Subject.com Retake: How to Retake a Quiz (2026)

Can you retake a quiz on Subject.com? Only if your teacher allows it. Each assignment, quiz and exam on Subject has an Allowed Attempts setting that the teacher controls. If you still have an attempt left, you'll see a retake option on the results screen. If you don't, there's no button or trick that adds one. Your teacher has to raise the limit.

So the real steps are: check whether you have a retake, ask for one the right way if you don't, and use the retake well when you get it. Here's how each part works, plus how Revolt's Auto Retry fits in.

How retakes work on Subject

• •Teachers set Allowed Attempts per assignment, quiz or exam. It can be one attempt, a few, or more.
• •Students can't add attempts themselves. Not through settings, not by refreshing, not by reopening the lesson.
• •When an attempt is available, the results page shows a retake control. Depending on the activity it may read Review and Retake, Retake quiz or Retake assignment.
• •How the retake is scored (highest attempt, latest attempt, or something else) is set by your course, so check with your teacher if it matters.

How to tell if you have a retake

1. 1Finish and submit the quiz.
2. 2Look at the results screen. If a retake button is there, you have at least one attempt left.
3. 3If you only see your score and a review of your answers, you're probably out of attempts for now.
4. 4Reopening the activity later will show the same thing. If the retake isn't offered, it isn't available.

How to ask your teacher for another attempt

Teachers add attempts all the time, especially in credit recovery and self-paced courses. A short, specific message gets a faster yes than 'can I retake it':

1. 1Name the exact activity, including the unit and lesson number.
2. 2Say what score you got and what you'll do differently, like rewatching the lesson or reviewing what you missed.
3. 3Ask for one more attempt, not unlimited ones.
4. 4Send it through whatever channel your teacher actually reads: school email, the LMS, or your program's messaging.

Once they raise Allowed Attempts, the retake button appears on that activity's results screen.

If your teacher says no

• •Ask whether a later test or a revised assignment can make up the points instead.
• •Check whether the low score is actually dragging your grade down much. One quiz in a long course often matters less than it feels.
• •Focus on the activities you haven't started. Every first attempt is a chance to avoid needing a retake at all.
• •In credit recovery, ask what score you need to pass the course overall, then plan around that number.

Using Review and Retake well

The review part matters. Before you start the next attempt, look at which questions you missed and what topic they came from. Subject quizzes follow the lesson closely, so a miss usually points to a specific video segment. Rewatch that part, then retake. Questions and answer order can change between attempts, so memorising letter positions doesn't help.

For written assignments, the retake is your chance to fix rubric gaps. Compare your answer to the rubric line by line. The writing assignments guide explains how Subject grades them.

How Revolt handles retakes: Auto Retry

Revolt's Auto Quiz includes Auto Retry. You set a score threshold. If a quiz comes back under it and the activity offers a retake, Revolt presses Subject's own retake control and runs the next attempt.

What it doesn't do matters just as much: Auto Retry never creates attempts. It only uses retakes your teacher already allowed. If you're out of attempts, it stops and leaves the activity alone, and you'll need to ask your teacher like anyone else.

Accuracy Range

Accuracy Range lets you choose a score band instead of aiming for 100% on everything. A row of perfect scores is the kind of pattern teachers notice, and a realistic range looks like a real student. Set your Auto Retry threshold below the bottom of your range so the two don't fight each other.

Auto Advance also has score filters, so it won't move you past a quiz you should retake. More on what teachers can see in does Subject detect cheating.

Get Auto Retry on Subject

Install Revolt with the Subject install guide and choose a key. A day is $2.50, a week $10, a month $25. For the bigger picture, read how to finish Subject fast.