canvas instructor how to recover deleted quiz from course

by Miss Rosemary Runolfsson 7 min read

Have you ever accidently deleted a quiz, assignment, content page, or other items? Then this trick may be the solution to use. To access the restorable list of items, go your Canvas course’s homepage and add “/undelete” to the end of the URL. Press enter/return to go to the new URL.

How do I undelete or restore an activity, like a quiz or an assignment?
  1. Enter your course.
  2. Click at the URL in the address bar.
  3. Add "/undelete".
  4. Hit the Enter key.
  5. You can now see a list of items that can be restored. Note: Not all deleted items can be fully restored. ...
  6. Click on Restore.
  7. Click on OK.
Apr 28, 2021

Full Answer

How do I restore a deleted Canvas course?

May 29, 2015 · https://SchoolName.instructure.com/courses/12345...where SchoolName is your own school's URL to Canvas. After your course number, add "/undelete" so your course URL looks something like: https://SchoolName.instructure.com/courses/12345/undelete. You should be able to restore the quiz from that screen.

How do I restore a deleted course in an account?

Sep 24, 2020 · Hold Alt (or Option+Fn for Mac users) and press F9, then the toolbar will show up on top of the editing area. Click “ Edit ” and you’ll see the Undo option. Situation 2: Restore a previous version of a page What if you have already saved the unwanted edits and you would like to restore to a previous version of your page, assignment, or quiz?

How do I restore a course using an SIS ID?

Jan 21, 2018 · Navigate to the home page of the Canvas course in question. Note the link of the course: Add /undelete to the link and press enter (Navigating to that link). You will see a list of Canvas content that can be restored. If an item is not on this list, it cannot be restored. Click the restore button for the content you wish to restore.

How do I find my course id?

Navigate to your course and add the " /undelete " phrase to the end of the URL in the address bar as demonstrated above. This will take you the " Restore Deleted Items " page. Click " restore " next to the items you want to restore. For more help, please contact [email protected]. Prev: Setting Your Favorite Courses.

Restoring Items using Undelete

When course content is deleted in Canvas, it is possible to restore select content after it has been deleted. The following steps can be taken to restore content:

Restoring a previous version of Canvas content

If a Canvas course page has not been deleted, but has been changed significantly, instructors and admins may restore it from Page History.

Open Account

In Global Navigation, click the Admin link [1], then click the name of the account [2].

Enter Course ID

In the Course ID field [1], enter the Course ID of the course you want to restore. Click the Find button [2].

Canvas Resource Center

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How do I undelete or restore an activity, like a quiz or an assignment?

You will learn how to undelete or restore an activity or other Canvas course item that you accidentally deleted.