Lysanne Lessard discusses how quizzes helped with student motivation and marks. “Case-style take-home exercises were not working” says Lysanne Lessard speaking of her intro class on information systems. Students were telling her that while the cases were interesting, they were not a good preparation for the multiple-choice portion of the exam. “Students were a bit discouraged,” she says. “It was during a discussion with co-coordinator Morad [Benyoucef] that the idea of short quizzes came up” Lysanne adds. They decided to keep cases as exercises throughout the semester, but to try using 5-question quizzes every other 90-minute teaching period. Students were informed that for these classes they had to bring a computer, a tablet or smart phone. When the time came, students had 8 minutes to answer the 5 questions. Once all students were done answering, overall results are shown on the screen for all to see. Specifically, percentages of students that choose each alternative of a given multiple choice question appear are shown. “Upon looking at the distribution of results, I can explain the concepts that require clarifications and engage the class in a discussion on how to improve their understanding.” Lysanne explains; “but also, students get to see right away how they did, which is exciting”. Having a number of these quizzes randomly assigned to count towards the final grade ensures students take the quizzes seriously. Of course, the quizzes are a closed book exercise. In addition, the speed at which students must read the questions and answer before the next question is shown on their device further thwarts the potential for plagiarism. “Students were so busy answering their questions that they did not have time to look at neighbours’ answers.”  Students told Lysanne that this method was motivating because they could see how they are doing from week to week. Lysanne also adds that the use of technology was better than having students raise their hands: “Over time students don’t really raise their hand to signal the alternative they choose and students don’t get into it.” The quizzes eventually had a positive impact the multiple-choice portion of the exam. “It is well worth making up questions and using the technology,” says Lysanne. FC