[Gradebook] Sort Quiz Columns in the Gradebook by Time Spent

[kmallette]

This idea is to give instructors the ability to filter the student list in the gradebook by the amount of time they spent on a given assessment from the sort by option available from the grade column drop down menu (please see screenshot for reference).

Screenshot indicating the sort by sub menu, available from the drop down menu of a Canvas quiz column in the gradebook, as a place to add a Total Activity option.

It would be helpful to filter the gradebook columns by the extremes – by those who used the most time on a given assessment and those who used the least time. This would be a great way for instructors teaching high enrollment courses (100 + students) – and smaller enrollment courses as well - to be able to easily identify students who, for example, performed poorly on an assessment and spent very little time on it compared to other students.

Let me provide an example:

Student A scores poorly on the assessment and spent the least amount of time out of all students who took the assessment.

Student B also scores poorly on the same assessment, and spent the most amount of time out of all the students who took the assessment.

Being able to filter by time spent on the assessment gives instructors the ability to easily identify these different, struggling student populations and help develop a more informed plan on bringing those students up to speed.