Regrading Quizzes in ISU Canvas for Faculty

Summary

Explains how to regrade Classic and New Quiz types in ISU Canvas.

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Description

As a result of quiz analytics or student feedback, you may need to use quiz regrade to edit existing quiz questions and tell Canvas to recalculate student grades. Quiz regrade only works with specific question types and only applies to students who have already taken the quiz.

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Quizzes may be regraded in both Classic and New Quizzes, but the steps and options are slightly different.

How do I regrade a Classic Quiz?

Classic quiz regrade is available for Multiple Choice, True/False, and Multiple Answers question types. To regrade a Classic Quiz:

In Course Navigation, click the Quizzes link.
Find the quiz you want to regrade and click the Options icon, then click the Edit button.
Click the Questions tab.
Locate the question you want to regrade and hover over the question until the edit icon appears. Click the Edit icon.
Hover over the answer you want to select as the new correct answer until a green arrow appears. Click the green arrow to select the new answer as the correct answer.
Canvas recognizes you have changed the correct answer for the question. In the Regrade Options dialog box, select one of the following regrade options by clicking the radio button next to the option you want to apply to the quiz.
1. Award points for both corrected and previously correct answers (no scores will be reduced). This option will avoid penalizing students who chose the incorrect answer during the quiz. Note: This option is not available for Multiple Answer questions.
2. Only award points for the correct answer (some students' scores may be reduced). This option allows you to correct the answer and give credit to those who selected the answer that should have been correct.
3. Give everyone full credit. This option gives everyone who has taken the quiz, full credit for the question regardless of what answer they chose.
4. Update question without regrading. If you need to improve your question or answers for a future quiz, you can select this option to update a question without regrading the students who have already taken the quiz. Note: Quiz attempts made after updating the question will receive the updated question/answer.
5. Click the Update Question button.
6. When you've finished editing your quiz, click the Save button. Note: Regrade options will not apply until you have re-saved the quiz. If you exit the quiz without saving, Canvas asks you to save your changes when you return to the quiz. To update your changes, click the Save It Now button.

Regrade Restrictions

Quiz regrade does not apply to questions linked to a question bank since questions may be used in more than one quiz (for example a chapter quiz and a midterm). Additionally, adding or deleting answers from a question without submissions disables the option to regrade that question.

If a question has been regraded multiple times, the Award points for both corrected and previously correct answers option only awards points for the correct answer and the latest answer marked as correct.

More Information

Learn how to regrade Multiple Choice questions
Learn how to regrade True/False questions
Learn how to regrade Multiple Answers questions. Notes: Adding or removing a question as well as changing the point value for the question does not trigger the quiz regrade feature; Adding or deleting answers from a multiple answers quiz question with submissions disables the option to regrade that question.

How do I regrade a New Quiz?

You can regrade a question for a quiz in New Quizzes using SpeedGrader. Regrading allows you to change the correct answer or point value for a question. The point value can also be changed for individual answers for questions with varied point values. Regrading is not available for Essay or File Upload questions. To regrade a New Quiz:

In Course Navigation, click the Grades link.
Find the quiz you want to regrade. Then hover the cursor over the assignment column header and click the Options icon. Click the SpeedGrader link.
In any student submission, find the question you want to regrade, then click the Regrade button.
To change the correct answer for a question, select the correct answer for the question. Note: The steps to change a correct answer vary based on the question type.
If the question varies points by answer, you can change the point total in the Points field for each question. If the question has an overall point value, you can change the question point value in the Points field.
Click the Regrade button.
Select how to apply the regrade from the following options:
1. Award points for correct answer(s) only - Note: This choice may reduce some students' scores.
2. Award points for both current and previous correct answers
3. Award points for any submitted answers
4. Give everyone full credit.
To save your choice and regrade the question for all current submissions, click the Regrade button.
All current student submissions will be regraded. You can view the student's original score and the regraded score. Note: You many need to refresh the page to view the currently selected student's regraded scores.

You can also adjust the point value for an entire quiz using fudge points in SpeedGrader. See How do I adjust the point value for an entire quiz using fudge points in SpeedGrader?

Additional Information

Will students be notified that a quiz has been regraded?

When students view their quiz results, they see a notification if their quiz has been affected. The attempt history also reflects the regraded score.

Contact the ITRC if you need additional assistance.

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Article ID: 169021

Created

Thu 11/6/25 1:46 PM

Modified

Thu 11/6/25 3:52 PM