Releases Q&A: 2022-05-21 New Quizzes Fill in the Blank Question Type Allows Rich Content Editor

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snugent

Can you make the screen shots bigger? It is hard to see what you are referencing in the screen shots.

Varick_Erickson

Will regular expressions be still available?

cvalle

How do I activate this feature? It is part of the release notes for 4/16/2022 but when I go to creat a quiz it is still the old version of Fill in the Blank.

nalexandrowicz

Is there a timeline for when everyday New Quiz users will be able to modify fill-in-the-blank questions using the rich content editor (questions on separate lines, fill-in-the-blank tables,...)? I've had 04-16-22 on my calendar ever since I learned about the update but I still can't fix all the science lab questions in my quizzes. I'm guessing it is in the Beta world and so unavailable to me....

james_whalley

I'd sure love to test this in beta. Too bad New Quizzes isn't working in beta. 😞

cvalle

Does anyone know how to activate the Beta environment in my canvas course?

LauraRO_TEIDE

The fill in the blank space quizzes already migrated, which can´t be on separate lines, will be corrected automatically on 2022-05-21, or we will need to correct them. Thank you.

degensp28

We found that existing fill in the blank questions do nit migrate, and duplicating the quiz does not update. We did find that going into the build area, and duplicating the fill in the blank questions one at a time will update them. Hopefully this helps others.

MARISSASCHRADER

I have world language instructors who are struggling with using the backticks in the fill-in-the-blank as it rejects accent marks within the backticks [Please see the attached image(1)]. The workaround is to put the word in the backticks without the accent [Please see attached image (2)], but that is actually incorrect and allows students to choose the wrong answer when it is necessary to have the accent. To further correct this, the instructor must then choose the option to list correct answers, put in the word including the accent mark, then delete the answer without the accent mark [Please see Screen Shot]. This is disruptive to work flow despite correcting the problem. Any suggestions on how to improve/fix this? it wasn't a problem before the update. Thank you!

smiller5

I am very happy to see the change in this question type, but I've found a problem. If I try to put a backtick around an expression containing a parenthesis, square bracket, or brace, it doesn't recognize the expression as a fill-in-the-blank. Unfortunately, I need students to be able to use these symbols. Please fix this!

ajdeeley

first, I love having the RCE in fill in the blank questions. I can finally make my vocabulary quizzes the way I prefer. But working with it today I came across a significant issue.

I make a table with the 2nd and 4th columns having the blank cell to be filled in. Looks great! see attached exhibit a.
Then I make a 2nd question in the same way. Should not be a problem. see attached exhibit b.
When I preview the quiz, all of the cells from however many questions I've built, they all end up in the first fill in the blank question. Any subsequent questions are left without their blank cells. see attached exhibit c.
Going back to the editor has all the cells of however many questions I've created all piled into the first question still. see exhibit d.

If I separate the fill in the blank questions with other types of questions, then there seems to not be a problem--until the shuffled questions put one after the other and the problem resurfaces. Any advice? or perhaps schedule a fix?

unknown

I am not able to regrade any of the fill in the blank questions that have been created with the the rich text editor and backticks. Please assist urgently on how one does this

PatriciaAshe

So glad that you added the RCE to Canvas New Quizzes. I would still love to see the html editor though.

I am having an issue with the graded view for students after they have submitted a question and it is marked wrong.

The incorrect answers are not matching up to the corresponding question. This happens whenever I have two fill in the blank questions in a row.

Here is a picture for reference.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CfBOMvVlrAU9_wVOrqkvc2grTOvf0JKA/view?usp=sharing

Heather Ahern

Hi @PatriciaAshe,

I apologize for the delay in response. Are you still experiencing the behavior? We are not able to view the screenshot that you posted. I recommend reaching out to support so that they can take a look at your specific account and attempt to troubleshoot/replicate the behavior. Let us know if you have any other questions.

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