Edpuzzle Answers: How Questions, Grades and Retries Work

Edpuzzle answers are checked in two different ways: multiple-choice questions are graded automatically the moment you answer, and open-ended questions are graded later by your teacher (or with Edpuzzle's Autograde, which the teacher runs and can override). Whether you see which choice was correct depends on your attempts: when a teacher allows more than one attempt, Edpuzzle only shows the correct multiple-choice options on your last one. Because each teacher writes or edits the questions in their own video lesson, the reliable way to get the answers right is to watch the section the question follows. This guide explains how questions are embedded, what "Prevent Skipping" does, how grades and retries work, and exactly what your teacher sees.

Last verified: October 12, 2026 against the official documentation linked below.

What Edpuzzle is

Edpuzzle is an interactive video platform used mostly in middle school, high school and introductory college courses. A teacher takes a video (from YouTube, another platform, their own upload or Edpuzzle's library), cuts it if needed, and embeds questions and notes at specific moments. Edpuzzle's student guide How does Edpuzzle work? sums up the loop: your teacher creates and assigns an activity, you answer questions along the way, multiple-choice questions are graded as you answer and open-ended ones later, you can rewatch small sections or the whole video as often as you need, and your teacher monitors your progress, responses and grades.

Assignments often arrive through an LMS. Edpuzzle integrates with Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Canvas, Schoology, Moodle and D2L Brightspace, among others, so the link may open from your class page rather than edpuzzle.com. Edpuzzle has also added stand-alone Quizzes (question sets with per-question time limits, points and an optional leaderboard), but most assignments are still video lessons.

How questions work inside a video

When playback reaches a point where the teacher placed a question, the video stops and the question appears. You answer to continue. Edpuzzle's question types article lists what teachers can add:

Teachers can also attach immediate feedback to a question, including a different message for each multiple-choice option. If your teacher wrote feedback, it appears automatically after you submit, often explaining why an answer was wrong. That is the closest thing Edpuzzle has to a built-in answer explanation.

Some teachers use Edpuzzle's Question Generator, which creates multiple-choice and/or open-ended questions from the video's content and embeds them automatically. The teacher can review and edit them, and Edpuzzle notes that the feature isn't available for every video. Either way, the final questions belong to that teacher's copy of the lesson.

Prevent Skipping and automatic pause

Two features control how you move through a video. Both are described in Edpuzzle's How can I hold my students accountable? article:

• Prevent Skipping is a toggle the teacher turns on when assigning the video. With it on, you can return to where you last left off, but not further ahead. You can still go back and rewatch anything you've already seen.
• Automatic video pause: if you switch browser tabs while an Edpuzzle video is playing, the video pauses until you return to the Edpuzzle tab.

If Prevent Skipping seems inconsistent, Edpuzzle's troubleshooting article explains that progress is harder to track in mobile browsers, which is why it recommends the iOS or Android app on phones and tablets, and the latest Chrome, Firefox or Safari on laptops. If you keep getting sent back to an earlier point, switching to one of those usually fixes it. Your progress and submitted responses are saved automatically, so you can finish an assignment over several sittings.

How Edpuzzle grades work

Each video lesson with questions gets a grade from 0 to 100. A few rules decide what that number is:

• Multiple-choice questions count immediately.
• Open-ended questions are pending until graded. In the teacher's Gradebook a pending grade shows as "...", and when grades sync to an LMS, Edpuzzle says open-ended answers count as 0 until they are corrected. A low grade right after you finish may simply mean your teacher hasn't graded your written answers yet.
• Autograde compares each open-ended response with an ideal answer the teacher types and marks it correct (100) or incorrect (0). Edpuzzle's Autograde article notes that it works best with short answers and that teachers can adjust any grade.
• LMS conversion: your LMS can scale the 0–100 grade to however many points the assignment is worth. If a teacher changes a grade in the LMS gradebook, that change doesn't appear on Edpuzzle.
• Late work: if you finish after the due date, the teacher sees a red clock icon next to the grade. You may still be able to watch and answer, but your teacher's late policy decides the credit.

Attempts, retries and resets

Edpuzzle's multiple attempts setting is chosen by the teacher when assigning. When it is on and you finish an assignment with multiple-choice questions, you see a Retry button to redo questions you got wrong (or revise ungraded open-ended answers), or Submit to turn it in. The rules students most often miss:

• You won't see which multiple-choice options are correct until your last attempt. With a single attempt, that one is your last.
• Only the responses from your final attempt are saved.
• On a retry you can rewatch the whole video or jump to the questions you missed.
• Retries aren't available for videos with no questions or only open-ended questions.

If you want to redo an assignment entirely, Edpuzzle's student article How can I redo my assignment? says to ask your teacher to reset your progress. A reset erases your first attempt completely, including its grade, and can only be done for the whole assignment, not single questions. Teachers can also use "Make student retry" to give you one more attempt without wiping everything.

What your teacher sees

Edpuzzle is built to show teachers how each student engaged with a video. From the assignment page and the Gradebook, per Edpuzzle's articles on real-time progress and the Gradebook:

On rewatching: Edpuzzle's Gradebook article explains that rewatching raises your total time spent, and it actually encourages teachers to have students rewatch parts before answering. The articles cited here don't describe a per-segment replay log, so the documented signals are time spent, percentage watched and your answers. Teachers can also download grades as a CSV, optionally with the text of each question and response.

In short: a video finished in a fraction of its length, a 100% watched line with almost no time spent, or answers that don't match the video are all visible to the teacher. Since rewatching is expected and visible as extra time, there is no downside to going back.

Why answer keys for Edpuzzle rarely match

Searches for "Edpuzzle answers" often lead to pages claiming to have keys for popular videos. They have the same problems as any shared key, plus some specific to Edpuzzle:

• Teachers customise lessons. Two teachers who assign the same YouTube video usually embed different questions, at different times, with different wording and answer order.
• Open-ended questions are graded by a person (or against an ideal answer the teacher wrote), so a copied response that doesn't fit the question shows up immediately when the teacher reads it.
• Engagement is part of the record. Teachers see watch percentage and time spent next to every grade, so a grade without the viewing behind it stands out.
• Your school's academic integrity policy applies. Edpuzzle assignments are graded coursework; submitting someone else's answers is treated like copying on any other assignment.

How to get Edpuzzle questions right the first time

1. Read the question, then rewatch the segment before it. Questions are placed right after the content they test. Rewatching is allowed, encouraged by Edpuzzle, and only shows up as extra time.
2. Turn on captions if the teacher enabled them; reading along helps you catch definitions and numbers.
3. Take quick notes at each note item. Teachers often use notes to flag what will be asked later or on the unit test.
4. Write open-ended answers in your own words, with specifics. Name the concept and give one detail or example from the video. If Autograde is used, a short, direct answer matches best; your teacher can still adjust it.
5. Read the feedback. If your teacher wrote feedback for an option, it appears after you answer and usually explains the idea you missed.
6. Use retries carefully. Before retrying, rewatch the parts tied to the questions you missed; only your final attempt is kept.
7. Use a supported device. The mobile app or an up-to-date desktop browser avoids progress-tracking problems with Prevent Skipping.

If the video is blocked at school, Edpuzzle's support notes that ad blockers and school filters are common causes; tell your teacher so they can make an accommodation. For study techniques that turn video lessons into long-term memory, see how to study with AI tools. If your class also uses flashcards, our guide to how Quizlet Test and Learn check your answers explains how to build a set from your video notes, and our Chrome extensions for students list covers note-taking tools that work alongside video lessons.

Where QuizAce fits

QuizAce is built and tested for Canvas (Classic + New Quizzes), Blackboard (Ultra + Original), Brightspace, Moodle, Google Forms and Microsoft Forms. Edpuzzle is not on that list: on other websites the extension falls back to a general page reader that has not been tested there, and interactive formats such as embedded video players are out of scope. For Edpuzzle, the video itself is the study tool. Where QuizAce helps is the practice quizzes and review in your LMS that often follow a video lesson.

Sources

• Edpuzzle Support: How does Edpuzzle work?
• Edpuzzle Support: What types of questions can I add?
• Edpuzzle Support: How can I hold my students accountable?
• Edpuzzle Support: How does the Gradebook work?
• Edpuzzle Support: How can I check my students' progress in real-time?
• Edpuzzle Support: Can I allow multiple attempts?
• Edpuzzle Support: How do I use Autograde for open-ended questions?
• Edpuzzle Support: How do I export grades to my LMS?

FAQ

How do I see the correct answers on Edpuzzle?

Multiple-choice questions are graded as you answer. If your teacher allowed several attempts, the correct options are only shown on your last attempt. Teacher-written feedback also appears after you submit a question. Open-ended answers are graded later by your teacher.

Can teachers see if you rewatch an Edpuzzle video?

Teachers see your total time spent, which goes up when you rewatch, plus how much of the video you watched and when you last opened it. Rewatching is allowed and Edpuzzle encourages it before answering.

Why is my Edpuzzle grade low after I finished?

Open-ended questions count as 0 in synced LMS grades until your teacher grades them, and the Edpuzzle Gradebook shows "..." while they are pending. Check back after your teacher has graded your written answers.

Can I redo an Edpuzzle assignment?

If your teacher allowed multiple attempts, use Retry at the end. Otherwise ask your teacher to give you a retry or reset your progress. A reset deletes your first attempt and grade permanently.

Does Edpuzzle know if you switch tabs?

When you switch browser tabs, the Edpuzzle video automatically pauses until you come back to the Edpuzzle tab, so the video only plays while you are on it.

Why can't I skip ahead in an Edpuzzle video?

Your teacher turned on Prevent Skipping. You can go back to anything you've watched and resume where you left off, but not jump past it.