If you are using ProctorU for exams in your course, it is important to provide clear directions to your students on the ProctorU requirements as well as the steps for accessing and taking the exam. It is recommended to provide information about ProctorU in your Course Syllabus. You may also choose to share the steps […]
Category: Quizzes/Tests
Lecturing in class is a live performance. With your students in front of you, you can immediately gauge their understanding of the material by asking them questions or pausing to give them time to reflect. The feedback from students to the instructor, and vice versa, is a valuable part of ensuring learner comprehension. But, how […]
Question Banks are an excellent tool to use when creating Classic Quizzes. You can add questions to a bank, edit them if you like, and then add them to any Classic Quiz. You can use Question Banks to reuse questions and set up randomized pools of questions, for example. You may want to add several […]
ProctorU provides remote proctoring services for online courses at MSU Denver. Once you create a quiz in Canvas, you can set it up for proctoring through ProctorU. When students take the exam, ProctorU will record them. This recording will then be reviewed by either AI or a live proctor, depending on the type of exam […]
Canvas Quizzes are great tools for assessing students online, but you may want to deliver a Quiz created in Canvas in-person. For instance, you may be teaching a course you usually teach online in a classroom and want to reuse your material. You may also want to print the answer key for a quiz for […]
Many instructors new to teaching online count on the assessments traditionally used in a face-to-face course. That could mean uploading or sending tests as a Word document or PDF to students. Students would then need to download that document, complete the assessment, and then reupload it with their answers, which the instructor would then need […]
Classic Quizzes are the original quiz tool in Canvas for creating exams, tests, and quizzes. While Canvas continues to expand and develop the New Quiz tool, Classic Quizzes remain available for instructors to use, and there is currently no institution-wide timeline at MSU Denver for discontinuing them. Many instructors continue using Classic Quizzes because they […]
When grading quizzes and exams, you may prefer to grade all responses to a single question rather than grade student submissions individually. Grading this way can help you focus on the context of the question rather than constantly switching your focus to different questions. Changing to a grade-by-question setting in Canvas Speedgrader is easy to […]
Additional time on a quiz is often something required by accommodations or other conditions. Once you have set up your quiz in Canvas, including the allowed time for all students, you can easily change that time requirement for select students without editing the rest of the class. Note that in Classic Quizzes, you can only […]
Canvas Classic Quizzes include a variety of question types that allow you to assess more than basic recall. By using different formats, you can evaluate critical thinking, provide targeted feedback, and create a more accessible experience for your students. This tutorial walks you through how to create and use different Classic Quiz question types in […]