Using the Canvas quiz tool for frequent, low-stakes formative assessments allows students to get feedback immediately. There are many strategies for using the quiz tool in Canvas for course design and teaching. Instructors can:   create a graded/ungraded knowledge check quiz to highlight important concepts at the end of the module.    deploy a quiz to measure comprehension of assigned readings and media in each module.   have students practice taking an ungraded quiz before having them complete the high-stakes end-of-course exams.  For low-stakes assessments, students are often given multiple attempts with a certain amount of time to submit their answers, which may

Students must feel like they belong in online learning communities David Noffs and I recently presented at the 19th ICQI (International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry) Virtual Conference on the topic of Building an Equitable and Inclusive Online Learning Community. As learning designers in the Distance Learning Department at Northwestern’s School of Professional Studies, we are interested in investigating the mechanics of this phenomenon in order to help educators and other learning designers apply it effectively in their practice.  During our presentation, we shared a document developed at Northwestern’s School of Professional Studies entitled High-Impact Teaching Practices for Online Instruction (2022).