New to LMS systems basic questions please help

[BlairPomahac]

Greetings,

 I'm new to the instructure program and LMS as a whole.

Is there a basic beginners course somewhere?

I'm trying to create a list of true or false questions but i can not figure out how to do them as a group.

Thanks in advance!

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @BlairPomahac,

You can check the Instructor videos area, where there is a Canvas overview, and some overviews for specific areas of Canvas as well.  Since you mention true/false questions, you'll likely be using the Quizzes area of Canvas for that, so I'd recommend that video as well.  You may discover Canvas has two different quizzing engines (classic and new) available, but which specific one you'll have access to depends on how your school/institution set things up.  You'll likely want to check with your local Canvas team (usually in the eLearning / IT / Digital Education areas) to determine what they have made available.

Hope this helps a bit!

-Chris

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @BlairPomahac,

You can check the Instructor videos area, where there is a Canvas overview, and some overviews for specific areas of Canvas as well.  Since you mention true/false questions, you'll likely be using the Quizzes area of Canvas for that, so I'd recommend that video as well.  You may discover Canvas has two different quizzing engines (classic and new) available, but which specific one you'll have access to depends on how your school/institution set things up.  You'll likely want to check with your local Canvas team (usually in the eLearning / IT / Digital Education areas) to determine what they have made available.

Hope this helps a bit!

-Chris

[BlairPomahac]

Thanks for your response. What I'm trying to do is have a "group" or list of true/false questions appear in one section as opposed to singular questions.

I'll look at those links

Cheers

[chriscas]

Hi @BlairPomahac,

I'm not aware of a way to do that right now in classic quizzes (it's either view everything or view one at a time, and each question is somewhat of an individual piece).  If you have New Quizzes available, I think the stimulus content option is the functionality you may be looking for.

Let us know if this helps!

-Chris

[BlairPomahac]

That is a very interesting suggestion!  I'll look into it ASAP

Thanks!

[knoxd · Accepted solution]

Hello and welcome to the Instructure family!  One of the resources I love most in the community is the instructor space - there are a lot of great resources here including step-by-step how-tos on all the important topics.  Check out this link: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Instructor/ct-p/canvas_instructor  to see instructor resources, but I think you'll find the "Instructor Guides" the most helpful of all.  You will see both Quizzes and New Quizzes in the list of topics, so it will be important to know which of these you are using.  Best of luck and keep reaching out to the community.  There are some pretty amazing minds here!