New Quizzes is a newer assessment engine developed by Instructure that will eventually replace the current engine, called Classic Quizzes, and become the default quiz-building tool in CarmenCanvas. Classic Quizzes will be gradually phased out over the next few years. The Learning Systems support team has created a transition plan for introducing New Quizzes to Ohio State.
This page will be updated as the plan progresses, and as more details become available. Please note that the exact dates of the different phases are tentative and are dependent on the vendor’s timeline for finalizing the feature set.
Timeline for Transitioning to New Quizzes
Phase One: Exploration (AU22-AU26)
Since Autumn 2022, instructors have been able to activate New Quizzes in their courses, if desired. Making New Quizzes available as opt-in during this stage allowed early adopters, programs and instructors to explore New Quizzes to determine how it might best be utilized in their curriculum.
Phase Two: Implementation (current, as of end of AU26)
Starting at the end of Autumn 2026, New Quizzes will be available by default in all courses across Ohio State. During this phase, instructors may choose to use either New Quizzes or Classic Quizzes. Existing Classic Quizzes will continue to work normally. We encourage you to read over the Considerations for Adopting New Quizzes guide for more details on the benefits and limitations of New Quizzes.
When copying content between courses, instructor can:
- Continue importing quizzes as Classic Quizzes
- Migrate, or convert, all quizzes to New Quizzes at once through the transfer process
- Migrate the quizzes from Classic to New Quizzes one at a time
Although New Quizzes remains optional during this phase, instructors are encouraged to begin planning for learning New Quizzes and setting adoption strategies. Training and support will be available through the Learning Systems support team.
Ohio State will remain in the implementation phase (phase 2), when both Classic and New Quizzes engines are fully available, for a minimum of one academic year (three semesters, including summer). The transition to phase three will be announced through official university communications.
Phase Three: Adoption (tentatively SP28 SU28, depending on vendor changes)
During phase three, Classic Quizzes will be deactivated by default across all courses prior to the beginning of the semester in which it is determined to initiate the phase. Instructors will be required to use New Quizzes for all newly created assessments in Carmen.
The Classic Quiz engine will not be available for creating new assessments; however, quizzes already created in Classic prior to this stage can still be edited and administered in courses if they have been imported into the course as Classic quizzes. Instructors will still have the option to import quizzes into their courses as either Classic or New Quizzes, depending on preference. They retain the ability to convert individual quizzes from Classic to New Quizzes within the course as well.
During this phase, every effort should be made for programs and courses to transition to the New Quizzes tool in preparation for the full adoption of the tool in the final phase of the transition.
This phase will last one or two semesters from the time that the Classic Quizzes engine is deactivated. The end of this stage will be communicated in advance through official channels.
Phase Four: Full Adoption (tentatively SU29)
This final phase is marked by the inability to utilize Classic Quizzes in any course across Ohio State. At this stage instructors will no longer be able to use Classic Quizzes in active courses. They will no longer be able to administer or edit quizzes created in Classic Quizzes and all quizzes will be created and administered through the New Quizzes engine.
Classic Quizzes will be automatically migrated to New Quizzes when imported into any course shell. There will not be an option to import Classic Quizzes.
Instructors will still be able to access quizzes created in Classic in past courses to view content and for retention policies. They will be able to view quiz content, grades, student submissions, and will still be able to migrate content to New Quizzes as needed until Instructure removes the ability to interact with Classic Quizzes completely. This date for permanent removal of access has yet to be determined but will likely be several years after it has been deactivated.