CCE CCE Student Engagement & Motivation 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Canvas feature allows instructors to award points and badges to students for completing course milestones, boosting motivation?
- Outcomes
- Badges via Canvas Credentials (Correct answer)
- SpeedGrader
- New Analytics
Correct answer: Badges via Canvas Credentials
Canvas Credentials (formerly Badgr) lets instructors award digital badges tied to course achievements to recognize and motivate students.
Question 2: An instructor wants students to engage in an asynchronous text-based discussion. Which Canvas tool is most appropriate?
- Conferences
- Discussions (Correct answer)
- Collaborations
- Chat
Correct answer: Discussions
Canvas Discussions supports asynchronous threaded conversations where students can post, reply, and engage with peers on course topics.
Question 3: What does 'student view' in Canvas allow an instructor to do?
- Grade student submissions anonymously
- Experience the course exactly as a student would (Correct answer)
- View all student analytics at once
- Send bulk announcements
Correct answer: Experience the course exactly as a student would
Student View creates a test student account so instructors can navigate and experience the course from the learner's perspective.
Question 4: Which Canvas feature can an instructor use to send personalized feedback notes directly within a graded assignment?
- Announcements
- SpeedGrader comments (Correct answer)
- Inbox mass message
- Course homepage
Correct answer: SpeedGrader comments
SpeedGrader allows instructors to leave text, audio, or video comments on individual student submissions as personalized feedback.
Question 5: A Canvas instructor enables the 'Allow students to like replies' option in a Discussion. What engagement benefit does this provide?
- It lets students grade each other's posts
- It encourages peer recognition and highlights valued contributions (Correct answer)
- It automatically awards extra credit
- It notifies the instructor of off-topic replies
Correct answer: It encourages peer recognition and highlights valued contributions
Allowing students to like replies promotes peer engagement by letting learners recognize quality contributions from classmates.
Question 6: Which Canvas tool enables real-time synchronous class sessions with video, audio, and screen sharing?
- Discussions
- Conferences (BigBlueButton) (Correct answer)
- Pages
- Modules
Correct answer: Conferences (BigBlueButton)
Canvas Conferences, powered by BigBlueButton, supports live synchronous sessions with video, audio, chat, and screen sharing.
CCE CCE Student Engagement & Motivation 1
Which Canvas feature allows instructors to award points and badges to students for completing course milestones, boosting motivation?