How to Deliver a Paper Quiz but still generate Canvas Quizzes Analytics and Outcomes Data, by Question

[karen_harris1]

I would like to deliver in person quizzes on paper, but enter scores for each question in Canvas Quizzes in order to generate Quiz Analytics and Outcomes Data that can be disaggregated by question.  All guidance says to create a Canvas Assignment "on paper" but that only supports entering a total score, and I would like to be able to score each question independently and also see the Learning Mastery Gradebook report for the Outcomes that are attached to each question.

[kylieannpugh · Accepted solution]

Hello, Karen! 

I am assuming you would want to enter answers for each student and each quiz to develop this kind of data? If that is the case, you would have to have the ability (permission) to submit on behalf of the student. There is no way to do this without student's seeing the submissions, etc. or on the teacher's end only. 

[karen_harris1]

Hi Kylie-Ann!  Thank you for responding so quickly!

I would not enter quiz answers on behalf of each student, rather answers/work would be done on paper, and the scoring for each question would be entered in Speedgrader, in the auto-submitted quiz, with the corresponding question, that could be graded across all students.  So the quiz would really just be a placeholder.  This is similar to how a Canvas Assignment can be a placeholder for an "on-paper" assignment.  Nothing is actually submitted on behalf of the student, rather a grade is entered in that column in the gradebook.  The power of doing this for a Quiz is that the questions could have outcomes already linked, and the scoring would be entered by the instructor, so both would generate Quiz Analytics and an Outcomes Report.

[chriscas]

Hi @karen_harris1,

Unfortunately, quizzes in Canvas really aren't designed to work this way.  I can understand what you're trying to do, and you're right about a similar approach working for assignments, but I'd say quizzes are just different in this case.  As @kylieannpugh mentioned, you could complete the quiz answers for the student with appropriate permissions, or have the students complete the quiz on Canvas instead of doing it on paper.  I think those are really the only two options that exist at this point.

-Chris

[karen_harris1]

Chris, the point is that more and more quizzes are happening on paper.  In fact, you might be seeing that there is a trend moving toward paper for assessments - think about the resurgence of blue books!  When changes like this happen, tools can and should be responsive.  I do understand that Canvas Quizzes are not designed to work this way, which is why I am sharing assessment practices that are going on in our classrooms that might warrant new functionality.  In this case, the request is to have a way to automatically push a submit, say, by a deadline, so that the quiz becomes a placeholder for grading and feedback, as well as a generator of analytics.  I am proposing a quiz feature that can be configured by the instructor when a quiz is built.

Karen

[karen_harris1]

Hi Kylie-Ann!  Thank you for responding so quickly!

I would not enter quiz answers on behalf of each student, rather answers/work would be done on paper, and the scoring for each question would be entered in Speedgrader, in the auto-submitted quiz, with the corresponding question, that could be graded across all students.  So the quiz would really just be a placeholder.  This is similar to how a Canvas Assignment can be a placeholder for an "on-paper" assignment.  Nothing is actually submitted on behalf of the student, rather a grade is entered in that column in the gradebook.  The power of doing this for a Quiz is that the questions could have outcomes already linked, and the scoring would be entered by the instructor, so both would generate Quiz Analytics and an Outcomes Report.