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ellisonl15 · ‎11-11-2022

The same thing is going on with the matching questions in new quizzes which I have used for guided translation work (hello ancient language teachers who are also frustrated by Canvas' misleading settings!). I had been foolishly assuming the "question" part of the matching was staying the same because I did not choose anywhere to shuffle questions. Alas, since I did choose to "shuffle ANSWERS" in the quiz settings, the matching questions also shuffle. So what I thought was an effective activity for the students is actually just a bunch a nonsense for the students It was suggested by the Canvas L1 support that I make this thing that is clearly an error in the coding a "feature request", which I'm taking as an indication that they don't intend to correct this problem. I'll be looking for alternatives to using quizzes in Canvas, though it's difficult at this point. My campus does have H5P integrated into Canvas, but it seems to work oddly with the gradebook, though that's probably not as a big a problem as the lack of expected functionality from the Canvas New Quiz tools.

ellisonl15 · ‎10-14-2022

Here's a way I'm working around the requirement that every word bank question have distractors, when I only want the actual possible answers to be options.

ellisonl15 · ‎10-14-2022

Problem statement: To encourage students to think through their errors, I like to give them multiple attempts without showing them the correct answers. It would be nice to show them the correct answers after the last attempt. For instance, in comprehension assignments for a foreign language class I teach, I give them two attempts to free them up from some stress on the first run through, but to make them focus on the assignment. I would like for them to have access to the correct answers after the 2nd attempt so they can see exactly where they went wrong. Proposed solution: Make it possible to show correct answers after 'x' number of attempts or after last allowed attempt, or, for unlimited attempts, make it possible for students to request the correct answers but then be barred from any further attempts. This would help students who are reluctant to ask for help understand the course content better, and would add flexibility to courses offered completely online. User role(s): instructor

ellisonl15 · ‎10-04-2022

@jw2546 Thanks. I use the matching type when it's appropriate, but if I want students to put forms in the correct place in a chart (like the different persons & numbers for amō, below), for instance, I'd need a bank. singular plural 1st person `amō` `amāmus` 2nd person `amās` `amātis` 3rd person `amat` `amant`

ellisonl15 · ‎10-04-2022

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas Problem statement: I've been using the Word Bank feature of the new quiz fill-in-the-blank type question. It would be more functional if it didn't require entering a "distractor" as well as the correct answer for every blank. Giving the option is good, but I would prefer to have just a bank of answers that will all be used in the question. Proposed solution: Remove the requirement to enter a "distractor" for every blank in a fill-in-the-blank type question using a Word Bank. User role(s): instructor

ellisonl15 · ‎10-04-2022

Ah right, thanks. I always just right click the help button in Canvas to open help in a new tab and it brings me here. I forget that it opens a little box with options otherwise.

ellisonl15 · ‎10-03-2022

This is causing a real problem and it should not be considered an "idea" but something Canvas needs to fix. These question types are already out there, the quizzes using them are basically broken (no ability to copy or edit them so they are no longer offensive to the auto-grader), and there's no way to see what quizzes have been taken that need to be manually graded. @KristinL Can you please help me get this issue to a bug support team?

ellisonl15 · ‎10-01-2022

Problem statement: I have used categorization questions in New Quizzes all semester with empty categories sometimes. About a week ago, the auto-grader refused to deal with this any longer. Now, students are told to contact me because auto-grader had a problem. Canvas gives no notification for it, so I'd have to know which quizzes had these questions, then sift through quizzes that use this type of question, go to the Moderation tab, and go through each submission one by one. And for students who attempted it multiple times in the hopes Canvas would fix itself, I have to go through every attempt in order to get them off the list. Also, I am unable to change or delete these questions, and cannot copy the quizzes to create copies that don't have this now-offensive type of question that apparently. This is very frustrating. Proposed solution: Either allow categorization type questions to have empty categories, or allow deleting those quesitons so the rest of the quiz can be salvaged. Giving a notification about the quiz needing manual grading would be good too. But I've already said that elsewhere. User role(s): instructor

ellisonl15 · ‎09-30-2022

Problem statement: The categorization type question has been malfunctioning, so students quizzes aren't getting graded automatically. I have discovered that if I go to the quiz' moderation tab, I can see who has attempted it and how they did on all the other questions. Having a notification for items in need of moderation would be extremely helpful. I cannot constantly check the moderation tab of multiple quizzes for the rest of the semester, and students don't always tell me when something isn't working right. Proposed solution: Have a notification for quizzes needing moderation. User role(s): instructor

ellisonl15 · ‎09-21-2022

Just used feedback in a bank again, hoping my experience Saturday would still be true, but no. The feedback box is hidden behind the bank. Very strange.

ellisonl15 · ‎09-21-2022

Agreed. In general it would be a huge help if Canvas would implement bulk action options.

ellisonl15 · ‎09-20-2022

I thought I commented on this shortly after I created the post. I resolved the issue. I have two Canvas accounts, one as an instructor and one as a student. Though I was signed into the correct course, Studio operates somewhat independently and had me signed into the wrong course. Once I had signed out of Studio, I was able to access the comments.

ellisonl15 · ‎09-18-2022

Problem statement: I'm not sure this is the right forum for this. I encourage students to use the comments on Studio videos to respond as they might in class with questions or thoughts elicited by the material. The last few days though, I've received only a "Media not found" page when I try to follow the link. I believe this was one of the features that drove me to abandon Safari a year ago, where it never worked. The issues seems to have spread to Chrome now. I went (the long inconvenient way) to the video where the comments are, and the comments are actually there -- not deleted by the students or anything. Proposed solution: Restore the functionality of the link, sent via email, to Studio videos that uses have "subscribed to comment" for. User role(s): instructor

ellisonl15 · ‎09-17-2022

Agreed. This is the same issue as a request I recently made about duplicating quizzes: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/New-Quizzes-Don-t-have-published-status-as-part-of-the/idc-p/537641#M70991

ellisonl15 · ‎09-17-2022

I used the feedback in a bank yesterday and the feedback box opened on top of the bank panel. Did the programmers fix this shortly after my initial post?

ellisonl15 · ‎09-15-2022

The screenshot shows how the feedback box is obscured by the static question bank panel. I have to close the question bank panel to hit "done" to save the new feedback, but closing the bank panel means that I can't save the question with its feedback. So, I'll have to add all the questions to the quiz, then add them, one by one, to the bank, opening each of them and going through a series of clicks to add them to the bank. Very frustration. So much clicking. Canvas programmers must be the most click-loving programmers out there.

ellisonl15 · ‎09-15-2022

Problem statement: As I continue to develop my courses, I'm using question banks more and more. There are lots of issues with the functionality of these, but I'll focus on one here: the feedback box, which is practically unusable because it's hidden behind the pane that we're forced to use for question bank editing. (Come on, full screen view!) So, here's the process I've used. 1) Write a question, with feedback, in a quiz. 2) Add question to a bank. 3) Duplicate the question in the bank because I want another question like that one in the bank. 4) Edit the question to change the content, while keeping the structure the same. 5) Get the feedback portion and hope that there's nothing very important happening behind the immobile question bank pane that obscures the right side of the feedback box. I'll add a screenshot in the comments. Proposed solution: Make the feedback box completely visible, not tucked behind the question bank pane, when editing feedback in a banked question. User role(s): instructor

ellisonl15 · ‎09-14-2022

Problem statement: I've been really encouraging students to use the assignment comments when they have a question about an assignment, and it's such a helpful way to be taken directly to their work to see the question and how they've answered it. As many of my assignment allow students multiple attempts, it would be helpful if I could also see the student's previous attempts from the page that opens when I click the link to the assignment from the email that I receive when a student sends an assignment comment. Proposed solution: Show the same dropdown menu as on the SpeedGrader to look at previous attempts from the submission details page that opens when clicking a link created by an assignment comment. User role(s): instructor

ellisonl15 · ‎09-14-2022

Here is the screen shot showing how the results for the four separate questions are all given on question 1.

ellisonl15 · ‎09-14-2022

Problem statement: For fill-in-the-blank questions, from a bank (not sure if it happens when not from a bank), in New Quizzes, the submission details stacks up the correct/incorrect entries on the first one, rather than distributing each to its own question -- I included a screen shot of a student's result from my view as a comment to this thread. A student has also asked me about the stupid layout of the submission details on another assignment and sent me a similar screenshot of her view. Proposed solution: Make the correct/incorrect feedback line up with the actual question, instead of piling all of them on the first question. User role(s): instructor

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[New Quizzes] Show correct answers only after last allowed attempt Problem statement: To encourage students to think through their errors, I like to give them multiple attempts without showing them the correct answers. It would be nice to show them the correct ans...	10-14-2022	200
[New Quizzes] Don't require distractors for Word Bank in Fill-in-the-blank questions This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas Problem statement: I've been using the Word Bank feature of the new quiz fill-in-the-blank type question. It would be more funct...	10-04-2022	572
[New Quizzes] Categorization Questions with Empty Categories Problem statement: I have used categorization questions in New Quizzes all semester with empty categories sometimes. About a week ago, the auto-grader refused to deal with this any longer. Now, stu...	10-01-2022	282
[Notifications] New Quizzes notification for assignments needing moderation Problem statement: The categorization type question has been malfunctioning, so students quizzes aren't getting graded automatically. I have discovered that if I go to the quiz' moderation tab, I c...	09-30-2022	223
[Studio] Restore email link for new Studio comment Problem statement: I'm not sure this is the right forum for this. I encourage students to use the comments on Studio videos to respond as they might in class with questions or thoughts elicited by ...	09-18-2022	254
[New Quizzes] working with feedback in question banks Problem statement: As I continue to develop my courses, I'm using question banks more and more. There are lots of issues with the functionality of these, but I'll focus on one here: the feedback bo...	09-15-2022	263
[Assignments] See all student attempts from submission comment link page Problem statement: I've been really encouraging students to use the assignment comments when they have a question about an assignment, and it's such a helpful way to be taken directly to their work...	09-14-2022	174
[New Quizzes] submission details for fill in the blank questions Problem statement: For fill-in-the-blank questions, from a bank (not sure if it happens when not from a bank), in New Quizzes, the submission details stacks up the correct/incorrect entries on the ...	09-14-2022	213
[New Quizzes] Don't have published-status as part of the duplication of a quiz I often duplicate a quiz from module to module to keep the format consistent. It would help if, when duplicating a published quiz, the published status was turned off in the duplication. I usually re...	09-09-2022	210
[New Quizzes] randomly selected matching questions I'd like to create longer lists of matching questions and have New Quizzes select a certain number from those for the student. There doesn't seem a way to do this, except for creating random blocks o...	03-27-2022	180
change feedback in banked item (new quiz) It looks like the feedback in a banked quiz (new quizzes) cannot be updated. This is just ridiculous. 🔎 This idea has been archived. While this idea isn't open for comments, ...	02-24-2022	133
classic quiz features to retain There are a couple of features of the Classics quizzes that I really like and hope to see integrated into the New quizzes. the ability let the total number of points be drawn from the questions y...	02-23-2022	93
[New Quizzes] Enable Studio Videos for New Quiz feedback I like to give students a studio video as feedback in Quizzes. It works great in Classic quizzes, but apparently the studio quiz isn't compatible with the feedback box in New Quizzes. I've been worki...	01-31-2022	249
[New Quizzes] Editing Names of New Quizzes It seems like quiz names have to be changed twice -- in the module, and in the quiz. This is a problem. New Quizzes is filled with these little inconsistencies that make what has such potential extre...	11-13-2021	376
tag people It's hard to have a back-and-forth conversation in Canvas. Being able to "@" people would help. This needs to be in ALL the places that have commenting functions: the announcements (which don't curre...	11-11-2021	195
duplicate quizzes I often "duplicate" existing pages to edit when I'm making a new module so I can keep the organization, etc. the same. Many of the quizzes I make call for the same sorts of questions and instructions...	10-25-2021	160
"Favorite" submissions in Speedgrader I'd love to see an option to "Favorite," flag or otherwise mark or tag speedgrader submissions. These wouldn't be for the students to see, but for my own use as I look for good examples to share with...	10-11-2021	250
Embed a Discussion Board in a Page I would love to be able to embed a discussion board in a Page so students can respond to a lesson on the page, without leaving. Sort of like the Studio video comment ability (though I would hope for ...	09-03-2021	425
[New Quizzes] Automatically count points for new quizzes after creation I usually don't know how many points a quiz will be worth before I make it. Classic Quizzes would just use the number of the points from the questions, but with New Quizzes it just stays at zero unle...	07-14-2021	426
[Modules] Module description An option to add a brief text description in a module would be helpful. This could be done like the text header, except with smaller font. It can be used to give an overview of the module's ...	06-04-2021	537

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