Quizzes.Next: New Canvas Assessment Tools are ready for testing!

In late May, I posted a sneak-peek into Quizzes.Next, the next generation of assessment tools in the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). ETL is ready to begin testing these tools in our LMS test environment! Any faculty with specific assessment challenges using the current tool set are encouraged to work with Online Learning to explore these new tools and test their limits.

For those who missed the sneak peek, here's another peek!

Most faculty who teach in the Canvas learning management system (LMS) are familiar with the "Quizzes" tools and features for creating a variety of surveys, quizzes, tests, and exams. What faculty may not have yet heard is that Canvas is taking assessment to the next level with the release of Quizzes.Next tools, currently available only in the UAH test environment after being released this past summer.

Explore the links below but know that this tool will not immediately replace the current quiz features, and that it can be used in any course, even in combination with the traditional quiz features within the same course. Quizzes.Next is simply a new set of additional tools that support a wider variety of assessment strategies.

Quizzes.Next is not yet active in the UAH instance of Canvas. When we do implement it, faculty will have plenty of time to explore the tools and decide which are right for you and your course, curriculum, and assessment style. After a long period of running both old and new tools in conjunction with one another, the old set of tools will eventually be phased out. But this process will allow for plenty of time for testing, feedback, improvements, and integration into course assessments. For those familiar with the current quiz features in Canvas, this feature comparison chart might prove helpful in determining how best to begin testing. For a peek into how it all looks and feels, check out the video instructor guide for Quizzes.Next.

You can begin exploring Quizzes.Next with these links:

• Quizzes.Next Guide (Instructors, Students)
• Quizzes.Next User Group (Canvas hosted)
• Quizzes.Next FAQ

Faculty interested in testing the Quizzes.Next tools and features are encouraged to contact Tess Olten (Tess.Olten@uah.edu) for more information.

Here's an extended introduction and preview from the Canvas folks when Quizzes.Next was introduced at the Instructure conference in 2016: