Compare answers on student quizzes (exams)

[amy_tracy_wells]

It would be useful to be able to pull up a side by side list (compare) of say 2 student responses on quizzes rather than to have to flip between individual student quizzes to determine the extent (or non extent) of similar responses.

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi @amy_tracy_wells ...

Have you tried using quiz statistics to analyze your student responses to questions?

• Classic Quizzes - Once I publish a quiz, what kinds of quiz statisti... - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)
• New Quizzes - How do I view reports for a quiz in New Quizzes? - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)

Might either of these Guides be helpful for what you're looking to accomplish?

[Ron_Bowman]

@amy_tracy_wells -

The types of questions you asked and want to compare will determine how useful the method below is.

In Classic quizzes, you can go the quiz and click on Quiz Statistics and select student analysis -
this will generate a csv file that has all the questions and responses for each student.  You can then pick the students that you want to compare.
Instructors guide for quiz statistics

For New quizzes I do not know if you can get the same type of download.  I cannot find anything form the manuals and playing around with a new quiz.

Here is the instructors guide page that you can go use to try and find your answer.  Here is the link to the New Quiz section of the Instructors Guide

Ron

[gnoack]

Hi @amy_tracy_wells 

When I want to do this, I open up two web browser windows side-by-side and launch speedgrader in each; it works pretty well.   The only issue I have is speedgrader doesn't auto-update as you submit grades, you have to refresh the page to see changes.  So, it can be confusing as to which students you have graded and which still need grading.  I just refresh the page after I submit each grade. 

Another tip, I will sometimes read through the submissions and find a response that exemplifies a good answer, then copy paste it into Word so I have a reference as to what I'm looking for in a full response. 

[MichaelMomot]

This would be useful to check for cheating between two students.  Perhaps more helpful would be the ability to export a test so that this could be done by Excel or a similar spreadsheet.