Hot spot question type

[ssimpso4]

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas

My comment: Hotspot question type should be an internally available quiz question type, without the need for a LTI-integration tool.

Original thread:

Hot spots for images for quizzes : Help Center

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[mjennings]

I agree that hot spot questions are extremely helpful. In fact one of our Nursing program's certification exams include this question type and I am constantly asked when Canvas will get it.

[jordan]

This same feature was suggested by  @amarchan ​ where she posted:

There are many fields where it would be helpful to create questions with "hot spots"--areas you need to click to identify something (anatomy) or sometimes in sequence (music).  Thanks for considering!

mgonin​ also chimed in with the following:

This would be very helpful to our foreign language instructors as well.

[Stef_retired]

I could see this as a wonderful application for humanities courses (paintings, photographs, architecture).

[awilliams]

Not being an instructor myself, I will entirely defer to others as to the importance of such a feature. However, being a Canvas geek, I can think of a simplistic workaround (at least for images). I am not totally picturing how it would be used for music and foreign language. The workaround I can think of for images is to edit them with boxes or numbers and include them in a matching question type. Such as this:

[pmceachern]

Adding more interactive elements to the LMS would be a huge plus. This would be a game changer for many subject areas.

[scottdennis]

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[emily]

We (a dental school) do something like this already with X-rays -" which of the numbered arrows points to the cavity?" type of thing.  But it's a much more realistic - and tougher - challenge to give the students a totally unlabeled X-ray and say "click on the cavity." When they get to the clinic, teeth won't have four labeled points to choose from! So hotspots would be really nice to have.

Emily

[Stef_retired]

 @emily ​, this nearly identical feature idea is currently open for voting, so you might want to add your use case and feedback to it:

[andersonshar]

The lack of hotspot questions is the closest thing to a deal breaker that I have with Canvas.  I NEED this question type for quizzes and other assessments!

[Renee_Carney]

This idea has resurfaced and will be open for voting February 3, 2016