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Creating essay questions

This procedure assumes that you are in the process of creating or modifying an assessment; you have selected Essay in the Add drop-down list on the Canvas page, and clicked GO; and you are now on the Add/Modify Essay Question page.

Notes:  

To create and add an essay question to an assessment:

  1. On the Add/Modify Essay Question page, enter the question text, and select a display format for the text.  

  2. (Tests only) Enter a point value for the question.

  3. (Tests and pools only) Under Answer, enter an example of a correct answer to help graders evaluate students’ responses. Also, if you allow students to view correct answers when they review the test, they will see the sample answer you enter here.

  1. Click Submit.

  2. (Optional) Add another question of the same or different type.

  3. Click OK on the Canvas page to save the assessment.