Assessment results: TA, End-of-quarter, Winter 2016

About the assessment

• Response Rate: 9%
  • Participants: 23
  • Invitees: 257
• Date range: 3/9–3/21
• Three email notifications sent:
  • Announcement: 3/9
  • Reminders: 3/15, 3/21

How important is an LMS to supporting your teaching needs?

	Responses	%
Very important	13	57%
Somewhat important	8	35%
Not important	2	9%
Total	23	–

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Please rate the overall ease of use of Canvas in meeting your teaching needs.

	Responses	%
Easy to use	7	30%
Somewhat easy to use	8	35%
Not easy to use	8	35%
Total	23	–

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Please rate the overall effectiveness of Canvas in meeting your teaching needs

	Responses	%
Effective	9	39%
Somewhat effective	8	35%
Not effective	6	26%
Total	23	–

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For each of the following tools or features in Canvas, please indicate if it is important to your teaching needs and, if so, whether or not you found it easy to use.

	Important / Easy to use in Canvas	Important / Not easy to use in Canvas	Not important	Unsure or didn’t use	Total
Quizzes	4	6	1	11	22
Pages	6	6	2	8	22
Grades	6	13	0	3	22
Assignments	9	8	0	5	22
Discussions	7	5	1	9	22
Modules	6	6	1	9	22
Announcements	9	5	2	6	22
Group work	2	8	0	12	22
Collaborations	0	6	1	15	22
Web conferences	1	3	1	17	22

 

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For each of the following tasks, please indicate if you prefer EEE or Canvas.

	Prefer Canvas	Prefer EEE	Prefer equally	N/A – I don’t do this online	Total
Create and assign quizzes	5	7	5	5	22
Distribute files	9	5	2	6	22
Collect assignments	12	6	1	3	22
Store and distribute grades or assignment scores	7	11	4	0	22
Create a class website	11	5	4	2	22
Send messages to the class	8	7	4	2	21
Post announcements	10	5	5	2	22
Encourage discussion via forums or message boards	8	7	2	5	22

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Overall, which system do you prefer?

	Responses	%
EEE	4	24%
Canvas	6	35%
Doesn’t matter to you	7	41%
Total	17	–