Using AI to Draft Quiz Feedback
Overview
Students receive instant feedback on their quiz questions and answers, with the feedback drafted using AI.
Why Use This?
Providing instant feedback has immense benefits for students. However, writing feedback for each quiz question or answer can be time-consuming depending on the length of the quizzes and the number of them in your course. Using AI, you can quickly draft feedback for your quizzes to then review, edit, and add to Canvas.
How Does It Work?
Start by putting your quiz questions in a Word document, making sure to indicate the correct answer for each question. Next, write a prompt for your chosen AI tool. Here’s an example:
“I am working on an introductory college-level microeconomics course. Can you help me write some answer feedback for quiz questions? Can you give me feedback for each answer option that explains either why it is correct or why it is incorrect? This feedback should be a teaching tool to help students learn the content. Please write the feedback in simple, plain language easily understood by all reading levels. The tone should be conversational and friendly.”
Depending on the AI tool you’re using, upload the Word document or copy and paste the questions into the dialog box. After AI has generated the feedback, make sure to review and edit it carefully. When you’re finished, copy and paste the feedback directly into your LMS’s quiz tool.
In the example below, the first box shows a hint leading the student to another answer. The second box shows feedback on the question itself. Both have been written with the help of AI.
Example of a hint
In a market economy, supply and demand determine
- neither the quantity of each good produced nor the price at which it is sold.
- the price at which each good is sold but not the quantity of each good produced.
Not quite. Supply and demand do affect the price of goods, but they also determine how much of each good is produced. Therefore, this option is not entirely correct. - the quantity of each good produced but not the price at which it is sold.
- both the quantity of each good produced and the price at which it is sold.
Example of feedback
When countries focus on being fair (equity), it sometimes means the economy doesn’t grow as fast. Think about how sharing things equally might slow things down. On the other hand, if countries focus on being the most productive (efficiency), they might not worry as much about being fair, which can lead to some people getting more than others. So, think about which choices might make the economy grow slower or lead to more unfairness.
For more information to help you answer the question, please read Principles 1 and 2 on the Unit 1 Commentary: Principles page.
Keep In Mind
- Many AI tools struggle to answer questions about images, especially graphs. You may need to write the feedback for those questions separately.
- AI makes mistakes. It’s important to review the feedback yourself and make sure AI has provided the correct answers.