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General Accessibility Tips

When building test questions it is important to make sure your questions are accessible.  Learn more at Accessibility and at Universal Design for Learning.

Remember to do the following:

• Make sure images and tables have alternative text
• Ensure all images/graphics used have an appropriate level of contrast
• If you attach documents to questions, make sure the text can be selected and can be read (no images)
• Ensure any video or audio files used have captions or have been properly transcribed

Extended Time and Multiple Attempts

There are two ways to extend time in Canvas. Extending the time before the quiz starts is the preferred method for adjusting time. 

1. Extend time before the student has started the quiz.
2. Extend time while the student is actively taking the quiz.

In order to extend time or provide an additional attempt(s), quizzes must first be published. If an instructor is concerned about the quiz opening too soon, they could set availability dates to restrict access*. Once you finish moderating a quiz, you can unpublish the quiz and all moderations will be saved. 

The maximum amount of time a test can be extended is 1440 minutes (24 hours).

*if you set availability dates, these will still apply and should be adjusted for the individual student who needs extended time or if they will take the quiz on at a different time. View more on the Canvas website (Links to an external site.).

Additional Time Before the Quiz

Follow the steps below to add time before a student has started taking the quiz.

1. Open the quiz by clicking on the name of the quiz.
   • make sure the quiz has been published, if not, do that now.
   • Set availability dates, if the test should not be taken at this point.
     • Be sure to set dates that work for the student(s) who need additional time too.
2. In the upper right-hand corner of the page, click the link Moderate this Quiz.
3. Locate the student(s) who need additional time by using the search filter or scrolling through your roster.
   • If you need to adjust more than one student at a time, use the check marks to the left of the student names to select each student and then click the link at the bottom of the page "Change Extensions for # Selected Students."
4. Click the Pencil Icon located to the far right of the student's name.
5. A new window will open, type the number of additional minutes (not total time provided) that the student will receive and press Save.
   • If the quiz already provides 10 minutes and you need to provide time + 1/2, then you would add 5 minutes.

If the student has yet to start the quiz, they should see the added time listed when they look at the quiz details.

Additional Time During the Quiz

If a student is currently taking the quiz while you are viewing the Moderate Quiz page, you can extend the quiz time as part of their current attempt.

For current attempts, the remaining time will display next to a clock icon. To extend the time on the quiz, click the clock icon.  This will only extend the time for one current quiz attempt. 

If you had provided multiple attempts, you still need to provide additional time for those attempts using the steps above.

1. Open the quiz and select Moderate this Quiz.
2. Locate the student(s) who need additional time and click the clock icon next to the Time field.
3. Type the additional minutes you need to provide.
   • You can extended from "now" or the "current end time."
4. Press the Extend Time button.
   • If for some reason you deducted time, a warning will pop up and you will need to choose Cancel or OK at this point.

If you set availability dates with an end date that cuts off before the additional time, you need to adjust those dates for the specific student.  Otherwise, the quiz will submit before they have received their additional time.

Additional Attempts

There are two methods for setting up additional attempts for students on quizzes.  View more on the Canvas website about setting up additional attempts (Links to an external site.).

Follow the steps below to add attempts before a student has started taking the quiz.

1. Open the quiz by clicking on the name of the quiz.
   • make sure the quiz has been published, if not, do that now.
   • Set availability dates, if the test should not be taken at this point.
     • Be sure to set dates that work for the student(s) who need additional time too.
2. In the upper right-hand corner of the page, click the link Moderate this Quiz.
3. Locate the student(s) who need additional time by using the search filter or scrolling through your roster.
   • If you need to adjust more than one student at a time, use the check marks to the left of the student names to select each student and then click the link at the bottom of the page "Change Extensions for # Selected Students."
4. Click the Pencil Icon located to the far right of the student's name.
5. A new window will open, type the number of additional attempts that the student will receive and press Save.

Instructors may also allow students to view quiz results one additional time, if they had set their quiz settings to only show results once after each attempt.

Set Availability Dates

Availability dates are a specific range when students can access and complete their assignment, participate in a discussion or take a quiz.  These are optional settings and are set separately from the assignment (discussions or quiz) due date.

If a student has extended time, but the "until date" passes, the quiz will automatically submit prior to the time extension and the student will not receive their additional time.

This feature is also useful for setting different due dates for groups or sections who have different due dates/times or for individuals who need more time to complete the assignment, discussion, or quiz. View more about Canvas availability dates on the Canvas Support site (Links to an external site.).

Set Multiple Due & Availability Dates

As noted about quizzes above, additional dates must be set for any individual who receives additional time, if an instructor uses availability dates on their quiz.  Follow the steps below to make the appropriate changes.

1. Open the Quiz and click the Edit button.
2. Scroll down to the bottom on the settings tab.
3. Click the +Add button underneath the due date assigned to Everyone in the course.
4. A new group of fields will appear below.
   • Type the name of the student you need to set new dates for and select their name.
   • Provide an updated due date and time.
   • Set updated availability from and until dates & times that include the additional time granted on the Moderate Quiz menu.
5. Press the Save button to update the quiz details.

The process above works for assignments and discussions too, instead of opening the quiz, go to the Assignment or Discussion and press Edit.

If these dates were set up correctly, assignments will appear to have multiple due dates to you.  Only the specific student who has different dates will see the updated dates and times.

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