Undelete a quiz

I accidentally deleted the wrong version of a quiz. I deleted the quiz that the students had already taken. Can I recover their grades or work? It was a quiz and an assignment. I have tried the undelete trick. It does not bring back my students' results/answers.

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Maeve_McCooey

Hi @katherine_nicho

If you have restored the quiz, you might be able to retrieve the grades from the gradebook history. Here's a guide on how to do that: How do I view the history of all grading changes i... - Instructure Community - 783

If the grades aren't in the Gradebook History, your Canvas admin might have a copy or record of them. You can contact them for assistance or indeed raise a support case with Instructure.

Another option is to check your beta course, which is usually updated weekly with a copy of your course data. However, keep in mind that access to the beta environment might be restricted to admins only, and the data there is only a snapshot from within the last week. The completed quiz and grades might still be available there. To find your beta course URL:

Look at any course URL in Canvas. It's likely in the format https://***.instructure.com/, where *** represents your school name.
Your beta course URL would be similar, but with .beta added before .instructure.com. For example: https://***.beta.instructure.com/.
If you're unsure about your beta course URL, your Canvas admin should be able to provide it.

Regardless of which option you pursue, it's likely that you will have to re-add the quiz grades manually and that the student responses may be lost in the ether.

I hope you manage to recover your quiz grades!
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jmagee1

Click on the course Home page and add "/undelete" to the URL at the top of the screen. This will bring up a list of items that have been deleted from the course. Find the quiz in the list and click "Restore" to bring it back.

Maeve_McCooey

If the grades aren't in the Gradebook History, your Canvas admin might have a copy or record of them. You can contact them for assistance or indeed raise a support case with Instructure.

Look at any course URL in Canvas. It's likely in the format https://***.instructure.com/, where *** represents your school name.
Your beta course URL would be similar, but with .beta added before .instructure.com. For example: https://***.beta.instructure.com/.
If you're unsure about your beta course URL, your Canvas admin should be able to provide it.

Regardless of which option you pursue, it's likely that you will have to re-add the quiz grades manually and that the student responses may be lost in the ether.

I hope you manage to recover your quiz grades!
@Maeve_McCooey

drssakthi

Go to the Home page of your course. At the end of the URL, enter /undelete. The Canvas will display all the files and quizzes you have deleted and show a Restore button for each. Click on the Restore button and you will find the deleted file in its original place.

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