Quizzes

When we think of assessments often the thought process that comes to mind is "Written Test". Yes this is one of the most common ways of assessing a student's progress or understanding but in Canvas you can create a multitude of different types of assessments and have Canvas auto grade it for you. Some subjects do require specific writing or tasks but here is a short video on how to create a simple quiz in Canvas.

Surveys

We wanted to mention one other type of assignment that is often forgotten. In a face-2-face course, we get feedback from students every meeting. They ask questions, display interest or boredom through body language, and react with excitement when they're engaged with an activity.

Setting which shows that quiz choices in Canvas allow you to select an ungraded survey, and keep the results anonymous.

In online courses, we need to build in mechanisms for eliciting student feedback. Section A11 of the OEI rubric specifies that quality online courses include an opportunity for students to "give anonymous feedback to the instructor regarding course design and/or course content." This is excellent feedback to collect after our course is complete, but it's also really useful to collect this information mid-way through the course.

Quizzes in Canvas offer the option of creating an ungraded or graded survey that can be anonymous. This is a very useful tool for collecting mid-term feedback from your students. It's great to include a question that allows students to direct some of the learning in the second half of the term, perhaps by choosing a topic of study, or suggesting a resource. Summarizing the feedback and letting students know you heard them is a great way to demonstrate that their experience matters.

Additional Resources

How do I create a Quiz in my course?

How do I create a survey in my course?

How do I create likert scale quiz questions?

How do I view survey results in a course?