5 New features in the New Quiz for Canvas LMS

As instructors are slowly prepping to move to New Quiz there is a mixed sentiment. Here are some points where New Quiz will help.

1. Easy to Print

   1. With every quiz answer sheet and answer key being printable,

2. Easy to Copy

   1. Duplicate quiz makes any quiz become a template for the old quiz.

3. Easy to make Accomodations

   Add extra time, individual student for the whole course instead of at every quiz

   1. Do you get irritated added extra time for a particular student every time there is a quiz?

   2. Do you sometimes forget to add that extra time?

4. Easy to track outcomes:

   1. In order to align a continually ensure that a course is aligned to its outcomes, every quiz can be mapped to institution outcomes, course outcomes and so on

      1. Rubric Alignments 

         1. Rubric Alignment problem is a minor but irritating issue for some perfectionist instructors

         2. Since Rubric

      2. Individual Item Alignments

         1. Each Item can be aligned to an outcome

      3. Quiz (Overall) Alignments

         1. Overall Quiz can also be aligned to the course outcome. Say you are a master if you get 70% in a quiz.

      4. Outcome Analysis

         1. See reference [2] on how a Quiz can be related to a learning outcome.

5. Easy to Overview Class Performance

   1. The histogram on the right shows Quintile performance. The class is divided into 5 parts and number of students in each quintile are shown on a histogram

      

Reference:

1. Rubric Alignment Problem
2. Outcome Alignment
3. How do I view reports for a quiz in New Quizzes? - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)
4. New Quizzes Hub - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)
5. Canvas: Understand Classic Quizzes vs. New Quizzes | IT@UMN | The people behind the technology