Topic: Assessment & feedback

Online Exam Instructions templates

Exam Instructions The duration of this exam is  minutes.  Allow adequate time to complete this exam in one sitting before the due date and time. Late submissions will not/may not be accepted.  This is an open book/closed book/restricted open book exam. The following materials and provisions are permitted:   Insert as necessary (be specific and clear)  e.g. Physical and digital prescribed textbook   e.g. Microsoft Word (non-web version)  e.g. Course websites / websites: http://www.online.uts.edu.au   e.g. Any / Scientific...

How can I… design effective assessments in Canvas?

Example: Skills and knowledge breakdown In this first example, the Subject Coordinator has used the UTS Canvas shell’s Assessment Overview page to very clearly outline each assessment task, and to provide a link to its submission point. They have also included a breakdown of the skills and knowledge that...

Engaging and motivating students to learn online

Assignments in Canvas

Create and manage Assignments by clicking on the Assignments link in the Course Navigation Menu. You can also find out more about using the Assignments Index Page, where you can view all your course assignments, add assignment groups and modify assignment settings. The following tutorial video (4:15 mins) gives you...

SpeedGrader in Canvas

5 key features to know about SpeedGrader: Everything in one place: Student work is displayed on the left hand side of the screen, with the marks panel on the right. Colour-coded student list: Allows you to see at a glance who has submitted their work and needs to be...

Rubrics in Canvas

You can set up scoring and non-scoring rubrics. Once a rubric has been used to assess a student (i.e. once marking has commenced), the rubric cannot be edited. However, existing rubrics can be copied and used with other assignments. The following video tutorial shows you how to create and...

Canvas Gradebook

Only marked assignments, marked discussions, marked quizzes, and marked surveys that have been published are included in the Gradebook. If an assignment is not visible in the Gradebook, check that it is Published.  In the Gradebook, you can choose to view all students at once or one student at...

Canvas Plagiarism Review

There are lots of advantages to using this tool, including the handling of group work assignments. You can check out some of the other benefits in the Futures Blog recommended at the end of this post. In general, we strongly recommend using the Canvas Plagiarism Review over the Turnitin...

Canvas grades submission process

To complete the Grades process, you need to make sure you’ve set up assignments correctly at the start of session, and run through a few checks at the end before grades are approved and transferred. The Gradebook Total in Canvas automatically calculates a student’s total. This is done via...

Types of online exams

Three approaches to online exams are available as an alternative to in-person exams. AI invigilated exam ProcturU is a cloud based service employed by UTS to prevent cheating in online exams and ensure the identity of the person undertaking the exam. Used in conjunction with quiz-based exams only, this...