Review Tests and Surveys that copied as quizzes in Canvas.

All assessments and question pools from Tests, Surveys and Pools will appear in the Quizzes tool in Canvas. Tests and surveys from Blackboard will be converted to Canvas quizzes, and Blackboard question pools will be converted to Canvas question banks.

Note: Canvas quizzes will also appear in the Assignments tool in Canvas. For more information, see What quiz types can I create in a course? (opens new window).

Tip: You can use the information in this article as you work through Step 1: Review in the Checklist for Reusing Content from Blackboard. Go back to the checklist for additional steps.

WARNING: We strongly recommend reviewing all assessment questions and settings to see if you need to make adjustments. A comprehensive review of all assessment settings should be completed prior to publishing.

Go to Quizzes.

Select Quizzes in the Course Navigation Menu.

Get started reviewing quizzes.

The Canvas Quizzes tool includes options to create quizzes as either Classic Quizzes or New Quizzes. Assessments copied from Blackboard are Classic Quizzes. A white rocket ship icon displays to the left of each quiz title, as shown in the screenshot above.

Select a quiz.

Select the name of the quiz to review.

Select Edit.

Select the Edit button near the upper-right corner of the page.

Review Details.

If your Blackboard test included a Description, Course Link Description or Instructions, or associated file Attachments, these are included on the Details page under Quiz Instructions.

Review Questions.

Select the Questions link above the field with the quiz's name.

While reviewing, note the following.

Show Question Details

If your assessment includes fewer than 25 questions, you can select the Show Question Details checkbox near the top of the page for a quick overview of your question text, answers, and correct or incorrect answer feedback comments.

Question and Answer Ordering.

If you had randomization enabled in the source assessment for either question ordering or for answers to multiple choice questions, they may have been randomly reordered during import.

Review assessment questions.

There are question types and options that could not be imported due to a difference of features between Blackboard and Canvas.

To ensure that your content would be available in Canvas, these questions were converted to the closest matching Classic Quizzes question types.

The following question types have been modified from their original form:

  • Hot Spot
  • Quiz Bowl

These questions will be identified in the Migration Exception Log as in the following example:

Description: Question type [Hot Spot/Quiz Bowl] not supported in Canvas

Target: [Canvas quiz or question bank question URL]

Source: [Blackboard quiz or question bank question URL]

Quiz question settings.
Question metadata.

Canvas does not provide options to associated metadata with questions. If used in Blackboard, an error will be logged to the Migration Exception Log as in the following example:

Description:  Question Setting [Question metadata: add categories, topics, level of difficulty, keywords and instructor notes to questions.]  not supported in Canvas and did not migrate.

Source: [Blackboard quiz question URL]

Target: [Canvas quiz URL]

Categories and keywords.

Canvas does not provide options to associate categories and keywords with questions. If added in Blackboard, an error will be logged to the Migration Exception Log as in the following example:

Description: [Quiz Name] contains an unsupported setting "Categories and Keywords" and did not migrate.

Source: [Blackboard quiz question URL]

Target: [Canvas quiz URL]

Instructor notes.

Canvas does not provide options to associate instructor notes with questions. If added in Blackboard, an error will be logged to the Migration Exception Log as in the following example:

Description: [Quiz Name] contains an unsupported setting "Instructor Notes" [strip instructor note content and place here] and did not migrate.

Source: [Blackboard quiz question URL]

Target: [Canvas quiz URL]

Specify partial credit.

Canvas does not provide the option to specify points for partial credit. If added in Blackboard, an error will be logged to the Migration Exception Log as in the following example:

Description: [Quiz Name] contains an unsupported setting "Specify partial credit options" and did not migrate.

Source: [Blackboard quiz question URL]

Target: [Canvas quiz URL]

Specify negative points options.

Canvas does not provide the option to specify negative points. If added in Blackboard, an error will be logged to the Migration Exception Log as in the following example:

Description: [Quiz Name] contains an unsupported setting "Specify negative points options" and did not migrate.

Source: [Blackboard quiz question URL]

Target: [Canvas quiz URL]

Assign questions as extra credit.

Canvas does not provide the option to assign questions as extra credit. If added in Blackboard, an error will be logged to the Migration Exception Log as in the following example:

Description: [Quiz Name] contains an unsupported setting "Provide option to assign questions as extra credit" and did not migrate.

Source: [Blackboard quiz question URL]

Target: [Canvas quiz URL]

Return to the Checklist.

Go back to the Checklist for Reusing Content from Blackboard to continue evaluating your content.