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Canvas Testing Best Practices for Students

 

Preparing for an online test
Make sure you are using a supported browser and operating system

See Supported Browsers for a list browsers and operating systems compatible with the current version of Canvas.

Please note that mobile devices (smartphones, tablet computers) should not be used for Canvas testing and are not supported.
Use the “Test Your Browser” Page

 

Canvas provides a page that analyzes your current browser and operating system for compatibility with Canvas.

*Test Your Browser Now*

This page will check for:

  • Supported Browsers
  • Check to ensure you have a compatible version of Java.  
  • Check to ensure pop-ups are turned off.
  • Check to ensure third party file types can be viewed.
Do not rely on your battery

Be sure your laptop is plugged in to an outlet.
Avoid using wireless internet connections and hotspots

Plug your Ethernet cable directly into your router or modem.  If this is not possible, use one of our labs to take your exam. Lab availability information is found in our page.

 

 

While Taking YOUR Online Test
Save as you go

Canvas saves quiz responses automatically, and students can exit and resume a quiz as long as they still have time left on the attempt.
Take quiz

 

DO NOT navigate away from or close the quiz window. Do not use any browser navigation buttons (i.e., Back, Forward, Home, etc). Select your answers and click Next if one question at a time is displayed.
Watch the timer

If this is a timed quiz, keep track of the timer. You will get a warning when you have 1 minute remaining in your quiz time. While you can exit a Canvas quiz and come back to it later to find most of your answers still there (excluding incomplete Text Entry), you have to be aware of this feature on a timed quiz. The timer will continue running while you’re gone, and the quiz will auto-submit when time runs out.
The question list on the sidebar is your friend

If you get bumped out in the middle of the quiz, you can go back in and resume it, but it will send you back to the beginning. However, you can find your way back to the question you were on by checking the question list above the timer on the sidebar. If you remember the question number, simply scroll down to it and click on it. If you don’t, no worries! A checkmark next to the question means you answered it, so simply scroll down to the first question without a checkmark.
Submit quiz:

Click Submit Quiz only when you are done to save and submit answers. Do not click Submit Quiz until you have completed the quiz.

 

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