Evaluate learners without grading

[Adminteam]

I am new to Canvas and I am trying to create a self-evaluation question for learners when they enter the course. I have created a quizz and set the score to 0 but as you can see in the screenshot, I have to select one correct answer, whereas in this scenario, there is no correct answer.

Thanks for your help. 

[TrishaMeyer1]

Hi @Adminteam ,

Is this a Classic Quiz or a New Quiz? I don't use quizzes, but there is a way to set different point values for different answers. So you could set up the question so that an answer of "0 years" earns 0 points, "over a year" earns 1 point, "some concepts" earns 2 points, and "more than 3 years" earns 3 points. This feature might be available only in New Quizzes; I'm not sure.

[ETA: If you're using Classic Quizzes, there might be a way to do it as a Survey instead.]

Setting different point values per answer would allow you to see exactly what experience each user has.

Be sure to select "Do not count this assignment towards the final grade" since it is not an actual assignment.

[mzimmerman]

Hi @Adminteam 

If you don't want the questions to have right or wrong answers, the simplest thing to do is to create a survey instead of a quiz.  See https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-create-a-survey-in-my-course/ta-p/782 

[Adminteam]

Thanks for your reply. When I create a quiz, I don't have the option to choose a quiz engine. I suppose that it has to do with our account settings?

Thanks for your advice.

[TrishaMeyer1]

@Adminteam Yes, your administrator can "lock" the domain into one quiz type or the other. If you have to "Build" the quiz and have multiple tabs across the top, you're in New Quizzes. Classic Quizzes has just 2 tabs, I think, one of which is the question editor. Sorry, I don't have access to Classic Quizzes anymore and never used them much, so I don't remember exactly what the interface was like.

If you can find out which type of quiz you are using, the community can provide more targeted advice.

[Adminteam]

Thanks for your reply Trisha. Then I have the New Quizzes, I can see multiple tabs across the top.

[Thomas_Foster1]

for New Quizzes, probably what I would do is the new quiz grade type to "Complete/Incomplete" and set the questions worth zero points. That way, the quiz will be worth zero when they take it, and not count against them. this is the closest thing I can think of when it comes to new quizzes.

Hope this helps!