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4/21/2021

Making Canvas Exams More Secure, a Path Forward 🐾
Below are suggested actions to increase your confidence using quizzes without proctoring tools.
Canvas has two different Quiz tools, Quizzes (aka classic) and New Quizzes. New Quizzes is still being developed; at this time it has both advantages and limitations. We acknowledge some STEM courses are using New Quizzes in Canvas. The guides below are for both "classic" Quizzes and New Quizzes.
Quizzes and New Quizzes. Special thanks to MiraCosta College for providing Canvas Guides links!

Availability – Restrict the availability of the test to a specific date/time range. Quizzes | New Quizzes
Time Limits – Limit or expand the time a student can spend on a test once they start it. Quizzes | New Quizzes
Delay Per-Question Feedback (Quizzes only) – Providing students feedback on each question can help them learn; delaying the availability of this feedback until after the test availability window is over can help ensure the integrity of the exam. Quizzes
Answer Scramble – Answers to multiple choice questions can be shuffled so they are presented differently for different students. (Note: In Quizzes this is one setting for the entire quiz; in New Quizzes this is a per-question setting.) Quizzes | New Quizzes
Shuffle Questions – This will present the quiz questions to students in random order. For Quizzes, you can create groups and shuffle them. New Quizzes
Use a test bank that randomly draws questions from a large bank – Drawing questions randomly from a pool can make it even more difficult for students to share questions during an exam. Quizzes | New Quizzes
Calculated (Formula) Questions – Formula questions can include a range of values for one term/variable. Thus, the same question will have unique answers across different quizzes, but the question can still be auto-graded. Quizzes | New Quizzes

Making Canvas Exams Less Stressful

Make the exam timed (or untimed) and "open book" — they may use the course materials to help find answers to the questions.
They may exit the exam during their attempt. Their answers will be saved and they can resume at a later time.
They may take the exam multiple times, and only the highest score will be recorded

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