Currently, Canvas grade the Multiple Answers questions this way:
When creating a "Multiple Answer" question, you can set the total points for the question and assign points for each correct answer.
- Point Calculation: Canvas divides the total points by the number of correct answers. Students earn points for each correct answer they select and lose points for each incorrect answer they select.
- Example: If a question is worth 3 points and has three correct answers, each correct answer is worth 1 point. If a student selects one correct answer and one incorrect answer, they would receive 1-1=0 points.
I think this is not reasonable -- it does not give credit for students not choosing the incorrect answer.
This is the way I would like: Divide total points by the number of given answers/choices including both incorrect and correct answers. Then students get the point if they select the correct choice AND they also get the point if they did not select the incorrect choice. Basically, this is equivalent to choose True or False for each answer choice.
Right now, I have to convert all my Multiple Answer questions into True/False questions to implement this grading system. I hope I don't need to go through that detour.
Could Canvas offer this type of grading?
