Teaching with Canvas tools (continued)

The resources on this page will help you learn about Canvas Assignments and Quizzes and how you can grade them with SpeedGrader.

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Using Assignments

A very important thing to note about Assignments in Canvas is that Assignments generate the grade book. To create a gradebook item, create an assignment and Canvas then automatically creates a column in the grade book for that assignment. Setting points/percentages, weighting grades, dropping the lowest grade, etc. is all done in the Assignments tool. The Grades tool reflects the settings you set in Assignments.

TIP: When you publish an assignment, it will appear in the assignment list at the bottom of the Syllabus page. If you don't want students to see the assignment yet, set an "available from" date in the Assignment settings.

Canvas Guide on Assignments and Assignments Video Script

Grading Assignments with SpeedGrader

SpeedGrader is a tool that allows you to rapidly move through assignments, grading and leaving comments (including comments directly on the submitted document). You can use it to grade assignments, including those with Rubrics, in many different formats including MS Word docs, PDFs, Excel sheets, PowerPoint files, and video.

TIP: Before you start grading in SpeedGrader, follow these instructions from Learn@OregonState to hide the grades and feedback from students until you release them. Hiding them allows you to make sure all grades are finalized, and to release them to students all at the same time.

Canvas Guide for SpeedGrader and SpeedGrader Overview Script

Below is an overview of grading in Canvas with tips for efficiency from Ecampus and CTL (42:20):

Using Quizzes

The Quizzes Tool is for quizzes, tests, surveys, and knowledge checks. You can build question banks for your quizzes and use them in multiple courses.

Canvas Guide on Quiz Settings and Quiz Creation: Settings Video Script

Question types in Canvas Quizzes include:

- Multiple choice
- True/false
- Fill-in-the-blank
- Fill-in-the-multiple-blank
- Multiple answers
- Multiple dropdowns
- Matching
- Numerical answer
- Formula
- Essay

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