---
title: "Quiz capabilities"
slug: "quiz-capabilities"
tags: ["Site Administrator", "Totara Learn", "Reference"]
updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:17Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:17Z
canonical: "totara.help/quiz-capabilities"
---

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

# Quiz capabilities

The quiz module has highly granular capabilities, allowing Site Administrators and Course Creators to customise the experience of Trainers, Editing Trainers and Learners across the site, within a certain course, or even for a specific quiz.

For more information on creating and assigning access rights and [overriding permissions](/totara-20/docs/allow-role-overrides) please see [Edit a role](/totara-20/docs/edit-a-role).

| **Permission** | **Description** | **Notes** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Attempt quizzes | Allows a user to attempt the quiz and for a record of this attempt to be stored within the gradebook. | Course Creators can **Preview** a quiz to reproduce the attempt process. |
| Delete quiz attempts | Allows a user to delete both their own and other users’ quiz attempts. | The questions within a quiz cannot be modified in any way if there are attempts recorded against the quiz. A Site Administrator or Course Creator must delete all attempts before changing the quiz. |
| Get a confirmation message when submitting | Users will receive an onscreen confirmation message when they submit a quiz attempt. | By default this capability is not assigned to any roles. |
| Get a notification message when an attempt is submitted | Users will receive a notification message within the system when a Learner has submitted a quiz attempt. | By default this capability is not assigned to any roles. |
| Get a notification message when an attempt becomes overdue and needs to be submitted | Users will receive a notification message if they have not completed a quiz with a specified close date. | By default this capability is not assigned to any roles. |
| Grade quizzes manually | Allows a user to edit the scores on a quiz and manually grade quiz essay questions within the course gradebook. | Please see [Grading](/totara-20/docs/grading) for more information. |
| Ignores time limit on quizzes | A user with this capability can take as long as they want to complete a quiz, even if a time limit has been set. | By default this capability is not assigned to any roles. This capability can be assigned to users who require additional time to read and complete quizzes. |
| Manage quizzes | Allows a user to edit and delete quizzes including all questions within the quiz. | - |
| Manage quiz overrides | Users with this capability can override the default capabilities and permissions for the quiz. | - |
| Preview quizzes | Allows a user to preview the quiz as part of the editing and testing process. | Users completing a quiz in **Preview** mode will not have their results recorded as an attempt. |
| Regrade quiz attempts | Users with this capability will be able to recalculate a user's (or all users) quiz grades for each of their attempts. | Occasionally quiz responses and resulting grades may need to be adjusted, due to a change in the overall quiz grade or from an error or ambiguity in a question. |
| Review your own attempts | Allows a user to review the questions and their own responses to questions within a quiz. | By default this capability is only assigned to Learners. |
| View quiz information | Allows a user to view the quiz introduction or summary text but not attempt the quiz itself. | This capability is often assigned to user with guest access rights. |
| View quiz reports | Provides a user with access to reports detailing user responses and question/response statistics. | - |

![Course badge](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/course-badge_getting-started-with-quizzes.svg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T06%3A09%3A31Z&se=2026-11-06T07%3A09%3A31Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=JOMRhRnjIh7Aqq8CHwtfe91pAsrHd2w84fVYoLipH%2Fw%3D)There are two courses in the Totara Academy about using quizzes in Totara Learn, [Getting started with quizzes](https://totara.community/course/view.php?id=639) and [Advanced quiz](https://totara.community/course/view.php?id=262) Using these courses you can learn more on how to use these features, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

Join the [Totara Community](https://totara.community/) for more resources to help you get the most out of Totara.

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