CTLD ReadyOnline proctoring, via a service like ProctorU, can discourage cheating while taking online assessments and help identify students who cheat. However, proctoring is not an easy and simple solution. There is a lot to consider as this can be a very invasive strategy, and it does not guarantee that all attempts at academic dishonesty will […]
Please see our Proctor Online Assessments spotlight for information on the different proctoring options MSU Denver provides for exams. For online proctoring, see our tutorial, Set Up a ProctorU Exam in Canvas. Have questions? Need additional support on this or other teaching and learning topics? Please visit us for drop-in support (10am-3pm, M-F) or try […]
Use Teams for Informal Quizzes In a synchronous online course, there may be times when you want to assess your students’ understanding without administering a graded quiz through Canvas. Maybe you are looking for a quick poll, a casual pop quiz or wish to check general comprehension. One way to do this during your synchronous […]
Adding images to a quiz question can help visually illustrate the concept, activate student knowledge, and improve student engagement. This tutorial describes how to use the Rich Content Editor to add images to your quiz questions. Directions Add Image to New Quiz These instructions are for New Quizzes that have already been created. If you […]
Canvas provides a multitude of assessment tools that allow for feedback on both the student and instructor end. One of these tools is the quizzes function which allows you to create multiple choice, true/false, and essay questions, among several others. When creating quizzes for your class, you may find that you want to provide students […]
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. Canvas allows instructors to provide accommodations such as extra time and extra quiz attempts to their students using the Quiz Moderation feature. […]
New Quiz questions can be stored in Item Banks instead of the Question Banks used in Classic Quizzes. You can use Item Banks to organize quiz questions and share them with fellow instructors. Note: Question Banks used in Classic Quizzes cannot yet be easily migrated to New Quizzes. Refer to our “Convert Question Banks to […]
Modules are a fundamental building block and the main organizational unit of a Canvas course. They enable an instructor to organize the course content by week or by topic, for example, and to build each new concept on what a student has previously learned. This organization makes the course easier for a student to navigate. […]
Canvas uses Assignments, available from the course navigation menu on the left, as an umbrella that includes all activities. Any quizzes (Classic or New), discussions, and assignments that you create for a course can be accessed from their respective links or from the assignments link in the course navigation menu on the left. This is […]
New Quizzes do not use Question Banks, instead they use Item Banks. Additionally, currently do not offer the option of “question group” type questions. When you migrate a Classic Quiz with question groups to a New Quiz, the New Quiz is unable to pull from the Question Bank, so the questions do not migrate over. […]