Using Respondus to print Canvas quizzes

Respondus can be used effectively to make a paper printout of a Canvas quiz.

In Canvas

  1. Select Settings in the Canvas course navigation menu.
  2. Select Export Course Content and change the Export Type to Quiz.
  3. Select your quiz and select Create Export.
  4. When the export finishes select the link to your export and save the .zip file to your computer.

In Respondus 4.0

  1. Change the Current Personality to IMS QTI (See Fig. 1).
    Figure 1: Change Respondus personality
    Figure 1: Change Respondus personality
  2. Select Import Questions.
  3. Make sure Type of file is set to QTI and select Browse.
  4. Change file type to Zipped IMS QTI package (.zip) (See Fig. 2)
    Figure 2: Change file type
    Figure 2: Change file type
  5. Select your downloaded Canvas export file and select Open.
  6. In the Create a new document named box, enter a name for your quiz file.
  7. Select Preview to import the questions, then select Finish.
  8. Switch to the Preview + Publish tab and open Print Options, and select your desired format.
  9. Use the Save to File feature to save as a Word document or text file.

You will now have a document that can be easily printed.

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