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View Canvas quiz responses and see which questions need reteaching

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Where to find quiz responses in Canvas

When you need to view Canvas quiz responses, the answers are usually on the quiz's submissions or statistics pages. What you can see depends on your Canvas role and the quiz settings your instructor chose.

Check the question wording before assuming students did not understand the topic.
Look at which wrong options were chosen most often, since they point to specific misconceptions.
Compare a question's difficulty with how well it separated strong and weak performers.
Reteach the concept, then write a fresh question on it to confirm the gap closed.

Example item analysis questions for Canvas quizzes

What does a difficulty index near 0.9 on a quiz item usually mean?Most students answered it correctly, so the item is easy and may not separate strong students from weak ones.

What does a negative discrimination index on an item suggest?Low scorers got it right more often than high scorers, which often signals a miskeyed answer or confusing wording.

Why review the wrong options chosen most often on a multiple-choice item?Frequently chosen distractors reveal specific misconceptions, which tells you exactly what to reteach.

What is a discrimination index meant to measure?How well an item separates high-scoring students from low-scoring ones, comparing success rates between the top and bottom groups.

What should you do first when most students miss the same question?Check the answer key and the question wording for errors, and reteach the concept only if the item is written correctly.

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Questions from your material

Upload a PDF, DOCX, PPTX, text file or photo of a page, and get multiple-choice, true/false or short-answer questions.

Explanations for every answer

Each question includes an explanation, so a wrong answer tells you what the correct reasoning is.

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How it works

Upload your notes or slides

Add the material the quiz should cover, such as lecture slides, a chapter PDF or typed notes.

Generate a practice quiz

Choose the question types you want and generate a quiz from that material. No credit card is needed to start.

Check where you miss questions

Review the explanations for missed items, then retake the quiz until the same topics stop tripping you up.

Item-level results are the most useful part. They show how many students missed each question and which wrong options they picked, which tells you whether the problem is the question wording or the concept behind it.

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Frequently asked questions

What does an item analysis show in a quiz?

Item analysis usually shows how many students answered each question correctly and how each wrong option performed. Instructors use it to find questions that were too hard, too easy or unclear.

How do I tell if a quiz question is badly written?

A question is often flawed if strong students miss it more than weak students, or if two answer choices seem equally correct. Rewrite the stem so only one option is clearly right.

Can DeckOwl show my class's Canvas quiz responses?

No. DeckOwl does not connect to Canvas or read submissions. It creates practice quizzes from your own material, so you can study the content yourself.

Do I need to pay to export a quiz?

Yes. Exporting to PDF, DOCX, Anki or CSV requires the Plus plan, and QTI 2.1 and Moodle XML export require Pro. The free plan includes 3 generations per month with study in the browser.

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