Remove Default Dashes from the Score Box in Quizzes and Exams

[u0438341]

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Another semester ending, and again my time and attention diverted from thinking about the content of students' exam responses to worrying about deleting double dashes from the score box before I can enter a score.  This topic was posted earlier this year, "Remove the Dashes from the Score Box in Quizzes and Exams", but apparently didn't receive votes fast enough and has been "archived".  One of the posts correctly noted that this issue was also posted in the old Canvas Community. LET'S TRY AGAIN to get some support for removing these annoying and time-wasting dashes!

  Comments from Instructure...

Greetings all!  We often remind the Community that even archived ideas can become a real feature, and this one is proof of that!

This feature is complete.  You can find more information in the Canvas Production Release Notes (2015-09-19)

Manual Quiz Question Grading

In a manually graded quiz question, instructors no longer have to remove the dashes in the point field. Once an instructor starts typing a score, the dashes are removed automatically. However, if no value is entered and dashes are still present, the question is still considered ungraded.

[Renee_Carney]

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[Beth_Young]

Thanks for reposting this idea!  I am so weary of deleting those dashes.

[biray]

This idea is now open for vote.

[canvas_admin]

I'm with you  @Beth_Young ​.  It's annoying to delete those dashes both in the browser and app versions!

[Renee_Carney]

Greetings all!  We often remind the Community that even archived ideas can become a real feature, and this one is proof of that!

Please take a look at the Canvas Beta Release Notes (2015-09-08)

Manual Quiz Question Grading

In a manually graded quiz question, instructors no longer have to remove the dashes in the point field. Once an instructor starts typing a score, the dashes are removed automatically. However, if no value is entered and dashes are still present, the question is still considered ungraded.

This change resolves a fixed bug in Canvas:

Explanation: When an instructor opened a manually graded quiz in SpeedGrader and clicked the dashes in the points field, any scores typed in the field were inserted around the dashes instead of remove them completely. This behavior occurred because the points field was not focusing correctly on the dashes. Canvas code has been updated to remove the dashes when points are entered in the field.

You can test this feature in your own beta instance.  Find  out more at How do I access the Canvas beta environment?

[canvas_admin]

w00t!   I've already tried it out and it is definitely an improvement!   Thanks  @Renee_Carney ​ and all at Instructure for all that you do.

[Renee_Carney]

This feature is complete.  You can find more information in the Canvas Production Release Notes (2015-09-19)

Manual Quiz Question Grading

In a manually graded quiz question, instructors no longer have to remove the dashes in the point field. Once an instructor starts typing a score, the dashes are removed automatically. However, if no value is entered and dashes are still present, the question is still considered ungraded.

[cwendt]

Will it only apply to newly created quizzes? I just tried it on a quiz I gave a couple of days ago, but it didn't work (see screen shot).

[Renee_Carney]

Hi Constancia.

The Production Release is not actually until this weekend!  The dashes will be gone for your grading from Sunday forward!  This feature is still in beta if you want to test it there!

[cwendt]

Noooooo! I am literally in tears!

I had half a class's work graded. For the write-ins, they might have gotten half a point–---THAT IS GONE!!! THE DASHES ARE GONE BUT IT'S A DROP DOWN!!!

I think people just wanted to be able to type in numbers without having to delete dashes. Please tell me that this is not "the final answer". Is this actually what users indicated that they wanted?