This document looks at three different features in Canvas that are all interlinked.
As a lecturer there is a grading system on Canvas once the student has submitted an assignment. The assignments can have weights against them to show the student how to prioritise them accordingly. The new gradebook will automatically generate a column for any graded assignments, quizzes, surveys, or discussions you build. Once weighted the gradebook automatically calculates the results.
The default view in the Gradebook is to view all students at a time, but you can also view students individually in the Gradebook Individual View. However, Individual View currently does not support settings and options from the New Gradebook.
Note: If your course includes multiple graders, please note that once you open the Gradebook, all existing Gradebook data is stored in the browser until the page is refreshed. Grades are not dynamically updated with any changes made by other graders in the Gradebook or in SpeedGrader.
Open Grades
In Course Navigation, click Grades to access Gradebook .
Gradebook View
Once you select Grades on your course you are taken to Gradebook
Gradebook includes global sorting options and settings you can use to organise:
- your gradebook [1]
- student data [2]
- assignment data [3]
The Gradebook supports keyboard shortcuts.
To view the Keyboard Shortcuts menu, click the Keyboard icon [4] or press the Shift+Question Mark keys simultaneously.
View Gradebook Menu
The main Gradebook allows you to see all students, assignments, and grades for your course.
In the Gradebook menu, you also switch between the following options:
- Traditional Gradebook: Displays all students, assignments, and grades. This gradebook is the most common default and is also known as just Gradebook.
- Individual Gradebook: Allows you to assess one student and one assignment at a time and is fully accessible for screen readers. Please note: Individual View currently does not support settings and options from the Gradebook.
View Gradebook Settings
The Gradebook Settings allow you to apply Late Policies, a Grade Posting Policy, a Final Grade Override, and View Options in your course gradebook.
View Options
The View Options tab allows you to filter and sort the Gradebook according to several viewing options:
- Arrange columns by default, assignment name, due date, points, or unit.
- Show/ hide the notes column, the unpublished assignments column, assignment group totals, total and hidden grades indicator
- View and change the color for a grading status (late, missing, resubmitted, dropped, and excused).
Late Policies
The Late Policies tab allows you to apply late policies in your course.
The Missing Submission policy allows you to automatically apply a grade for submissions labeled as missing. A submission is labeled missing when the due date has passed and the assignment has not been submitted.
The Late Submission policy allows you to automatically apply a defined penalty to submissions with a late status. A submission is labeled late when it is submitted past the due date.
Additionally, you can define a threshold under which a student will not be scored, regardless of how late the submission is when submitted.
Grade Posting Policy
There are two options for grade posting
- Automatically Post Grades
- Manually Post Grades
We recommend setting your grade posting policy to Manually Post Grades. This option hides grades by default and you can manually choose when to post grades and make them visible to students. Using this setting all students get their grades at the same time.
The Automatically Post Grades option makes grades visible to students as soon as they are entered. We do not recommend this option as students will get their results at different times.
Search Students
By default, the Gradebook shows all active students. To search for students by name or SIS ID, enter your search query in the Search Students field. The Gradebook automatically filters results as you type.
View Student Name Column
The Student Name column displays each student's name and may also include a student's secondary ID, if enabled. You can hover over the column header , select the 3 dots and sort and display student names by specific criteria and secondary information, as well as show inactive and concluded enrollments
To view a student's grade page, click the student's name.
View Test Student
If you have enabled Student View in Course Settings, the test student is shown at the end of the student list on Gradebook and is automatically added to every section in your course. Test student data does not factor into course analytics. If you want to remove the test student completely, you must remove the test student from your section enrollments in Course Settings.
Assignment Column
Each column in the Gradebook represents a published assignment in the Assignments page.
Each column displays the assignment title, total points, and each student's grade.
To view the assignment, click the name of the assignment and you will be taken to the actually assignment set up.
For each assignment, you can hover over the column header and using the 3 dots, view the assignment menu, which allows the following options:
- Message students who fit within specific assignment criteria
- Curve grades
- Set default grade
- Post grades
- Enter grades as a specific value: point or percentage
- Download submissions
Icons and colors represent assignments and submission statuses within Canvas.
Add Columns
Assignment columns are automatically added every time you create and publish assignments, graded discussions, and graded quizzes and surveys.
A column is also automatically added for the Attendance tool.
You can manually add a column as part of importing grades to the Gradebook. However, assignments imported in the CSV file are automatically published.
You can also create non-submission or on-paper assignments to add to the Gradebook for manual grading.
Enter Grades
When entering grades, the New Gradebook displays crosshairs and highlighting across the row and column for improved orientation.
To enter grades, type the grade as supported by assignment type directly in the Gradebook cell [1].
You can also enter grades and change the submission status by clicking the Grade Detail Tray icon [2].
The Grade Detail Tray allows you to enter or edit grades, change the status of a submission, and leave comments for the student.
View Assignment Groups and Total Column
The assignment groups shown in the Gradebook match the assignment groups created in the Assignments page.
If your assignment groups are weighted, the weighted grade displays below the group title. Assignment group weights are reflected in the total grade. The assignment grade earned by the students is multiplied by the assignment group weight.
Grade totals from assignment groups are calculated in the Total column of the Gradebook. You can hover over the column header to view the Total column menu, which allows you to sort by grade and move the total column to the front of the Gradebook. Additionally, if your assignment groups are not weighted, you can view the totals as a point value instead of a percentage.