How to see answers on a Canvas quiz
Whether you can see the answers on a Canvas quiz is up to your teacher's quiz settings. Here is what each setting does, what the messages mean, and what inspect element really shows.
Seeing your results after you submit
- Open the course and click Quizzes in the course menu.
- Click the quiz title. Your results and attempt history are on that page.
What you see there depends on how your teacher set up the quiz. In Canvas's Classic Quizzes, two settings decide it:
- Let students see their quiz responses. You see what you picked, and which questions you got right or wrong.
- Let students see the correct answers. You also see the right answer for each question you missed. Teachers can limit this to a date range, for example the week after the quiz is due.
Teachers can also pick "only once after each attempt". Then the results show one time, right after you submit, and the dates are ignored. If you leave that page, you can't open the results again.
Sources: Instructure's guide How do I view quiz results as a student? and University of Minnesota IT.
"Correct answers are hidden"
This message means your teacher left the correct answers setting off. You can still see what you picked and whether it was right, but not the right answer. If grades are hidden, the results stay unavailable until your teacher posts them. Some teachers never show results, which is common on quizzes that allow more than one attempt.
Does inspect element show the answers?
Inspect element only shows the page your browser was sent. We looked at a real Canvas results page with correct answers hidden: it marked each question right or wrong, it showed the line "Correct answers are hidden", and none of the 26 questions had a choice marked as the correct one. We haven't tested every quiz setup, so we won't promise more than that.
The simplest way: ask
After a quiz closes, many teachers will go over it or turn on the correct answers if you ask. It's the fastest way to learn what you missed before the next test.
Help while you take the quiz
Canvas Pilot works inside the quiz itself. It reads each question, suggests an answer, and flags the ones it isn't sure about. With Review Before Submit on, nothing is turned in until you check it. How it works on a quiz.
Questions
Can I see the answers to a Canvas quiz before I submit?
Correct answers show up after you submit, and only if your teacher's quiz settings allow it, for as long as they allow it.
Why can't I see my quiz results?
Your teacher may have hidden grades until they are posted, shown results only once right after you submitted, or turned results off for the quiz.
Where are my Canvas quiz results?
Open the course, click Quizzes in the course menu, then click the quiz title. Your attempt history and results are on that page.
Is using Canvas Pilot on a quiz allowed?
You decide what Canvas Pilot works on, and you can review every answer before it goes in. Follow your school's academic integrity policy and each instructor's rules.
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