New Quizzes - "Build" Works Differently When Clicked from Drop Down vs. From Assignment Settings Screen

[mclontz]

When you are on the settings screen for a given "new quiz" you have the buttons to "Cancel," "Save," or "Build."

If you select "Build" there, it opens the "Build" screen as essentially a whole new webpage where you can't see the rest of your Canvas page as normal. However, I just discovered that if you click the three little dots to the right of the assignment (either in the "Assignments" screen or directly from a Module), it opens the "Build" screen as essentially a little window within your normal Canvas page (similar to what you can do with Zoom or other plugins).

The latter option is FAR preferable. I think Instructure should update the "Build" button within the assignment settings screen to function the same way. I actually didn't know that the good way existed until today.

I've attached screen clippings of the two outcomes.

[james_whalley]

Hello @mclontz,

I see what you mean. I agree that the experience using Build from the three dots is preferable to going to the build page from the settings of a New Quiz assignment.

You may want to check out the Ideas and Themes area of the community to see if this idea has been shared before. If not, I would share it, as it makes for a better experience.

Regards,

James

[jrican]

From the perspective of working on the quiz, I like that you have an option to be in build without being confined to the smaller window with a scrollbar, loosing real estate on the page with the tool panel on the right etc. Which all essentially reduce the size of the Build page. Please do not do away with this option of having a choice which way you go. For those who prefer the little screen, just learn how you get it, click the return button and you can go back to the assignment page. Simple,