Professors can see several types of information on Canvas during a quiz:
- They can monitor student activity in real time, including when the quiz started and finished.
- They receive notifications if a student clicks away from the quiz to another tab or window, showing loss of focus on the quiz page.
- They have access to detailed session logs that record every action taken during the quiz, such as viewing and answering questions.
- Professors can see quiz statistics like performance on specific questions, common mistakes, and overall class performance.
- They can track if a student changes answers or edits responses during the quiz.
- Some institutions may use third-party plugins that enable additional monitoring like screenshots or video recordings, although Canvas itself does not have this capability.
- Professors cannot see what specific content a student views outside Canvas, only that the student left the Canvas quiz page/window.
This means professors have tools to detect if students click away from the quiz, how they interact with quiz questions, and their overall quiz engagement and performance.
