Often instructors in Canvas want to use practice quizzes to familiarize students with the kind of questions or content they may encounter in a course. These practice quizzes can clutter a gradebook and slow down the overall process of grading.  Now with zero point New Quizzes instructors will be able to create practice quizzes that can be hidden from the gradebook and student’s grade page. When creating a zero point New Quiz instructors will now see an option to not display the quiz in the gradebook or student’s grade page. The option to not count the quiz towards the final grade will also be selected. Instructors will still be able to see student submissions in speedgrader by using one of the speedgrader links on the quiz when viewing it in the New Quiz builder or on the module and assignment index pages.  Read more about this update in the Canvas Release Notes (2023-06-17) ... View more

SpeedGrader is a powerful tool in Canvas that allows instructors to grade and provide feedback on student submissions easily. However, grading New Quizzes with manually-scored items can be time-consuming and cumbersome, as instructors need to go outside their current workflow to access SpeedGrader for a specific New Quiz.  To reduce the amount of time spent navigating to Speedgrader, we’ve added access links within New Quizzes on the moderate page and in the menu of the build page. We have also added additional links to content index pages for all quizzes. And, for consistency, we’ve added these links for assignments and graded discussions as well. These links will only show for items that are published and can be graded.  Having these additional links to SpeedGrader allows instructors to streamline their grading workflow and save time in providing feedback to students. Read more in about this update in the Release Notes (2023-05-20).  ... View more