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Canvas Quizzes

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Canvas Quizzes

Description
Canvas Quizzes is a Canvas feature to assess students' understanding of course material or the achievement of the learning outcomes. It can be used to evaluate if students’ learning is aligned to the course's intended learning outcomes (online quizzes) or gather students' timely feedback (survey).
This feature is available on the Canvas course site.
Functionality
  • Allows randomisation of questions using question banks
  • Allows importing of external questions
  • Allows gradable and non-gradable quizzes and surveys
  • Provides a summary of student responses for clarification or discussion
Usage
For instruction: Create a survey to gather students’ feedback on the learning activities during the week or semester.
For instruction: Review the quiz results to identify any information that needs to be clarified. You may also use the results to determine which questions need to be refined for better understanding.
For online activities: Create an entrance ticket to check the student’s level of understanding before the in-class session.
For online activities: Create a graded quiz at the end of the week to check what students learned.