Moderate quizzes

[dcarolin]

This is another example of why Canvas should probably just close up shop since it really struggles to deliver on basic features. 

When moderating a quiz why do I need to return to the full list of students? How difficult can a 'next student' button be? No only do I need to return to the full list of students.  But it is my job to remember which student's quiz I was grading.  You could at least indicate which quizzes have been moderated.

And it is pretty pathetic that Canvas can't figure out that, for example, in a matching question with 10 options that if a student get six correct they should be given six of the the points allocated for the question. 

 I have tried to like Canvas for years, but you guys are stuck in the 1980's tech-wise. 

[kmeeusen · Accepted solution]

Hi @dcarolin 

I am sorry your Canvas experience has been less than satisfying. I have been using Canvas since 2012; and of the five LMSs I have used over my long career, I like it best.

The purpose of the Quiz Moderation feature is not for grading quizzes; but rather, for managing individual student interaction with the quiz - thing like adding extra time to a timed quiz, adding extra attempts, submitting a quiz and more.This is how it is described in the Once I publish a quiz, how do I use the Moderate Quiz page? guide lesson.........

"Once you have published a quiz, the quiz sidebar shows the Moderate Quiz link, which allows you to moderate the quiz for each student in your course. On the Moderate Quiz page you can view the progress of student submissions and view the number of quiz attempts each has taken. You can also grant students extra attempts, grant extra time for timed quizzes, and manually unlock quiz attempts."

For grading quizzes, you should be using SpeedGrader. Learn how in the SpeedGrader Chapter of the Canvas Instructor Guide. Specifically, you might find this lesson illuminating, How do I grade quiz questions in SpeedGrader?

And please note that there are next and previous student buttons available in SpeedGrader.

Good luck,

Kelley

[lshulman]

What about the issue of Quizzes Next not giving partial credit for a partially correct matching question?

[Stef_retired]

@lshulman Partial credit for various question types is one of our top priorities for New Quizzes. Please read through the product manager's blog post at  Quizzes Planned Priorities and Roadmap 2021 and feel free to add your comments. 

[garrett_95]

Although "Moderate" is not for grading, it could be made a lot easier for moderating. Especially since the pandemic, we have more students who have special accommodations, and setting new quiz times and attempts for different students whose requests come at different times through the semester is ridiculously time-consuming. If there were a way to choose "Next Quiz" for each student, it would save so much time going through all the steps to get in and out of each quiz and student settings window.

[SusanNiemeyer]

Hi @garrett_95 ,

I teach at a community college and have had lots of students who require accommodations. There is an external tool, Accommodate HQ, which does what you are requesting.

https://etudes.org/products/accommodate-hq/

The problem is that is this an external tool, and my college hasn't paid for it. So, like you, I spend lots of extra time adjusting the quiz times for multiple students in multiple courses each week. And, it's easy to make a mistake. 

Meeting the needs of students with disabilities shouldn't be considered "extra." The functions of this tool should be incorporated into the experience of all Canvas users. This should be an "internal," not an "external" tool. If we truly value all of our students, we build accessibility into aspects of our course design. 

I'd like to hear from the Canvas folks. Can this tool be seamlessly be integrated into the Canvas platforms for all users? 

[garrett_95]

Exactly, @SusanNiemeyer!! 

Accessibility for all students should be one of the very first design considerations. It's no wonder my students with disabilities complain to me that their professors question their disabled status (when the official documentation should completely avoid that). While wrong, and not excusing that behavior, those professors are probably as busy as I am, but they're taking out the extra time commitments on the students instead of those who determine the process.