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KTH's exam room template in Canvas

All examination rooms are created with this simple template to facilitate the implementation of the examination. The template helps teachers create a clear structure of the examination material with assignments and quizzes in Canvas. The template also needs to be supplemented with course-specific information, such as due time and contact information.

Get the Swedish version from Canvas Commons

Course rooms are always created with the English template, due to technical reasons. However, you can download the Swedish version of the template from Canvas Commons, it is called “KTH Template Course room sv.” 

Read more about how to Download a template from Canvas Commons .

Template for exam room – assignment based

The template is called assignment based because the students find the entire exam under "Assignments" in the course menu. This requires that the teacher only uses assignments, quizzes and the home page to build the exam, and that the reading order is unimportant. There is also a module-based exam template if you need more control over how the students go through the exam. Read more about KTH:s module based examination rooms template .

Wondering how exam rooms are created?

You can read more about how examination rooms are created, when they are used, who gets access to them and how they are unpublished on the page Examination room in Canvas .

How to use the code of conduct

All exam rooms come with a code of conduct that you are advised to use. The purpose of the code of conduct is to inform students about what is permitted during examinations. Read more about how you can use the code of conduct on the page Code of conduct for examination at KTH .

Do you want to condition the code of conduct?

Do you want students to have to confirm the code of conduct in order to see the exam questions? Then you need to use modules to structure the examination room. We have created a module based template where the code of conduct is conditional, meaning students must accept it before they can proceed to the exam questions. Read more about KTH:s module based examination rooms template .

Start working in a sandbox

We recommend that you create assignments or quizzes in a sandbox and then move them to the examination room. This way, there are greater opportunities to test the setup and get feedback from colleagues. A sandbox also gives you the opportunity to start work on the examination before the examination room is created. Read more about working in a Sandbox .

Manage the exam room before examination

Very briefly, the following needs to be done in the examination room well in advance of the examination:

  1. Create assignments or quizzes, or move them from your sandbox to the exam room.
  2. Check the grading schemes for assignments and quiz, if used. More information can be found on the page Letter grades and grading schemes .
  3. Set correct availability dates and times for assignments, quizzes and code of conduct.
  4. Edit the home page to include course-specific information.
  5. Publish the exam room and content.
  6. Review with student view.

This is explained in more detail in the checklist Before examination – checklist for Canvas .

Template content

All examination rooms are created with the assignment based template, so in practice they all have the following presets and materials:

  • A suggestion for a front page (can be edited to fit your course).
  • A code of conduct for the students, in a quiz. 
  • Simplified course menu which only contains “Home”, ”Assignments” and ”Grades”. "Announcements" are prepared to be shown if a message is posted there.
  • Settings for course and gradebook to fit examination.
    • “Manually Post Grades” is chosen so that the examiner controls when the assessment should be published for the students.
    • Anonymous grading and anonymous instructor annotations are activated in the Canvas room so that the function can be selected when assignments are created. 
    • “Course grading scheme” is activated and set to KTH’s standard.
    • "Hide totals in student grades summary" is pre-selected so that no incorrect grade is communicated to the students.