Good to know about interactive quizzes

Interactive quizzes via Canvas Studio give teachers an easy way to create interactive elements through video. As a teacher, you can create and embed video quizzes in Canvas. Students can answer embedded video quizzes. Canvas Studio video quizzes can be added to a Canvas assignment, and the quiz results are displayed in the gradebook. You can comment on the assignment grade in Speedgrader as usual with an assignment.

In order for the quiz results from Canvas Studio to be automatically registered in the Gradebook, the video quiz must be configured as an assignment with an external tool according to the instructions in this guide. If you embed a video quiz through the content editor, the results will not be recorded in Grades.

This guide comprises two sections:

Embedding a quiz in a page
Creating an assignment with a quiz (connected to Grades)

Please note that you will not find Studio quizzes via the Canvas Course menu as a quiz.

Embed interactive quizzes

In this second video (4:39 min), Carina Bois shows you two options for embedding your video quiz in Canvas.

Firstly, she shows you how to embed the quiz in a page, in the content editor. This is a good option for quizzes that are self-test, formative assessments. It allows you and students to see the quiz results directly in the page where the quiz is embedded.

Secondly, she shows you how to embed the quiz in an assignment.  This option imports the quiz results into the gradebook and could be used if you want students results to be logged in the course. If you embed a video quiz using the content editor, the results will not appear in Grades. Instead, they’ll be shown on the page where the quiz is embedded.

Embed interactive quiz in a page

1. Open Page

Navigate to the page where you want to add the quiz.
Type your instructions on the page.
Click the blue "Studio" button to open the Studio Library (1).

Find studio icon and then embed video quiz

Select a video

In the Studio library, find the video quiz you want to embed.
You can see which are the videos with a quiz by looking for the small quiz rocket in the corner of the video thumbnail (2).

Here you see the quiz icon

2. Select Embed Options

Click "Select" by clicking on the video title.
To include the quiz, select the "Embed Video Quiz (3)" option.

Select the quiz you want to embed here

Remember that you can have multiple quizzes per video, so make sure that you are logical and consistent with the naming of your quiz or you may find yourself in a muddle.

3. Embed your quiz:

Click Embed Media to add the quiz to your page. Note that you cannot select media tabs when embedding a quiz. If you want to use the comment function then you need to embed the video with media tabs not embed the quiz.
The student answers the questions

Students answer the questions and submit the quiz. They see a black screen first with a Get Started button. You cannot change this first screen.
Students can review their answers by clicking on Quiz Results.

student quiz results.png

4. Teacher insights

Teachers in the course can see students' results, either for the all students or per student.
You also have the option to see all students' answers in a list for an overview. You can also create a report under Quiz reports.

Teacher view of quiz results in page

Embed interactive quizzes as an external tool in an assignment

This option will import the student grades (quiz results) into the Gradebook. Please not that in your course this will show under Assignments in the course menu, NOT under Quizzes.

Create the task
- Create a new task as usual with name (1).
- Type the instructions in the text box. (2)
- Under the text box, make sure to give the assignment more than zero points, e.g. 1 point. (3)
- Choose whether the grade should be shown as points or "Done/Not finished". (4)
Selecting the submission type
- At "Submission Type", select External Tool. (5)

Inställningar för uppgift

Begin by searching for Canvas Studio in the Configure external tool window. Then select Canvas Studio.
Select video quiz
A new window opens where you select your video quiz from the Studio Library. You can see which are the quiz by the rocket icon:
Embed the quiz (see instructions above for embedding in the page of how to find your quiz)

- - - Select the quiz from the Canvas Studio library.
    - Choose to embed it as a quiz.
    - The Studio window will close and you'll return to settings.
    - Click Select to return to the Assignment settings.
  - Adjust settings
    - Uncheck the box Open this tool in a new tab.
Assign the assignment to your students.
Select your due date.
Click on Save and publish.
Please note it can take a few minutes for the video quiz to load.

Student view

Students click on Get Started and answer the questions. Once they have viewed the video they can submit their answers.
They will see their results (Grades) via Grades in the course menu. If the teacher has commented on the video quiz via Speedgrader the student will also be able to read those comments via Grades.

Teacher view of Grades

Reviewing grades

Teachers in the course can view the student grades via the Gradebook. Note that we set the assignment as one point. We could have set the total points to the total points awarded for correct answers in quiz if we had wanted to display the exact points in the gradebook, rather than just a completion grade.

Gradebook view of quiz

Using the same quiz in several course rooms in Canvas

Quiz results are managed separately for each course
Students' results are only visible in the course room where the quiz is embedded
You can use the same video in multiple courses without the results being mixed between course rooms

Instructure's own guides

For teachers

For students

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