Formula Questions in MyCanvas
Digital Skills Services
Last Update a year ago
Who should use this document?
MyCanvas allows for the creation of multiple question types in quizzes, including Formula questions. This document will instruct faculty how to create these Formula type questions in both the Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes quiz tools.
Creating Formula Questions in New Quizzes
1. Formula Question
Once a user is at the stage of creating a quiz question (whether in a question bank or a quiz):
a) Select + New Question.
b) Use the pop-up to select Formula Question.
c) Enter a Question Title in the bar at the top.
d) In the Question field, add the question prompt with any supporting media and write the equation that includes the variables to be defined. Variables should be enclosed by backticks, which allows the system to recognize them as needing to be defined.
2. Answers
Enter the definitions for the created variables, meaning the range of possible values to the variables. Users will need to ensure the number of decimal places required is selected, and the range of the variables is applied. If there is a constant variable required, or an exact number is to be used as a variable, the Min and Max ranges will
be the same.
3. Formula Definition
Define the formula for the question. Using the established variables, create the formula the students will need to solve. No brackets around the variables or equal sign are required.
4. Generating Possible Solutions
The last step to creating a Formula question is to generate the possible solutions. This step instructs the quiz tool on how many possible questions and answers will be created using the defined variable possibilities. For example, if there are 25 students in a course, an instructor may want 25 different possible solutions to increase the likelihood of each student getting a different version of this question.
To generate possible solutions, users will need to scroll to the Generate Possible Solutions field, and enter the amount of possible solutions in the Number of Solutions field. Select whether or not to display solutions as scientific notation (optional). Once the number of variables has been entered, click Generate.
For more information on Quizzes and Question Banks
CTL provides a recording of the Quizzes Webinar for more information on creating Quizzes and Question Banks. For more information or more detailed instruction, please contact your Educational Technologies Specialist or CTL.