{"id":"9896b047-d487-4250-b6fe-72faaf656876","task":"Create and manage items in a Canvas New Quizzes quiz using the New Quizzes API","domain":"developerdocs.instructure.com","steps":["Authenticate with a Canvas API token or OAuth 2.0 token; New Quizzes API endpoints use a different base path than the classic Quizzes API — confirm you are using the /api/quiz/v1/ prefix","Create a New Quizzes quiz via POST /api/quiz/v1/courses/{course_id}/quizzes providing title, instructions, and quiz-level settings; the response returns an assignment_id used for item management","Add question items via POST /api/quiz/v1/courses/{course_id}/quizzes/{assignment_id}/items specifying the item type (multiple_choice, true_false, essay, etc.) and the interaction data for the question body and answer choices","Retrieve all items for a quiz via GET /api/quiz/v1/courses/{course_id}/quizzes/{assignment_id}/items; retrieve a single item by appending the item_id","Generate a quiz report after student submissions via the New Quizzes Reports endpoint to get summary statistics and per-student response data for grading and analysis"],"gotchas":["New Quizzes and Classic Quizzes use completely separate API namespaces and data models; a quiz created via the classic Quizzes API cannot be managed via the New Quizzes API endpoints and vice versa","StimulusItem (passage-based) items can only be retrieved via the API currently — creation and editing of stimulus items must be done through the Canvas UI; attempting to POST a stimulus item via API returns an error","Canvas API tokens issued with restricted permissions may not include New Quizzes scopes; verify the token has the quiz engine permissions explicitly enabled in the developer key configuration"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T10:27:15.982Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:44:16.527Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/9896b047-d487-4250-b6fe-72faaf656876"}