Designing exam questions?

[DD4]

How can I design exam questions so that it's not easy to simply look up an answer online, and actually gauges students' level of understanding?

[Shar]

Heya Dave -,

Again, without knowing the subject/course it's difficult to give advice on how to design exam questions. But I'm going to tag in  @kmeeusen ‌ as a long time instructor and admin for various courses and Canvas expert. And I also recommend Quiz Settings to Maximize Security by  @kona ‌.

In general though, you could do some sneaky tricks but I do not recommend it:

• Not questions
• Google the answer and change 1 word
• True/False/False questions: students have to select the correct false reason if the statement is false. Actually this question type is my favorite.

Personally though, I like questions that the student has to review the "lecture content" in order to get the correct answer. I usually put instructions on the quiz page letting users know to leave the quiz page and then resume the quiz when they return.

Stay healthy,
Cheers - Shar