Canvas Outcomes scores not calculating correctly

[RRose2]

I am trying to apply the use of Canvas Outcomes to a quiz where each question bank that is used in the quiz is associated with an outcome. Most banks only have one question associated with an outcome. Each question has 4 possible points and mastery is set at 3. I am just in a sandbox and using Test Student at the moment to try to get it working. When I tried out entering grades on the quiz with a Test Student, the average score increases for some reason in the Learning Mastery Gradebook, where the following occurs:

• If I grade and assign 1 point for a student response, the Learning Mastery Gradebook says the average score is 1.25.
• If I grade and assign 2 point for a student response, theL earning Mastery Gradebook says the average score is 2.5.
• If I grade and assign 3 point for a student response, the Learning Mastery Gradebook says the average score is 3.38.
• If I grade and assign 4 point for a student response, the Learning Mastery Gradebook says the average score is 4.

There are no other assessments in the course with aligned outcomes. Any idea what might be going on?

[JessicaDeanSVC]

Hi there @RRose2! For the outcome, do you know how it is being calculated? If you are manually changing the scores or are doing multiple attempts on the quiz, the system might be logging those as all separate instances of mastery. For most of the outcomes at my institution, the mastery score is calculated on a weighted average where the most recent score is worth 65% toward the average calculation. You might want to check out the guide on outcomes that covers calculation methods for more information!

[RRose2]

I am just using the generic "Average Score" calculation although I have played around with different options. What I can't seem to understand is that when there is only one question associated with a particular outcome and I assign a score of "1" to the Test Student grade, the Learning Mastery Gradebook shows an average score of 1.25

[RRose2 · Accepted solution]

I wanted to follow up on this message to mention that I figured out what was going on--in the question banks in Canvas quizzes, the mastery level was set at 60% rather than 75% (which is the equivalent percentage for 3 out of 4 for mastery). When I changed this setting, it calculated the average score correctly.