by Bobby Winsler
Ph.D student, University of Florida

Course management systems (CMS) such as Canvas can be critical in elevating any college course, be it online or in person, to its optimal effectiveness. Canvas offers features such as quizzes, module creation, speedgrading, and grouping. Though the software includes many other options, those four features tend to be the most often used in the program.

Quizzes

The quiz tool is essential to studying student performance. Quizzes can be graded or used more as a survey tool for student feedback. The real beauty, however, is in the analytics. Not only can students see their grades and correct answers on completion, but the professor can also see which questions were missed and with what regularity. Professors can easily rewrite questions and resubmit the quiz. Questions can be varied by computer, and Canvas tracks how long a student stays on a question, which can help cut down on academic dishonesty of sharing or looking up answers.

For more information on Canvas’ quizzes, follow this link: http://guides.instructure.com/s/2204/m/4152/l/76769-what-do-quiz-results-look-like-in-canvas

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