[ARCHIVED] Pulling a distribution of time taken on quiz for class

[kmallette]

I've found in the Moderate this Quiz option of Canvas I can determine, roughly, how long each student took their quiz attempt. By clicking on their name I can find out how long it took them to take each attempt. Additionally, I can find the Quiz Statistics area where I can find out how long, on average, it took students to complete a quiz. However, I cannot find where I can pull up the full distribution of time it took students to take a given quiz. 

Is this currently possible? I have sub-account admin access, so if it's only available in the admin menu I will be able to pull it up myself.

[kmeeusen · Accepted solution]

Hi  @kmallette 

In Quiz Statistics, you can find the average time spent on a quiz.

And, as you stated, in Moderation you can see how long it took each individual studentA

And, as you noted, you can use Moderation to view the individual student times.

I should add that as far as I know, that is as good as it gets in Canvas. The new Analytics 2.0 does not include this functionality yet, but I hear it is coming, and there is nothing better at the account level.

Is there something else you were looking for?

Kelley

[kmallette]

A very late thank you for looking into this, Kelley! 

Basically, we have an instructor who is trying to evaluate whether or not they should modify the amount of time students are currently being given to take his exam. It's currently 2 hours, and he wanted to pull up how many students were taking either all, or most of the 2 hours given. The Moderation list does provide rough estimates, but it's unclear (at least from the little research I've done) as to what the full range for "roughly 2 hours" means exactly (e.g. 15 plus or minus an hour). While the instructor can go into each attempt and check what the exact time is, they have roughly 1,000 students so it's difficult for him to sort through the Moderation list efficiently.

I think what they would like ultimately (and as an instructional designer, I would love this as well) is a way to search how many students took a certain amount of time taking the quiz. Just for clarification, an example search would be "students who took 1hr 45minutes to 2 hours on quiz 1".

I'll look through Analytics 2.0 notes and features and see if there's anything brewing for this functionality If not, I think a feature idea is in the works

[erica_wagner]

This is an old thread, but I found it because I had the same question.

It is possible to see the exact amount of time each student took when you grade their quiz, so this can provide useful information about where individual students fell with respect to the average test time. The information in the classic quizzes is at the top of each student's individual quiz when you are in speed grader.

Still struggling with how tight to make time in an online class, though, as in an absence of reliable proctoring (I gave up on proctorio, as it was too buggy and every test devolved into my being tech support), students who try to look every answer up or take time to consult with other test takers are more likely to go over time, which is what I intend.

One concern I have, though, is whether students who are English learners, for instance, are consistently over time when compared to other students in a class. In an online class it can be harder to know who these students are as well.