Tired of spending hours manually building quizzes in Canvas? Discover a "spooky fast" way to go from your course content directly to a ready-to-use quiz.
This 30-minute professional development session, hosted by an Academy for Teaching and Learning, provides a step-by-step tutorial on using AI chatbots and a simple text converter to automate quiz creation. Learn how to turn your existing lecture notes, PowerPoint slides, or even video transcripts into a fully imported Canvas quiz in just a few minutes.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
- Extract content from your teaching documents (Word docs, text files, etc.) or video transcripts.
- Use an AI chatbot with a specific prompt to generate multiple-choice questions based only on your provided material.
- Format the AI output into a "QTI compatible" text format that Canvas can read.
- Use a free converter tool to check your questions for syntax errors and create a QTI .zip file.
- Import the file directly into your Canvas course using the "Import Existing Content" feature.
- Preview and edit the final quiz, including settings like shuffling answers.
Tools needed to follow along:
- Teaching documents (lecture notes, transcripts, etc.)
- Access to an AI chatbot
- A Canvas course (a demo or "sandbox" course works perfectly)
- Access to the QTI converter website (demonstrated in the video)
This practical method is designed to enhance the quality of your work, reduce stress, and dramatically increase your efficiency in creating assessments for your students.