[ARCHIVED] Import R-exams quiz
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Dear all,
I'm trying to set up a digital exam in canvas. I created the exam using R-exams, which allows me to easily randomise questions to make cheating less easy. On their website they mention that it should be possible to import exams in canvas, but I do not really understand how. Has anyone used R-exams together with canvas? Specifically I am wondering:
- can I import an R-exam file into canvas and convert it directly into a quiz?
- Can I make this quiz different for different students?
Thanks!
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I haven't used R/exams, but I'm pulling the workflow from several pages on their website and here in the Canvas Community.
The first page I found was this page R/exams @ useR! 2019. About 80% of the way down there is a command about how to generate the file you need to import into Canvas. Realize this is their example and will need modified for your case.
set.seed(2019-07-09)
exams2canvas(elearn_exam[1:5], n = 3, name = "useR-2019", dir = "output", edir = "exercises", duration = 15)
Here is the full documentation for the exams2canvas command.
Under the Details section, it says
exams2canvas is a convenience interface to exams2qti12 for generating QTI 1.2 with some small tweaks for Canvas (https://www.instructure.com/canvas/).
Now that we know that the file is a QTI 1.2 file, we can import into Canvas.
For legacy quizzes, follow the instructions in this lesson from the Canvas Instructor Guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12683-4152724198
Unfortunately, as I write this, I'm getting an Unauthorized error on that page. Canvas is in the process of deprecating legacy Quizzes, so I hope the error is only temporary, maybe while someone is editing it? Here are the steps until the page comes back
- Go to your course Settings page
- Choose Import Course Content from the sidebar
- For the Content Type, choose QTI .zip file
- For the Source, click Choose File and locate the file that came from R/exams.
- Click Import
For New Quizzes, follow the instructions in this lesson: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-15064-4152780901
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