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Adding a Server in Respondus

After instructors add questions to Respondus and edit them, the questions can be published directly to Canvas courses, as New Quizzes.  If this is the first time publishing, you will need to setup the connection to UHD Canvas.  Adding a server requires Administrator rights on your computer.  If you are doing this from a campus computer, you may need to contact Help Desk for assistance, 713-221-8031.  

Publish Questions to Canvas


1. Click the Preview & Publish tab. (You must already have questions loaded into Respondus, so go back to the Start tab if needed.)  Click the Publish option on the left and then click Publish Wizard.

Select preview and publish tab, start wizard


2. If asked to select New Quizzes or Classic Quizzes, select New Quizzes.

3. In the Canvas Server area, select - add new server - and then click Next.
Select -add new server-


4. Select the option for preconfigured server settings and click Next.
Select Yes, check for preconfigured server settings


4. A window will indicate that preconfigured server settings were configured.  (If you do not get this Success! message, make sure that you are using a Respondus installation for UHD and not a different school.)  
Enter server name, login information, and run the connection test.


Enter the required settings.

  • The name can be whatever you prefer.  If you teach at other institutions, you may want to specify UHD in the name to differentiate.
  • Enter your login
  • Select the Run connection test option and click Next.  

You will see message below:
Log in through window then close

When you click OK, Respondus will open its own version of a browser window which then goes to the Canvas login page.  If the browser does not open, Respondus may need to run an update, or you will need to ensure you have administrator rights for the application to update.
 
Click the login button on the left and proceed to login with your credentials and Duo.  Once your login has completed Respondus will ask you to Authorize its use in your Canvas courses.
 
Select Authorize to allow Respondus to add information to Canvas.
 
You should be taken back to Respondus. If not, once you can see your Canvas course list, you may close the authorization session and you will be taken back to Respondus. 
 
You will see a new dialog box, click OK.

Login and authorization complete, click Ok

If the connection was successfully made, you will be able to select courses and publish graded quizzes as needed.  

For additional support, Email TTLCHelp@uhd.edu.