If you already use Canvas, you know its potential for enhancing course assessments. But there is more beneath the surface, especially when the goal is ensuring academic integrity. Canvas is designed not just to test but to foster genuine learning. With features like Question Banks, you can maintain a dynamic repository of questions, ensuring that no two tests are identical. By randomizing question order, every student gets a unique experience, diminishing the chances of academic misconduct.
But Canvas Quizzes has more options than traditional multiple-choice question types. Its Variance in Questions tool offers a palette of assessment types, catering to different learning styles and depths of understanding. Maintaining fairness in online assessments is crucial, and you have that control with Exam Time Limits. Enhance focus by presenting one question at a time or challenge students to think deeper with higher order thinking questions.
With Canvas, the emphasis is on testing knowledge and ensuring an authentic and comprehensive learning experience for students. Dive deeper into its features and fortify your commitment to maintaining academic integrity in this digital age.
#1 Question Banks
#2 Randomizing Question Order
#3 Variance in Question Type Part 1
In this video, you will learn the importance of varied question types to deter academic dishonesty. From a student’s perspective, the video showcases multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, multiple dropdown, matching, numeric, formula-based, long answer, and file-upload question styles. The distinctions between these types, their scoring methods, and potential advantages are also highlighted. Stay tuned for the following video to explore the teacher’s perspective on using question variants.
#4 Variance in Question Type Part 2
In this video, you will continue to explore varying question types in Canvas Quizzes. While Part 1 showcased the student’s perspective on multiple question types, Part 2 provides an instructor’s viewpoint, guiding you through the editing mode, point assignments, and different ways to structure and adjust questions. From changing the question type to understanding the nuances of formula questions, this tutorial ensures comprehensive clarity.
#5 Exam Time Limits
#6 One Question at a Time
In this video, you are introduced to a feature in Canvas that lets you display only one question at a time during assessments. This method can help learners stay focused, especially during lengthy tests, and deter cheating. You will be guided through the editing process to implement this feature, learning about options like locking questions once they are answered, which prevents students from revisiting previous questions. By the end, you will see a side-by-side comparison of the original and the modified quiz formats, emphasizing the personalized assessment capabilities you can harness within Canvas.
#7 Promoting Higher Order Thinking
We hope you’ve enjoyed learning about Canvas assessment tools and different strategies to help you promote academic integrity in your course. We believe Canvas is designed not just to test but to foster genuine learning.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to CIRT for help improving the classroom experience. We want to ensure a friendly, accessible environment for students and faculty across the UNF campus and beyond. Email us at cirtlab@unf.edu.
