How do I use the Respondus Canvas Personality to upload a quiz directly to my course?

You will learn how to use the Respondus Canvas Personality to upload your Respondus test bank or exam to your course in Canvas (this guide is for uploading to a single course).

This procedure will create a Classic Quiz in your course in Canvas.

Once an exam or survey is created in Respondus, the Preview + Publish menu lets you determine what to do with the file. When the questions are ready to be uploaded, the Publish task connects Respondus to the LMS server and transfers the exam or survey to it.

1. After opening your Respondus file, make sure that Canvas is selected for your Current Personality.

Canvas selected

2. Click on Preview + Publish.

Preview + Publish selected

3. Click on Publish.

Publish selected

4. Click on Publish Wizard.

Publish Wizard selected

5. Select Publish to single course.

Publish to single course selected

6. Select - add new server - .

add new server selected

7. Select Yes.

Note: You may also configure the settings yourself.

Yes is selected

8. Click on Next.

Next button selected

9. Select CSUF Canvas

CSUF Canvas is selected

10. Click on OK.

OK button selected (7)

11. Type a name.

Type any name you like. It doesn't matter.

Name field selected

12. Type your username and password.

Username and password fields selected

13. Tick Remember if desired.

Only tick this box, if you want Respondus to be able to remember your username and password.

tickbox selected

14. Click on Next.

Next button selected (2)

15. Click on OK.

OK button selected (3)

16. Click on OK.

This is to download and install an additional module for Respondus. You will only need to do this one time.

OK button selected (4)

17. Log in to the CSUF Portal page.

username and password fields selected (2)

18. Click on Authorize.

Authorize is selected.

19. Click on OK.

OK button selected (6)
Wait! I have an error message.

If you have this error message, then you will need to uninstall Respondus and then reinstall.

Canvas authentication process was cancelled message

20. Select assessment type.

For this guide, we are leaving it on the default of Graded Quiz.

Graded Quiz selected

21. Type a name for the quiz.

Quiz name field selected

22. Decide on the Other options.

Since we are intending to upload a question bank and have a quiz created automatically, we will leave these two items unticked.

The value in using Question Groups is if you want to have a random draw from the question bank. You can do this when you create more questions than you want students to take.

Both field unticked

23. Click on Next.

Next button selected (3)

24. Click on the desired course.

Ken Moyer Sandbox course selected

25. Click on Next.

Next button selected (4)

26. Click on Finish.

Finish button selected

27. The quiz is now in the course.

Midterm for Engl 303 quiz displayed

Article Summary

You have now learned how to use Respondus to directly upload your quiz to your course in Canvas.