

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Choose the regrade option, update, and save:

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Regrade Option Explanations:

For more information on the individual options, below is some further explanation.

Multiple Correct Answers:

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  • Choose this option if you’d like to add another correct answer in addition to the original correct answer. 
    • This option is not available for Multiple Answer Questions 

Wrong Correct Answer:

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  • If an incorrect answer gets marked as a correct answer, then this option allows you to award points for the correct answer. 

Give Everyone Full Credit:

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  • This option gives every student full credit for the question regardless of the marked correct answer. 

Future Update:

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  • This option updates the quiz question without regrading the quizzes of students who have already taken it. 

Student View

Once you make the desired regrade changes, students will receive a similar notification when they click the original quiz:

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