Preparing for Final Exams and Grading

Tips for Final Exams

1. Canvas Quizzes: The Canvas Quizzes tool will allow you to create an exam and individual questions. Questions and answer choices are created one at a time and take some time to create.
   1. Question Types and Scoring: There are a variety of question formats.  Multiple-choice type questions can be auto-scored and essay/writing type questions must be manually scored using SpeedGrader.
   2. Question Groups: Question groups allow you to place multiple questions within a group for students to answer and indicate the number of questions that should be selected randomly from the group. This allows you to create multiple versions of similar questions to add some variety to the quiz. Time Limits: Quiz time limits can be set on the Quiz details page.
   3. Exceptions: Once published, the Moderate This Quiz link appears and allows you to provide extra time and attempts for individual students.
2. Assignments: The Canvas Assignment Tool allows you to provide assignment details and creates related gradebook column. It is great for collecting student work and alternative forms of assessment.
   1. Online Assignments: You can create online assignments for students to submit their assignments through Canvas. Students can submit text entry, website URL, a media recording, or a file upload.
   2. Scoring:  Student submissions can be viewed and scored using SpeedGrader.

Tips for Calculating Final Grades

• Grade values: Canvas will ignore an activity if no score is entered. Please enter scores of zero where necessary. You could also manually excuse a score using the grade details tray.
• Weighted Assignment Groups: If you use weighted categories, please see the Canvas Assignments page to view assigned group weights. Please be sure the weights are correct. If you need to make any revisions, click the three vertical dot settings menu at the top of the page, choose “Assignment Group Weight”, make revisions, and click the Save button.