Canvas Studio Video Quizzes

This article walks through the process of creating a video quiz, and discusses their use cases.

Why create a video quiz?

A video quiz serves as an interactive element on Canvas, and can be used for:

  • formative assessment
  • tracking student completion
  • knowledge check that offers a screen-recorded or narrated explanation following the students' answer
  • case study
  • how-to video with checkpoints ('Have you completed X step? 'yes/no').

How to create a Studio video quiz

Navigate to Studio by clicking the icon on the Canvas Global Navigation toolbar. Click the Create quiz option.

This will open the quiz interface. From there, enter a title, optional description and adjust settings as desired.

Note: Hide question markers refers to indicators on the video timeline that show where the questions are. Students can skip parts of the video and head straight to the questions if the markers are visible.

Once you have clicked the Get Started button, the video will appear. You can play the video or choose areas from the timeline to find where you want to add your questions. Click the plus icon when you have reached the part of the video for your first question, then choose from the question types available:

  • Multiple choice - a question with several answers and the students must choose only 1
  • True or false - a question with two answers and the students must choose only 1
  • Multiple answer - a question with two or more answers and the students may select any number of them.

Type the question, possible answers, indicate the correct answer. Optionally choose to include text-only messages for correct or incorrect responses.

When ready, click Done at the top-right of the screen.

See Canvas's guide for adding Studio content to modules at this link: How do I add a Studio media module item in a Canvas course as an instructor?