Quiz Statistics Overview
Using Canvas quiz statistics is a great way to evaluate both your assessments and student performance.
Why learn Canvas quiz statistics
Quiz statistics provide overall summaries of quiz results, allowing you to interpret how well your students did. Not only can you learn how well your students did, Canvas quiz statistics can also help you can assess how well your questions are worded based on the overall student performance.
Where to find and when to use Canvas quiz statistics
Where to find Canvas quiz statistics
Open any quiz students have taken. Quiz Statistics will be to the upper left of your browser window under Related Items.
When to use Canvas quiz statistics
- After a quiz closes
- See how students performed.
- While grading
- Get a better understanding of your students and their quiz results.
- Between semesters or across sections
- If you use the same quiz from semester to semester and/or across multiple sections, you can compare how students perform on the quiz.
What Canvas quiz statistics provide
Quiz summary and chart
The quiz summary and chart is a visual report to help you focus on the big picture of student performance.
Question breakdown
Question breakdown shows the question, number of attempts, discrimination index, and difficulty index in a visual, easy-to-read format.
Student and Item analysis CSV Files
Both Student and Item analysis CSV (Microsoft Excel) files provide a detailed view of your quiz-related data.
Student analysis CSV file - Student information including individual questions that were answered and points that were given
Item analysis CSV file - Analysis of each question in relation to student performance including specific statistical outcomes based on each question
The following pages will go into more detail about each of these areas.