> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.canvascope.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Practice quizzes and exams

> Generate a practice quiz or a full practice exam with an answer key, drawn from the materials your instructors posted.

Scope can write practice questions from your own course materials, so you study what your course actually covered. Use a **Practice quiz** for a short check, or a **Practice exam** for a full test from one course with an answer key and sources for every question.

## Before you begin

* Let Scope read your courses first. The more course pages and files Scope has read, the better the questions. See [Connect your courses](/chrome/connect-your-courses).
* Sign in to Scope to build practice exams. See [Sign in to Scope](/chrome/sign-in).

## Take a practice quiz

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the search bar">
    On a Canvas or Brightspace page, press <kbd>⌘</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd>.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Type quiz">
    Type `quiz` or `practice`. The **Practice quiz** row appears with an **AI** label.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run it">
    Press <kbd>Enter</kbd>. Scope writes a short quiz from your course materials, with the answer key after the questions and numbered sources you can click.
  </Step>
</Steps>

To ask for a different focus, type a follow-up in **Ask a follow-up…**, such as "make it about chapter 5".

## Build a practice exam

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the search bar">
    On a Canvas or Brightspace page, press <kbd>⌘</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd>.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Type /exam and the course">
    Type `/exam` followed by the course, for example `/exam bio 1a`. The **Practice exam** row appears. You need the slash: typing `exam` alone searches your courses instead.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Build it">
    Press <kbd>Enter</kbd>. Scope shows **Build a practice exam for** and the course name, then writes the exam.
  </Step>
</Steps>

If you leave out the course, Scope uses the course you're looking at. If it can't tell, it asks **Which course is the exam for?** and shows a button for each course. Click one.

### What a practice exam looks like

* **Practice Exam**: about 10 questions, a mix of multiple choice (A to D) and short answer, from easier recall questions to harder applied ones.
* **Answer Key**: after a line, with the correct answer and a short explanation for each question.
* Numbered sources after each question and answer, which link to the course material it came from.

<Tip>
  The answer key is visible right away. To test yourself, scroll only as far as the questions, write your answers, and then check the key.
</Tip>

### Reopen or rebuild an exam

Scope saves the last exam you built for each course on this browser. When you run `/exam` for that course again, it opens the saved exam, labeled **Saved exam** and the date.

* To build a new one, click **Build a Fresh Exam**.
* To replace the exam you're looking at, click **Regenerate**.

## Messages you might see

| Message | What to do |
| - | - |
| **Sign in to build practice exams.** | Sign in to Scope, then try again. You can still open an exam you saved earlier. |
| **Scope hasn't read any of your courses yet. Open a few course pages or files, then try again.** | Open your course site and let Scope finish finding your courses. |
| **No course matches** and the name you typed | Pick the course from the list Scope shows. |
| **No exam came back. Try again in a moment.** | Try again. |
| **Couldn't build the exam. Try again in a moment.** | Try again. If it keeps happening, the course may not have enough material that Scope can read yet. |

<Note>
  Practice questions are written by AI from your course materials. Check anything that looks wrong against the source it cites, and ask your instructor when in doubt.
</Note>

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Ask Scope" icon="comments" href="/chrome/ask-scope">
    Ask questions about your courses and get answers from your materials.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Study in Polya" icon="graduation-cap" href="/chrome/study-in-polya">
    Bring a course into Polya, Scope's course tutor.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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