{"id":6603,"date":"2018-01-26T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=6603"},"modified":"2018-02-07T09:21:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T09:21:10","slug":"canvas-highlights-1-quizzes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/01\/26\/canvas-highlights-1-quizzes\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas highlights 1. Quizzes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6601 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/01\/canvas-highlights-featured-image.jpg\" alt=\"Canvas Highlights 1. Quizzes\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/01\/canvas-highlights-featured-image.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/01\/canvas-highlights-featured-image-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/01\/canvas-highlights-featured-image-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/01\/canvas-highlights-featured-image-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/01\/canvas-highlights-featured-image-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/01\/canvas-highlights-featured-image-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/01\/canvas-highlights-featured-image-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/01\/canvas-highlights-featured-image-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/01\/canvas-highlights-featured-image-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/01\/canvas-highlights-featured-image-900x506.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welcome to the first in a series of posts highlighting exciting features staff and students can expect to find in the university\u2019s new virtual learning environment (VLE), Canvas. Each of these posts will showcase a great feature within Canvas that you can use to enhance you and your students\u2019 experience. Canvas will be used for all Sussex modules from the beginning of the 2018\/19 academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re going to start with something nearly everybody uses, quizzes. In Canvas as you\u2019ll see in the brief intro video below, quizzes are easy to set-up, author and build into your assessment cycle.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pIr87D7XXBY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Question types include: <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Numerical answer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Formula answer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Multiple answers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Multiple blanks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Matching and more\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other notable features:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shuffle answers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Randomise from banks of questions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Set as an anonymous survey rather than a quiz<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And much more&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Canvas allows you to schedule the same quiz at different times to different groups, for example for students with reasonable adjustments, and makes it easy to provide feedback for correct responses, incorrect responses, general comments and per answer option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We think you\u2019re going to love the reliability and how easy it is to create and administer quizzes. We look forward to introducing you all to the tools over the next few months.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019ll be running lots of training on using Canvas and quizzes, so watch this space for more information coming soon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information on the quizzes see also the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/community\/answers\/guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Canvas community help pages<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for an in depth look at how to make the most out of this essential and powerful tool in your new VLE.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-6603\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/01\/26\/canvas-highlights-1-quizzes\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-6603\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/01\/26\/canvas-highlights-1-quizzes\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/01\/26\/canvas-highlights-1-quizzes\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/01\/26\/canvas-highlights-1-quizzes\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-6603\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/01\/26\/canvas-highlights-1-quizzes\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/01\/26\/canvas-highlights-1-quizzes\/?share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the first in a series of posts highlighting exciting features staff and students can expect to find in the university\u2019s new virtual learning environment (VLE), Canvas. 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