Teachology Summer 2014 Edition | Page 18

Summer 2014 Edition By Debbie Blair Educational Technologist Myth 1: I cannot add extra time to an ongoing quiz. Yes, you can! Instructors can enable this feature. SHOW ME Directions: Go to the Quiz, click on “Moderate this Quiz” and find the student name. Click on the clock icon to the right of the name. An “Extend Quiz Time” icon window will appear. Two options are given: you can end the quiz from “now” (current time – be careful about this option) or from “the current end time.” Plug in the correct number of minutes by clicking on “Extend Time.” Myth 2: I cannot take Attendance (Roll Call) SHOW ME Yes, you can! You’ll have to change the defaults. Directions: Currently by default, Canvas will automatically make an attendance assignment each time attendance is taken and it will display it in the Gradebook. However, if you go in and edit the Roll Call Attendance assignment, you can change the Grading Type to be Not Graded and the point value to 0. Changing this will not remove the assignment from your Assignments list or from the Gradebook and it will not affect student grades. 18