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Viewing Grades and Feedback

Check with your instructor about expectations regarding grades in your Canvas course. Some instructors may not utilize the Canvas Gradebook to track all assignments, and the final grade posted on Canvas may not be reflective of the final grade that is posted on Path@Penn at the conclusion of a term.

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Enter Score on Grades Page

View online submission and submit a score in speedgrader, sort and name display options, annotation tools, grade entry, use a rubric, additional feedback, moving to next student, more resources.

If students aren't submitting anything, like for an in-class activity or participation points, you will need to create a "no submission" assignment on the Assignments page. Then, you can go right to the Grades page and enter a grade for each student, just as you would in spreadsheet software.

Enter "EX" (excused) for students who do not need to complete the assignment so that the score won't count as a "0" when it comes time to calculate a final grade.

When students submit artifacts online (text, document, picture, etc.) you will use the SpeedGrader to grade the assignment. The SpeedGrader will show a preview of the student submission and give you a box to enter the score and a comments field.

You can access the SpeedGrader in a couple of ways:

On the Canvas Dashboard, click on the assignment title in the To Do list

To-do list on the right side of the Canvas dashboard

In the course, click on the assignment title in the To Do list on the home page

To-do list on left side of screen on course home page

In the course, click on the Assignment page, then the title of the assignment, and click SpeedGrader

Speedgrader button on the right side of the assignment edit page

In the course, click on Grades , then the three dots, and SpeedGrader

Speedgrader button from options menu in the gradebook

Once you are in the SpeedGrader, you can sort the submissions alphabetically, by the date of submission, or by submission status and hide the student names.

If students submitted documents for the assignment, you have the option to use a pointer, highlighter, text entry, text strikethrough, or box outline to provide feedback. When using these tools, be sure to add a comment for students to view the feedback. Here is sample verbiage you might use:

Please be sure to view the comments on the body of your paper by clicking on the "View Feedback" link from the assignment page.

If you prefer to use annotation tools using an application on your computer, you can download the file and upload the edited version. For example, you could download the submitted file and open it into a word processing software like Microsoft Word and use the Track Changes feature. There, you can save your document with the annotations and upload them to SpeedGrader by using the File Attachment button underneath the comment box on the right-hand panel of the Speedgrader.

Enter the score in the grade field on the right panel.

Text entry field for grade on right panel

You can use a rubric to grade the assignment. See Rubrics for more details.

You can provide additional feedback to students in the form of comments, an uploaded file, video, or audio recording.

File upload, video, and audio recording icons in speedgrader right panel

You can move to the next student by clicking on the left arrow at the top of the page, or use the dropdown menu to select a specific student.

Canvas guide: How do I use SpeedGrader?
Canvas guide: How do I post grades for an assignment in the Gradebook?

Canvas How-To: Gradebook Setup and Grading

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First: Exploring Assignment and Activity Types

Canvas makes a distinction between assignments and activities. Assignments are almost always graded. Activities still require students to do something, but the task itself will not earn the student any points.

What is the difference between a Canvas Assignment and a Canvas Activity?

Second: Understanding Assignments vs. Grading

In a Canvas course, the structure of the grade book is configured on the Assignments page. The Grades page contains the data and calculations of the grade book – the scores. When you create any graded activity in Canvas, an item appears on the Assignments page and a column is automatically present in the Grades. Using assignment groups on the Assignments page also contributes to the structure of what you see in the Grades page.

Creating Assignments First

To get started configuring your Canvas Gradebook , be sure to first create a Canvas Assignment for every graded assignment in your course. Assignments can be set to display grades as points, a percentage, complete/incomplete, GPA scale, or letter grade. After creating and publishing a graded assignment, it will appear in the Grades page of the course.

For an in depth look at each assignment and activity type, visit the help pages for Assignments , Discussions , and Quizzes .

How do I use the New Gradebook?

Former Blackboard User Tip : Many Blackboard Grade Center setup tasks are addressed in the Assignments area of a Canvas course.

Creating Assignment Groups

Assignment Groups give your gradebook structure, helping students see the major graded components of your course.

Note : In Canvas, every graded activity must be placed into a group, even if it is the only item in the group.

How do I add an assignment group in a course?

Former Moodle User Tip: Assignment Groups in Canvas are similar to Categories in the Moodle Gradebook.

Grading In-Class or Assignments Without Submissions

Grading of in-class presentations, participation, in-class exams, or assignments submitted as hard copy can be included in your grade book as non-submission assignments. They must still be an assignment in Canvas so that a corresponding column can be present in the grade book.

Submission Type drop down menu for No Submission and On Paper

How do I create assignment columns for non-submission assignments in the Gradebook?

Entering or Updating Grades in the Gradebook

Like an Excel spreadsheet, grades can easily be entered and updated directly within the Canvas Grade book. Use the keyboard Enter and Arrow Keys to quickly enter grades. Click on the arrow inside each cell to make comments or change the submission status.

How do I enter and edit grades in the New Gradebook?

Using a Default Grade

For assignments where the majority of students are to receive the same grade, use the Default Grade option to bulk update each student's grade for an individual assignment.

Selecting the Set Default Grade option from a grade book column header

How do I set a default grade for an assignment?

Mute Grade Notifications for Assignments

Mute an assignment while you grade, ensuring all students see their grades at the same time. You can also decide to hide the entire gradebook from students.

Selecting the Mute Assignment option from a Grades column header

How do I mute or unmute an assignment in the New Gradebook? How can I hide the gradebook from students?

Gradebook tools

Gradebook tools.

Gradebook Tools maximize your productivity when using the Gradebook. They also make grading in bulk much more straightforward. These tools are found on the top of the student roster.

Grade book: View all students and assignments.
Individual: View grades and points for a single student at a time with customizable settings.
Grade book History: View previous grades on assignments from yourself or a grader.
Arrange or Filter students by different categories.
Toggle the visibility for Notes and Unpublished Assignments .
View the Statuses ' legend for a color key in the grade book, along with customizing the colors.
The Actions dropdown allows you to Import or Export grades and rosters in the .csv file type.
The All Modules dropdown allows you to view assignments from all modules or a singular module at a time.
The Search Bar allows you to quickly find students.
Set a default grade for all missing work.
Set a customized grade deduction for late work.

How do I upload changes to the Gradebook?

Weighting Assignments by Percentage

Should you choose to grade using weighted assignment categories, open the Assignments Groups Weight screen to give each group a percentage of the total course grade.

How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?

Dropping Lowest Scores

Within an Assignment Group, choose to drop the lowest scores within a series of assignments with the same group. The assignments in the group do not have to be worth the same amount of points.

How do I create drop rules for an assignment group?

Using SpeedGrader

Use SpeedGrader to enter grades directly within an assignment while providing students written or verbal feedback.

For an in depth look, visit the help pages for SpeedGrader .

Creating a Rubric

Help students see the criteria you will use to grade their assignments. Rubrics in Canvas are interactive, permitting an instructor to simply select a cell in the rubric to provide points towards a total score.

For an in depth look, visit the help pages for Rubrics .

Viewing a Student's Grades

You can view an individual student's grades during office hours or advising by clicking on their name in the Gradebook. This will provide an overview of their progress in each assignment group.

How do I view a student's Grades page in a course?

Handling Missing Submissions in Canvas

In Canvas, any missing submissions, or activities or assignments that have not yet been graded by an instructor will appear as a dash (-) in the Canvas gradebook. A dash (-) in the gradebook is not the same as a zero (0). Canvas will NOT calculate a dash (-) into a student's total grade.

Here are two examples of when a dash (-) will appear in your gradebook.

Example 1 : A student did not attempt an online quiz or upload a required assignment in Canvas. For that gradebook item they will have a dash (-) in the gradebook. A dash (-) in the gradebook is not the same as a zero (0).

Example 2 : You collected an in-class assignment and manually graded students' assignments. You entered all grades for the assignments you collected. If a student did NOT turn in their assignment, you did nothing. For that gradebook item, a student who did not submit the assignment will have a dash (-) in the gradebook. A dash (-) in the gradebook is not the same as a zero (0).

The Effect of Dashes on the Course Grade

Dashes allow the student to see a course grade that is only comprised of the grades entered in the gradebook. Since dashes are not zero grades, this means the grade can appear "inflated" or even inaccurate.

Changing missing submissions (-) to zero (0) grades

There are 3 suggested ways to update any gradebook items from a dash (-) to a zero (0) so that the student's gradebook total is accurate.

1. Replace (-) with 0 as you grade with SpeedGrader or Gradebook

Check your Canvas gradebook for any missing submissions from students. Manually change any dashes to zeros so that the gradebook item will count towards their total grade. See the guides below on how to edit grades in Canvas.

How do I enter and edit grades in SpeedGrader?

2. Use the default grade tool to change all missing submissions to zeros

Canvas has a gradebook tool that you can use to change all grades for a specific gradebook column. Once you have entered grades for a submitted assignment, (or the deadline for an online self-graded quiz has passed) Canvas can update existing missing submissions (items that appear as dashes) to a zero. For more information on this process, please see the guide below.

Note: When using the tool this way, make sure you do NOT select "Overwrite already-entered grades" as this would replace any grades you have already entered!

The Default Grade screen for a Canvas assignment

3. Apply the Missing Submission Policy in the Gradebook

Canvas has a new gradebook tool that allows for grading policies. The missing submissions policy allows an automatic score to apply to missing submissions. The missing label applies to things that are still missing after the due date. By setting this policy to a 0%, missing submissions will automatically receive this score. You can always adjust the score down the line by removing the missing label and modifying the score.

How do I apply a Missing Submission policy in the New Gradebook?

What to learn more?

View all Canvas Guides for Assignments and Grades .

Information on this page is adapted from content created by the Center for Effective Teaching and Learning at Cal State L.A

Updated: September 09, 2022

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Key Concepts for Grading in Canvas

This guide provides an overview of how grading works in Canvas. Specific how -to information on the sections below may be found in the Canvas Instructor Guide .

The Grades function within Canvas allows you to maintain all of your grades online. It provides a robust tool for tasks typically done in a spreadsheet application, making it possible to keep all grading online.

Steps to organize your Gradebook

To enter your grade book, click on the Grades link on your course menu (left of your screen). A list of your students appears on the left side, once you enroll your students , with columns to the right for any learning activity you have set-up to be assessed within Canvas.

Note: The only column created by default in your Gradebook is the Total column. It serves the purpose of calculating the total value of graded assignments in your course. The Total column can be weighted based on the way your graded assignments are grouped. The Total column can be used with the course’s letter grade scheme in order to calculate student final letter grades in your course.

1. Start by creating “Assignment Groups”

2. correlate your grading scheme for the letter grades.

In Canvas, you create a grading scheme instead of typing letters into your Gradebook or the SpeedGrader. The grading scheme correlates percentage ranges or scores to specific letter grades. You can enable the default grading Canvas scheme or create your own grading scheme in your Canvas course, then enable your custom grading scheme.

Use the following:

Enter and edit grades in the Gradebook guide
Add a grading scheme in a course
Watch the grading scheme video (2m 37s) on Vimeo

3. Manage unique calculations (e.g., drop lowest score) in assignment groups

4. To add a Gradebook column, create an Assignment first

The gradebook in Canvas is a blank slate until you create the assignments (see the difference between assignments and learning in Canvas ).

You add columns to the gradebook by adding assignments. The easiest way to remember is that Assignments = Gradebook Columns. Once you create an Assignment, Canvas automatically includes it in the Gradebook, Calendar, Assignments, and Syllabus pages.

Assignments can be:

Both graded (published assignments, graded discussions, graded quizzes, and surveys) and ungraded assignments (practice quizzes, ungraded surveys, and not graded assignments).
As simple as just a name, due date, and point score; or, it can include instructions, open and close dates.

Submissions for assignments can be:

online (through Canvas),
on-paper (in-person),
or no-submission (to create extra columns in the Gradebook, or when you want to create an assignment that involves multiple scores).

Tip: No Submission and On Paper assignments still appear to students on their Assignments page. To avoid confusion, you should note it in the assignment description, so students will know whether a submission is required and how they are supposed to submit it.

5. Assign either a point value or percentage to the graded assignments

An assignment is only calculated into the grade after it is graded, so you should grade it or input a 0. (if the instructor does not input a 0, then the final grade will not reflect how poorly the student is doing).
Treat Ungraded as 0s” will NOT affect the grade for the student. It is only a display change for the gradebook.

6. Discover what the colors and icons in the gradebook mean

The most common color you will notice is pink, which denotes late assignment submissions. Icons appearing in the gradebook indicate both that the submission has been made by the student, as well as what the submission type is. For an explanation of the icons and colors in the Gradebook, view the How do I use the icons and colors in the Gradebook? web guide.

7. Offer extra credit

There are several easy ways to offer extra credit: Create a no-submission assignment with 0 total points and add points to it, add extra points to an existing assignment, as well as the following:

Add extra points to a quiz using Fudge points within SpeedGrader™, view the How do I use quiz fudge points in SpeedGrader? web guide
Create an extra credit category on a rubric, view the How do I create a rubric in a course? web guide
Create extra credit assignment inside an Assignment Group

For additional assistance, read through the How to give an extra credit in a course? web guide.

8. Calculate the Course Final Grade (in Canvas)

Use the Assignment Groups
Use Weighting Grades
Use Grading Rules
How do I add a grading scheme in a course? and
How do I enable a grading scheme for a course?

9. Calculate the Course Final Grade in a spreadsheet (out-of-Canvas)

For your customized grade calculations outside of canvas, you can download the gradebook calculate the grades and upload your calculated grades back into the Canvas gradebook. To use this out-of-Canvas system, do the following steps

Create at least two assignment groups and check the option to weight the final grade by assignment group.
Set the weight for one group at 0% and the other at 100%
Place all of your assignments in the group that is weighted at 0%
Create a no-submission assignment for the custom final grade in the group weighted at 100%
Download the gradebook as a CSV file and use Excel to calculate your own unique grading scenario with the final grade appearing in a column that will match with the custom final grade column you created in Canvas.
Import the spreadsheet into Canvas to populate the custom column.

Note: For steps 5 and 6 you can also use some other method to calculate grades and either import a spreadsheet or type the grades in by hand. Either way, because the custom final grade column is all by itself in an assignment group weighted at 100% of the grade, Canvas’s final score column will pull its score directly from it as an exact match. All you need to do now is customize your grading scheme in your course settings to reflect your own letter-grade breakdown, and you have successfully posted grades calculated by your own algorithm.

10. End of Semester: Don't Forget to Download the Gradebook

Learner-centered gradebook practices, 1. hide assignments in the gradebook before doing any grading.

By default, students can see results in their Grades tab as soon as their submission is graded. If you want all students to see grades at the same time, rather than live as you enter them, use the three dots on individual assignments in the gradebook to alter the Grade Posting Policy and then select to Manually release grades. After all the grading for that assignment is done, return to the three-dot menu and select Post Grades . View the following web guides:

How do I select a grade posting policy for an assignment in the Gradebook?
How do I post grades for an assignment in the Gradebook?
How do I hide grades for an assignment in the Gradebook?
How do I select a grade posting policy for a course in the Gradebook?

2. Hide the total column (it is visible to students by default)

3. excuse a student from an assignment.

If needed, a student may be excused from assignments, discussions, or quizzes. Excused items are not calculated as part of the student’s total grade. To use this feature in the gradebook, find the cell for the appropriate student and assignment, type “EX” in that cell, and then press the Enter key. Read through this via the How do I excuse an assignment for a student in the Gradebook? web guide.

4. Make a note about student progress

You can use the notes column to keep track of information in your course that is important to student assessment or growth such as student effort, student challenges, SIS (Student Information Service) IDs, or any other general notes. Students are not able to see notes column. You may toggle between the show/hide notes column link without losing your notes. View the How do I use the Notes column in the Gradebook? web guide.

Tip: Students can view their grades based on “What-If” scores so that they know how grades will be affected by upcoming or resubmitted assignments. They can test scores for an assignment that already includes a score, or an assignment that has yet to be graded. To learn more about this feature, visit How do I approximate my assignment scores using the What-If Grades feature? Web guide.

Self-Paced Canvas Videos

To become more acquainted with the Gradebook:

Read the How do I use the New Gradebook web guide and
View the Canvas Gradebook Overview video (7m 55s)

To learn more about Assignments:

View the What are Assignments? web guide
View the Canvas Assignment Overview video (5m 29s)

Canvas-led Training Workshop at Iowa State:

In September 2017, CELT hosted Erin Wasson, Canvas Trainer, to facilitate key workshop topics; view the Canvas-lead Grading and Assignments training video (1h 14m).

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View Rubrics for Assignments:

A Canvas Rubric appears immediately below your assignment details
Depending on how your instructor set it up, your rubric may or may not show the point values for each set of criteria.
Note not all instructors will use rubrics!

How to view your Grades and Graded Rubrics in Canvas:

Open the Grades tab from your Course Navigation Menu:

Select the assignment title to view the assignment details. Here you can view the assignment due date, grade status, and the total point value for each assignment.
You can also view any comments left by your instructor.
Use the drop-down menu to view your grades in each of your Canvas courses. Select the Arrange By menu to sort grades by module, due date, or assignment group.

To see the Rubric results for a submitted assignment, click on the Rubric icon (circled below), to the right of the assignment title to show the details:

The Rubric with ratings will be marked by colours, with the points at the end of each row and an overall total at the bottom.

View Rubrics for Graded Discussions:

To learn more about how to use Canvas Discussion boards, read our Student Guide for Using Canvas Discussion Boards.

If a Show Rubric icon is not displayed, then there is no Canvas Rubric attached to the discussion.
Click on the rubric criteria to view longer descriptions.
Review the rubric to self-evaluate and make sure your discussion post meets the criteria and course outcomes.
Your graded Canvas Rubric is accessed through your Grades page, in the same way as with an Assignment.

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Using the Gradebook

Are you looking for instructions on how to import your Canvas final grades into PeopleSoft? Instructions are available from the Office of the Registrar here .

This page covers:

Interaction between the Assignments page and the Grades page, and
Using the gradebook, including calculating grades.

Assignments Page

Before getting into the grades page proper, let us explore some additional features on the assignments page that manage parts of your grading in Canvas.

(B) Create new assignment groups with the +Group button.
(C) Options for your assignments page overall are behind the top-right most button.
(D) If your course has weighted scoring enabled, you can easily see the value for each assignment group.
(E) If any assignment group rules apply, you can see them like shown here. Pointing at this for a moment will remind you which rules are applied.
(F) This button give you options for the given assignment group.

Assignment Groups

Assignment groups are how you can organize your assignments in Canvas. They function on the assignments page similar to how modules work for your course. You can use assignment groups only for organization if you would prefer (such as all sub-parts of a large semester-long assessment belonging to one group, or all reflection papers being organized together), but using assignment groups also adds the following features:

The Grades page can show the subtotal for each assignment group as its own column.
Assignment groups can be set to drop certain scores, such the common “drop lowest quiz”.
Weighted scoring can be applied to the groups, such that all of the assignments in a group constitute a certain percentage of your course’s final grade.

Note : All courses start with and must have at least one assignment group.

Organizing Assignment Groups

Assignments and assignment groups will default to appearing in your Grades page in the same order as they appear on the Assignments page.

Assignment Group Rules (Dropping Lowest)

Using assignment groups, you can instruct Canvas to keep only the highest or lowest assignments in a group.

Navigate to your course’s Assignments page.
Click on the edit button to the right of the assignment group to modify. (F) in the above screenshot.
Click edit.
Enter the number of highest or lowest scores to ignore within a group.
If any assignments be more important than others that they should not be dropped, click the Add Assignment link under Never Drop to add them to a list of assignments that are always kept.

Screenshot of Edit Assignment Group panel.

View the full documentation for assignment group rules.

Weighted Final Grades

You can easily use Canvas to calculate your final scores for your course based on weighted percentages.

Click on the edit button in the top right of the page. (C) in the above screenshot.
Click Assignment Groups Weight.
Check “Weight final grade…”
Assign the percentage for each group. Canvas will show you the total shown. Any groups not contributing to the final score can be weighted to zero. Refer to the full documentation (linked below) to see what Canvas will do if your total is higher or lower than 100%.
Click Save.

Screenshot of the assignment group weights panel.

Note : Assignments preserve their relative weight (based on points) within an assignment group. An assignment worth more points than another in the same assignment group will contribute more to that group’s value. Canvas does not have equal distribution of all assignments within an assignment group unless all assignments have the same point value.

View the full documentation for weighted final scores.

Important note: Anything that is to appear in your gradebook needs to be an assignment in your course. To “add a column” to your gradebook, you must create an assignment. Learn more about creating assignments . You can create assignments that are of type “no submission” or “on paper” to handle assignments such as class participation or an in-class exam where the student does not directly submit something in Canvas for grading.

Gradebook Overview

Key parts of the Gradebook are indicated below.

Annotated screenshot labeling the parts of the Grades page.

(A) The hamburger button shows or hides the course navigation menu . When you go to the gradebook, Canvas defaults to hiding this menu. Click on this to reveal it so you can return to other parts of your course.
(B) The table in the center of the gradebook is the main part of content. Each row represents a student in your course, and each column an assignment. (Some columns represent calculated subtotals for assignment groups, or the final score for the course.)
(C) Notice the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the page. The gradebook often gets quite wide as assignments are added.
A “-” grade means the assignment is currently exempted and is the default grade. If an unsubmitted assignment should count against a student’s grades, make sure to enter a score of “0”. See the common tasks below for bulk filling blank.
Note: A dark gray cell indicates that the assignment was not assigned to that student. A column with a lot of dark gray entries indicates either that the assignment was not published, or that there might be an issue with the Assign To box on that assignment’s settings.
The column header also conveys additional information, including: its point value, whether or not the assignment grades are hidden (an eyeball in the left corner), if the assignment is unpublished, or that assignment’s grade posting policy. Clicking on the title in a column header takes you you to that assignment.
(F) You can build filters with the filters button . Clicking the filters button will open a menu on the right to build and save filters for your gradebook. You can add conditions, name the filter set, and save it. In the future, just click the Apply Conditions switch to turn on or off all filters in that filter set at once. Only one filter set can be enabled at a time. An example of what you can do with filters would be “show me all the quizzes for students in my Tuesday section”.
(G) The settings gear in the top right of the gradebook allows you to set grade policies for your course, such as late grade policies. You can also change view settings here, including changing the colors of the gradebook or disabling subtotal columns from appearing for you.
(H) The gradebook view selection above the gradebook table allows you to choose which gradebook you want to view. Options include the standard gradebook, an individual view, or the gradebook history for your course where you can audit changes over time. Depending on some course options enabled, you may have additional options enabled here.
(I) Use the Import and Export buttons to download or upload data from/to Canvas. Exporting your gradebook will create a CSV file for you to download. Import will request a CSV file to upload. When working with CSV files (such as in Excel), please make sure you do not sort the header columns or rows that Canvas provided.
(J) Use the quick search boxes to filter your gradebook quickly to find a particular student or assignment. Just click into the box and start typ ing.

Common Tasks

Here are short descriptions of how the most common tasks are performed in the Canvas gradebook.

Verifying Online Submissions

Scroll horizontally (C) until you find the column for the assignment column. Then scroll vertically (if necessary) to see who has and has not submitted. Tip: Try tying in the Search Assignments and/or student name quick search (J) above to filter rather than scrolling.

Grading Online Submissions

Please see the Grade Assessments using SpeedGrader page for this.

Entering Grades

Either utilize the SpeedGrader, or scroll to cell (assignment column and student row) to enter the grade. Click in it, and type the score. You can move down a column by pressing enter. See the Student Information area below to learn how to mark exemptions.

Bulk Grading (and filling in zeroes)

If you have an assignment you want to enter a bulk grade for (such as “everyone gets 5 points for this extra credit assignment”), click on the options button for that column header and choose set default grade, type the score and click Set Default Grade. If you do this process with a grade of 0, and do not check to override, this will let you easily replace all “-” or missing assignments with a zero.

If you click the options button for the header of the total column at the end of the gradebook, you can choose Apply Score to Ungraded. This will let you tell Canvas to fill in a zero for all missing assignments in the gradebook. You might want to look at Gradebook History (discussed below) after using bulk grading options to verify what changes were made.

Checking Totals

Scroll to the rightmost column of the gradebook. Canvas displays the student’s score according to the available data. The total score is the overall course score, and subtotals are displayed for each assignment group. For more about weighted grades or dropping scores, see the above discussion about assignment groups.

Note: A grade of – (including future assignments) is usually not counted against a student’s score. Make sure to fill in grades for a complete gradebook. You can set late and missing submission polices. See Gradebook Settings below. You can also set grading schemas (number-to-letter grade values; check Related links on the Instructor Help tab).

Message Students

You can choose “Message Students Who” from any the options button for any assignment column to send messages to a filtered list of students in your course. Selecting this will allow you to choose to email students who have not yet submitted, have not yet been graded (but did submit), or scored greater than or less than a score you specify. After selecting your filter, you will get a list of the students who will be sent an Inbox message. You can X any of them to omit them from the list. Type your message and click send.

To send a message to a specific student, see Student Information below to learn about the Context Card.

Show or Hide Total or Subtotal Columns

To hide totals or subtotals from your view , click on the gear (G), change to View Options, and check the boxes to hide Totals or Subtotals. Click Apply at the bottom right. To hide totals and subtotals from your students’ views , go to Course Settings, and, at the bottom of Course Details, click More Options. Check or uncheck “Hide totals in student grades summary” and click Update Course Settings.

Changing the Gradebook View

Filter the gradebook.

To filter your gradebook, click the Filters button and click Create New Filter. Add Condition(s) and values and click the Apply Conditions toggle to use the filter. Only one filter set can be used at a time. You can give the current (new) filter a name and save it for easy use later. Use the trash can icon to remove any conditions or saved filters.

Sort the Gradebook

Gradebook history.

Select Gradebook History from the Gradebook menu. This will show you a register of every change in your gradebook, including before and after changes to grades, and who made the change. This data is preserved here even if you delete an assignment, or a student is removed from your course. Filter the list with the menus above the chart. To return to your gradebook, just select Grades again from the course navigation menu.

Individual View

Select Individual View from the Gradebook menu. You can use this view to focus on one student at a time, including the checkbox to hide student names as you review grading patterns. Once you select global settings, you select a student in the content selection area to see the breakdown of that student’s grades. Or select an assignment to see some statistics about it. (Or both be taken to that submission.) Individual view has links to other functionality discussed elsewhere on this page, such as Message Students Who. Return to the normal gradebook view by selecting Gradebook from the dropdown menu in the top right corner.

As an alternative to the Gradebook Individual View, try the Grades button from the student context card discussed later in this document. That view will show you the grades for each assignment in your course for that student in an easy-to-review format.

Student Information

Click on a student’s name in the first column of the gradebook, and a context card will pop up on the right of your view. This is a quick way to get an idea of the student’s performance information in your class. This shows information about the student you clicked on as seen in the screenshot below. You can see the, the student’s information, grades and recent assignments (the quantity varies by your screen size), and relative activity. The stars at the bottom show the student’s relative activity to others in your course. Clicking on the name views their profile page, the mail icon sends an inbox message, Grades takes you to viewing their individual grades page, and Analytics takes you to analytics for your course filtered by that student. (You can learn more about analytics, and what Canvas counts as participation on the help page for New Analytics .)

Screenshot of the panel that appears when a name is selected.

If you click on a cell in the gradebook, and click on the icon (appears like a door with an arrow) that appears in that cell, the grade detail tray will open on the on the right. This allows you to set the status of the assignment (such as to excuse the assignment, excluding it from grade calculations), or exchange comments with the student about the assignment. This pane also has arrows to go between students or assignments, and has a link to SpeedGrader, where it will take you directly to the submission for this cell.

Screenshot of the side panel that appears when clicking on a gradebook cell.

Gradebook Policy Settings

Clicking the gear in the top right of the gradebook will open the menu as shown in the screenshot below. Here you can set course grade policies.

Late Policies

Note : The some of policies set here apply retroactively, so be careful with changing it after you already have grades in your course.

The “grade for missing submissions” setting allows you to apply a grade to assignments marked as missing. To count a missing assignment as zero, check this and fill in 0. Note that assignments without a due date are never missing unless you manually mark them as such.

The “deduction for late submissions” allows you to deduct a percentage from the grade per hour or day the assignment is late, and allows you to set a minimum grade (effectively a maximum late deduction). Note that assignments without a due date are never late unless you mark them as such.

Grade Posting Policy

On the Grade Posting Policy tab, you choose whether grades for assignments are set to be posted manually, or automatically. The default of automatic is that as soon as you enter a grade for a student, they can see it. You can override this on a per-assignment basis by clicking on that options button in that assignment from its column header. For any assignments that are set to a manual posting policy, students do not see any grades or feedback until you post them by clicking on the options button for that assignment. Additional information about this, including a useful flow chart, can be found on the Instructor Help tab.

Note: Comments can still be visible to the student before this, so be cautious what you enter as a comment in SpeedGrader or the Grade Detail Tray. Also, assignments created before setting this policy may not toggle. If you change this after you have already created assignments, verify individual assignments say manual in their column header.

Gradebook Help for Instructors

Video overview.

How do I use the Gradebook?
How do I create assignment columns for non-submission assignments in the Gradebook?
How do I enter and edit grades in the Gradebook?
How do I enter grades for an individual assignment as a specific grading type in the Gradebook?
How do I apply scores to ungraded assignments?
How do I change the status of a submission in the Gradebook?
How do I post grades for an assignment in the Gradebook?
How do I hide grades that were previously posted in the Gradebook?
How do I use the Notes column in the Gradebook?
How do I use the Total column in the Gradebook?
How do I override a student’s final grade in the Gradebook?
How do I use the icons and colors in the Gradebook?
How do I change the color for a grading status in the Gradebook?
How do I sort an individual assignment column in the Gradebook?
How do I arrange columns in the Gradebook?
How do I create a filter in Enhanced Gradebook Filter?
How do I sort and display student data in the Gradebook?
How do I view assignments or students individually in the Gradebook?
How do I view a student’s Grades page in a course from the Gradebook?
How do I view the history of all grading changes in the Gradebook?
How do I view the Unpublished Assignments column in the Gradebook?

Tools and Communication

How do I view a context card for a student in a course?
How do I leave comments for students in the Gradebook?
How do I send a message to students from the Gradebook?
How do I export grades in the Gradebook?
How do I import grades in the Gradebook?
How do I download all student submissions for an assignment in the Gradebook?
How do I upload all student submissions for an assignment in the Gradebook?
How do I curve grades in the Gradebook?
How do I edit the Roll Call Attendance assignment?
How do I take roll call using the Attendance tool?
How do I use the Roll Call Attendance tool in a course?

Assignment Groups (Categories/Weighting)

How do I create rules for an assignment group?
How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?
How do I use posting policies in a course?
How do I select a grade posting policy for a course in the Gradebook?
How do I select a grade posting policy for an assignment in the Gradebook?
How do I apply a Late Submission policy in the Gradebook?
How do I apply a Missing Submission policy in the Gradebook?
How do I set a default grade for an assignment in the Gradebook?
How do I import my final grades from Canvas to PeopleSoft/Faculty Center?
How do I enable a grading scheme for a course?
How do I add a grading scheme in a course?
How do I use grading schemes in a course?
How do I view grading schemes in a course?
How do I get to SpeedGrader from the Gradebook?
How do I use the Learning Mastery Gradebook to view outcome results in a course from the Gradebook?
How do I view outcomes or student results individually in the Learning Mastery Gradebook from the Gradebook?

Gradebook Help for Students

How do I view my grades in a current course?
How do I use the icons and colors in the Grades page?
How do I approximate my assignment scores using the What-If Grades feature?
How do I view my grades in a concluded course?

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How do I view assignment comments from my instructor?
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Getting Started with Canvas Assignments

Last modification date Updated On June 8, 2023
Categories: Assignments , Canvas , Uncategorized
Categories: assessment , Getting Started , Grading

Canvas Assignments are a way for instructors to provide students opportunities to practice using the knowledge and skills they have gained or to assess student performance related to such knowledge and skills. (Creating an Assignment is the only way to create a new column in the Gradebook.)

In Canvas there are four basic Submission Types for assignments. The submission types include:

No Submission : For assignments for which you are not collecting any content from the students.
Text Entry : For students to enter text directly into a text box on Canvas.
Website URL : For students to enter a URL (usually to a blog, video, podcast, etc.).
Media Recordings : For students to upload or record media for submission.
File Uploads : For students to upload files for submission ( Restrict Upload File Types will allow you to limit which types of files may be submitted).
On Paper : For assignments students will submit in person.
External Tool : For assignments which students will submit through a third-party tool (such as Turnitin, Panopto Video Quiz, and PlayPosit).

Managing an Assignment

Managing assignment groups.

When getting started with Assignments, learn to

Create an assignment shell with the Canvas guide How do I create an assignment?

If you select Peer Reviews Appear Anonymously , annotation tools in SpeedGrader will become unavailable.

If you change the Assign To area from Everyone to select students after submissions have already begun, and do not have a second set of Assign To dates, submissions from unassigned students will disappear.

Published assignments are visible as existing outside of availability dates, but students cannot see the details.
If looking to update the due and/or availability dates on multiple assignments, see How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates as an instructor?
If choosing the option to make an assignment a Group Assignment : If only assigning to specific groups, make sure to click the X on the Everyone Else choice under Assign to .

Media Recording Assignments are not recommended due to technical reasons. Instead, have students submit media by embedding it in a Text Entry assignment through Panopto .

Clearly express expectations and criteria for grading by using a Rubric .

Be cautious limiting submission attempts, as students often make mistakes loading documents and need multiple attempts to ensure you have the correct submission.

Delete an assignment with the Canvas guide How do I delete an assignment?
This duplication process will not work for Quizzes.
Attach a rubric to an assignment for grading or to communicate expectations to students with the Canvas guide How do I add a rubric to an assignment?

Accessibility Tips

Use descriptive text for links, instead of long URLs or ‘click here’.
Make instructions brief and to-the-point. Avoid long paragraphs and sentences.
Consider allowing multiple submission types to accommodate technical limitations students may face.

Assignment Groups are a way to categorize different graded items in Canvas. For example, you may have journals, blogs, and essays which your students create in your course. Assignment Groups allow you to label and group different types of assignments separately in order to better organize and for ease when applying weighting (see How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups? ). When getting started with Assignment Groups, learn to

Add and delete assignment groups with the Canvas guide How do I add an assignment group in a course?
Move or reorder an assignment group with the Canvas guide How do I move or reorder an assignment group?
Make rules governing grading expectations within assignment groups with the Canvas guide How do I create rules for an assignment group?

Additional Resources

CTI Resource: What is the Assignments Index Page?
How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates as an instructor?
How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?
Canvas Student Guide

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Grading Efficiently with Canvas

by Cecilia Lo | Sep 19, 2018 | Canvas , Canvas Features/Functions , How-tos , Pedagogy

You can do a lot more than collecting assignments, entering grades, and weighting grades in Canvas (see our blog post on Tips on Managing Assignments and Grades in Canvas ). In fact, Canvas’ Gradebook, Speedgrader, online Rubrics, and communication tools can help you grade and manage student assignments and grades more efficiently. Here are a few common challenges in grading and how Canvas can help you and your students meet them:

1. Save time marking up assignments and ensure grading consistency

1) Free-form comment; 2) Chrome’s Speech-to-Text function; 3) Attach file comment; 4) Record a voice or video comment.

If your students submit their assignments (as a Word document, PDF, or as images) online in Canvas, you can use Canvas’ SpeedGrader to annotate, leave feedback, and enter grades all in one place . Writing thoughtful feedback can often be very time-consuming, and SpeedGrader has a few features to facilitate the process. SpeedGrader’s annotation feature is very much like Microsoft Word’s Comment feature: it allows you to highlight, strike out, and insert text, write free-form comments, and draw free-form shapes on a document. If you use Chrome (the browser), its speech recognition feature works with Canvas’ feedback mechanism, and you can “write” your feedback via speech. The feature works very much like speech recognition on a smartphone, and you can edit the text before posting. If you have an answer key or other file comments , you can attach it to your comments with just a few clicks.

Select a rating on the Rubric grid and Canvas will automatically calculate the total points.

Grading consistently is especially difficult when a class is large or when there are multiple graders. Canvas’ online Rubrics tool, which integrates seamlessly with SpeedGrader, can help you grade faster and ensure grading consistency . Rubrics specify the qualities or processes that must be exhibited in order for a given piece of work to be assigned a particular evaluative rating. They provide a guide for both instructors and learners as to how “what learners do” in a course will be assessed and/or graded. In Canvas, after you attach a rubric to an assignment and choose it for grading, you will be able to click the rating that applies to the student’s submission and Canvas will automatically calculate the total score for you in the SpeedGrader.

Image Showing Download and Re-Upload Links in SpeedGrader

Once there is a submission, the Download Submissions link will appear. Click on it to bulk download all submissions. The Re-Upload Submissions link will appear after you have downloaded submissions.

If you are more comfortable with using Word to mark up papers, Canvas supports bulk download and re-upload of assignment submissions . The key is that 1) you must keep the same file names when you save your changes and markups, and 2) you must re-upload the files as a single ZIP file. See the resources below for step-by-step instructions.

How do I use SpeedGrader?
How do I add annotated comments in student submissions using DocViewer in SpeedGrader?
How do I use Chrome’s speech recognition feature to leave a comment in SpeedGrader?
How do I add a rubric in a course?
How do I use a rubric to grade submissions in SpeedGrader?
How do I use a non-scoring rubric to assess submissions in SpeedGrader?
How do I use free-form comments instead of ratings in a rubric in SpeedGrader?
How do I leave feedback comments for student submissions in SpeedGrader?
How do I download all student submissions for an assignment in SpeedGrader?
How do I upload all student submissions for an assignment in SpeedGrader?

2. Help students focus on your feedback

One of the biggest challenges when returning homework to students is how to help them focus on the feedback instead of the numeric grade. Canvas’ new Student Planner or To-Do List View aims to do exactly this. The List View displays graded assignments, emphasizing free-form comments entered via the SpeedGrader. When students click on the graded assignment link, it will take them to the marked-up version (if applicable) of their assignment together with instructor feedback.

Image Showing Box for Recording Audio/Video Comments in SpeedGrader

Canvas has built-in tools for instructors to record their feedback in SpeedGrader.

Canvas has a few other tools that can help you engage students in assignment feedback. Numerous studies have shown that students perceive audio and video feedback as more individualized, personalized, and easier to comprehend and act upon than written feedback, because it is easier to decipher tone and meaning. (McCarthy, 2015, provides a thorough overview of scholarly literature on the efficacy of written, audio, and video feedback.) In addition, video feedback has the further advantage of letting instructors demonstrate correct approaches to the material. Canvas has built an audio/video recorder into its SpeedGrader, which allows you to click a button and easily record your feedback using your computer’s microphone and/or webcam.

Message Students Who…function in Canvas Gradebook

Canvas makes timely feedback and intervention easy by providing easy ways to contact students , especially if you use Canvas’ Gradebook to manage student grades. In the Gradebook, you can message students based on how they do in a particular assignment . You can message all students who have not turned homework in, who scored less/more than a certain grade point value, or whose work has not been graded yet with just a few clicks. If you want to message a particular student, click on the student’s name in the gradebook to open the student’s Context Card , then click on the envelope button to send them a message . (You can also do this in Discussion boards or on the People page.)

Image Showing How to Message Individual Students

Message individual students using the Message (envelope) button in the Student Info Card.

A further advantage of using Canvas’ Gradebook to manage grades is that it helps students be accountable for their own grades and progress . The Canvas Gradebook allows students to view their own grades and monitor their progress. Students can use the What-If Grades function to determine how well they need to do on future assignments to achieve their desired course grade. As long as grades are entered in a timely fashion, you can help students monitor their own progress and ward off grade begging or excuses at the end of the quarter.

Josh McCarthy, “Evaluating written, audio and video feedback in higher education summative assessment tasks,” Issues in Educational Research (2015) 25.2: 153-169. [Accessed on September 11, 2018, http://www.iier.org.au/iier25/2015conts.html ]

3. Manage multiple TAs/Graders

If you have multiple TAs or graders in your course, you can contact the UChicago Canvas team to help you set up your course to make the grading process smoother and more efficient. If your TAs always grade and interact with a specific subset of students in your course, we can set up “Manually Created Sections” (in addition to sections assigned by the Registrar) that limit TAs’/Graders’ interaction to a specific group of students . This will allow them to see only this group of students’ assignment submissions and grades, and message them. For more information on how to request Manually Created Sections, see Adding Students, TAs, Co-Teachers and Sections to Canvas .

If you instead have multiple graders grading the same set of students, you can make use of Canvas’ anonymous and moderated grading function to manage grading . Canvas’ updates for this function in July 2018 provide improved assignment flexibility with fully anonymized, multiple-grader anonymity, and moderated options. See our blog post announcing the updated feature for more details.

To view gradebook history, click on the Options (gear) icon in the Gradebook, select View Gradebook History , enter the appropriate filter terms, and click the maroon Filter button.

With multiple graders, you might sometimes need to track grade changes. Canvas’ grade history function allows you to see who changed a student’s grade when . See our Tips on Managing Assignments and Grades in Canvas blog post for details.

Further Resources

You can see the complete Instructor Guides for the topics discussed above at:

Assignments
Speedgrader

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Marking and grading assignments efficiently in Canvas

Marking and grading assignments are made easier in Canvas with its own marking tool, the Speedgrader. It offers a flexible range of options for marking assignments and giving feedback. For any assignments submitted via the “Online” submission option in Canvas, we recommend that you use the Speedgrader to mark.

Here are some tips to efficiently set grading policy, mark and grade your assignments in Canvas:

Set the “Grade Posting Policy” to “Manual”.

The first step before you set up your assignments is to set the Grade Posting policy in Canvas to Manual. When a manual grade posting policy is applied to an assignment, it will stop all notifications to students until you are ready to post and release grades. This is important as you do not want to release the grades to individual students as you enter the marks until you have marked all student submissions for that assignment. Choose ‘Grade Posting Policy’ from the Cogwheel in Grades to select the option to ‘Manually Post Grades.’ For automatically graded quizzes (e.g., MCQ quizzes), the posting policy can be set to automatic.

Make sure all markers have appropriate access to mark and grade.

The second step is to ensure that appropriate staff roles (e.g., Teacher, TA, Tutor) are added to all markers who are involved in marking the assignments.

Mark student submissions using SpeedGrader.

SpeedGrader is a powerful one-stop grading tool in Canvas where instructors can leave inline comments, add grades, and provide qualitative feedback for student submissions. It can be used with assignments, quizzes, and graded discussions; and allows you to access and grade individual assignments student by student. Instructors can also provide personalised feedback to students using text comments, file attachments, or media comments. The speech recognition feature is another useful option within Canvas’ feedback mechanism as it writes out the feedback as you speak it out. Even for assignments that are not counted towards the final grade, you can provide grades and feedback to students using SpeedGrader. You can access SpeedGrader directly from the Assignment itself or from the Grades section for every assignment.

Add annotations to student submissions.

In addition to adding marks and providing feedback comments, you can also mark up or annotate directly on the submissions. This annotation feature is available within SpeedGrader, and allows you to highlight, strike out, and insert text, write free-form comments, and draw free-form shapes on a document.

Manage grading with multiple markers.

Some assignments require multiple markers and require clear communication between these markers on the grading process. The Gradebook history function in Grades allows markers to see who changed a student’s grade and when the change was made. Multiple markers for specific sections: For multiple markers grading specific sections of students in your course, use SpeedGrader to filter students by specific sections. Markers can then grade and provide feedback for student submissions by sections. Multiple markers for same set of students: For multiple markers grading the same set of students, make use of moderated grading function in Canvas assignments to manage grading. With multiple graders, you might sometimes need to track grade changes.

Use Rubrics to grade consistently.

Rubrics is not always needed when grading assignments. But, when you have an especially large class and multiple graders, then grading consistently becomes especially difficult. For such cases, attach a rubric to an assignment to help you with grading. This will enable you to choose the rating for each student submission via SpeedGrader such that the total score is automatically calculated.

Release grades/feedback in Gradebook.

Only when you have graded all student submissions for an assignment and ready to release the grades and feedback to students, post your grades. Once grades are posted for an assignment via the Canvas Grades section, the crossed eye icon for that assignment column will disappear to indicate that students can view the grades and feedback.

Select a grade posting policy for a course
Canvas user roles and permissions at NUS
Use SpeedGrader
Add annotated comments in student submissions
Filter columns and rows in the Gradebook
Add a moderated assignment to be graded by multiple markers
Review moderated assignments in SpeedGrader
Add a rubric in a course
Use a rubric to grade submissions in SpeedGrader
Post grades for an assignment in the Gradebook

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How do students see grades and instructor feedback in Canvas?

November 30, 2020

Have you ever wondered how your students see their grades and the feedback that you are providing for them in Canvas? In last week’s Tech Tuesday, we looked at grades and feedback from a student perspective:

Here are the Canvas Guides for the topics that we covered. Please feel free to share these with your students!

For students:

How do I view my grades in a current course?
How do I use the icons and colors in the Grades page?
How do I use the What-If Grades feature?
How do I view assignment comments from my instructor?
How do I view annotation feedback comments from my instructor directly in my assignment submission?
How do I view quiz comments from my instructor?

For instructors:

How do I hide totals in my students’ grade summaries?
How do I hide grade distribution scoring details from students?

Remember that you can always use the Student View feature to experience your Canvas course from the perspective of a student. For example, you can enter student view, submit an assignment, then leave student view. You can then grade the Test Student’s assignment submission and provide feedback as yourself/the instructor. The next time that you enter student view, you can click on Grades in the left-hand course navigation menu to see what the grade and your feedback look like from the perspective of the Test Student. For instructions on how to use the Student View feature:

How do I view a course as a test student using Student View?

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Dear Chapman Instructors, If you are using Canvas to deliver quizzes and exams, you may be wondering how you can make your Canvas quizzes more secure and promote academic integrity. Below are some steps you can take as you are building your quiz questions, choosing your settings, and proctoring the quiz. Randomize the Question Order

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How-to: create graded assessments in canvas.

By: Robyn Brown & Gracia Ostendorf

Types of graded assessments in canvas.

There are multiple ways to collect work, assess student performance, and record scores in your Canvas course. Three of the most commonly used options for assessments are Assignments , Quizzes , and Discussion Boards . Each offer unique, and pedagogically different, opportunities for engaging students with your course content. This guide will explain each type of Canvas graded course activity further, as well as provide the step-by-step instructions for creating them within your Canvas course site.

Any graded assessment will automatically show up in your Canvas Gradebook, where you can keep track of your students’ progress and course grade. You simply need to ensure that the assessment you’ve created is a “graded” type in Canvas for it to appear in the Gradebook. Watch the video or read through the steps below to learn how to do that for Canvas Assignments, Canvas Discussions, and Canvas Quizzes.

Explore Each Type and How-to Create Them

Assignments, discussion boards.

“Canvas Assignments” is a broad term used for all of the graded activities within Canvas. “Assignments” can include:

Note: It is possible to have a Discussion Board in Canvas that is not graded. This type of Discussion Board would not be referred to as an “Assignment.”
Online Submissions (i.e. files, images, text, URLs, etc.)

Assignments in Canvas can be used to challenge students' understanding and help assess competency by using a variety of media. The Assignments page shows students all of the Assignments that will be expected of them and how many points each is worth. Any assignment created and published in the Assignments page will automatically show up in the Grades, Calendar, and Syllabus features so students can view them. The reverse is also true: any assignments created in the Calendar will automatically show up in the Grades, Assignments, and Syllabus features. Assignments can also be organized in Modules.

Assignments can be used to:

Set up online submissions that can be quickly graded in the SpeedGrader
Grade Discussions, either by the whole class or student groups
Set up peer reviews
Facilitate online tests and exams (using Quizzes)
Open Quizzes for a limited amount of time
Record attendance
Create ungraded activities

A Canvas Assignment includes instructions written by the instructor and collects student work in a variety of possible formats, such as:

a text submission
a website URL
media recordings (audio or video files)
file uploads

To Create An Assignment in Canvas:

Create a new assignment in your Canvas course by clicking “Assignments” in the left-hand navigation menu, followed by the blue “+ Assignment” button in the upper-right-hand corner
Add instructions for the assignment in the text editor box
In the options below the text editor box:
Select the number of points the assignment is worth
Keep Submission Type as “Online”
Select the formats you’d like to allow for students’ submissions (Online Entry Options)
Choose a due date for the assignment
***NOTE: Assignments, Quizzes, & Discussion Boards must be “Published” in order to be visible to students. View the Canvas Guide for Publishing Assignments for more details.

Additional Resources: E-Campus’ Canvas Instructor Orientation’s: Create Assignments Resource

Quizzes in Canvas are assignments that can be used to build formative and/or summative assessments to test students’ understanding of course contents.

There are four different quiz types:

A graded quiz is the most common quiz and rewards students’ points based on their quiz responses
A practice quiz is a learning tool to see how well users understand course material without providing a grade
A graded survey rewards students with points for completing a survey but grading is not based on right or wrong answers
An ungraded survey obtains opinions or other information without providing a grade

To Create a New Quiz

Click on Quizzes from the Navigation Menu and click on the Add Quiz button
In the Details tab, enter the name of your quiz. In the Rich Content Editor, introduce your quiz with formatted text, images, video, or sample math equations. You can even use the media commenting tool to record an introduction to the quiz. Then scroll down to finish setting up the quiz type, group assignment selection and give it a due date if needed
Click on the Questions tab, manually enter a new question by clicking the Add New Question button. Name the quiz questions, select a question type (short answer, essay answer, multiple choices, etc.), assign a point value and click Update Question
Preview your questions. If you’d like to view question details, click the Show Question Details checkbox
Save and Publish. Once you’re satisfied with the questions, save your quiz and publish it. If you’d like to come back to it, just click Save

Here is a video tutorial on How to Create a New Quiz in Canvas . You may also create question banks so that you can find individual questions easily without having to create them each time. Check out this guide on How to Create a Question Bank .

Additional Resources: E-Campus’ Canvas Instructor Orientation’s Create Quizzes Resource

Canvas provides an integrated system for class discussions, allowing both instructors and students to start and contribute to as many discussion topics as desired. Discussions can also be created as an assignment for grading purposes (and seamlessly integrated with the Canvas Gradebook), or simply serve as a forum for topical and current events.

Discussion topics can be organized as focused or threaded discussions. Focused discussions only allow for two levels of nesting, the original post, and subsequent replies. Threaded discussions allow for infinite levels of nesting. Focused discussions are relatively short-lived interactions, while threaded discussions allow replies within replies and may last for a longer period of time.

Use a focused discussion for single posts and related comments. One discussion leader typically posts a message and multiple learners comment on it. Participants may leave a side comment to a reply, but cannot develop the conversation beyond two layers of nesting. focused discussions might also be used to:

answer a single question
share resources amongst peers
collect results from a simple research activity
share solutions to a single problem
correct misconceptions
clarify course policies
get feedback on a work in progress
share insights about a single reading

Use a threaded discussion for multiple posts and related comments. One or more discussion leaders post a message and multiple learners comment on it with the freedom to create any number of related discussion topics and comments.

Threaded Discussions might also be used to:

post and answer multiple, related or unrelated questions
organize results from a complex research activity
share and iterate upon ideas shared by each student in the course
debate the pros and cons of a single issue or multiple issues
ask multiple questions of a single discussion leader
refine ideas between multiple discussion leaders and multiple learners
facilitate group discussions around multiple topics
facilitate discussions around a discussion (fishbowl conversations)
explore at length the feasibility of different solutions to a complex problem

To Create a New Discussion:

Click on “Discussions” from the left-hand course navigation
Click “+ Discussion” on the right-hand side
Create a title for your discussion
You can also add links, files, and add images
Post to “All Sections” of the course or select special groups (if created)
By default, discussions are crated as focused discussions. Select “Allow threaded replies” to create a threaded discussion
To require users to reply to the discussion before they can see any other replies, click the Users must post before seeing replies checkbox
To enable a discussion podcast feed, click the Enable podcast feed checkbox
To allow students to like discussion replies , click the Allow liking checkbox
To add an ungraded discussion to the student to-do list, click the Add to student to-do checkbox. Student to-do items display in the course calendar, in the student-specific List View Dashboard, and in the global and course home page to-do lists. Graded discussions automatically display in a student's to-do list
To make the discussion a group discussion, click the This is a Group Discussion checkbox
Adjust date settings
Click Save, or Save & Publish to post it to students

Additional Resources: E-Campus’ Canvas Instructor Orientation’s: Create Discussion Boards Resource Canvas Guide: What are Discussions?

E-Campus have created a How-To: Set-Up and Use Canvas Gradebook guide. Once you have created graded course activities in Canvas, Canvas Gradebook will be your next step.

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Combining grading efficiency with effective assessment, strategies and techniques for instructors.

April 11, 2024

When looking for ways to efficiently evaluate student work, instructors can modify their assessments to streamline grading and feedback, while ensuring that the assessment supports student learning. This resource provides guidance and strategies for combining grading efficiency and effective assessment. To frame our discussion, we begin with some guidelines for grading in ways that are efficient for instructors while promoting learning.

Free yourself of the need to grade everything . Instructors may feel that it’s necessary to comprehensively evaluate every piece of work that a student produces. While grades can provide students with feedback, the greatest value of an assessment often accrues from the cognitive and intellectual work that students engage in as they do the assessment. Grades are a byproduct of a much richer cycle of learning and feedback that engages students in the deep learning that is a key part of the university experience. Focus on assessing and providing feedback on those assignments that have the most substantial impact on student learning. Strategies such as modifying the structure of your grading scheme can assist with this.

Limit grading and substantial feedback to assessments that engage students in higher-order thinking and/or require them to synthesize their learning . Carefully review your assessments to identify those which ask students to do more critical thinking, analysis, synthesis or other higher-order thinking tasks (see Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy for a framework for identifying higher- and lower-order thinking skills). Focusing your feedback and grading efforts on assessments that require higher-order thinking will help promote student learning and will be the best use of your feedback and grading time. Examples of tasks that would be comprehensively assessed include research papers, projects, reports, and presentations. The use of rubrics can greatly increase grading efficiency while also providing students with useful, learning-focused feedback.

Use automated grading systems for assessments that target lower-order thinking skills , for example, memorization of facts, or those cases where quick information retrieval is important. Multiple choice Canvas quizzes can work well for this ; Canvas question feedback functions can be used to provide students with automatic, formative feedback to improve their learning. Multiple choice exams can also assess higher-level thinking, but require time and careful review of test items. Please visit CEE’s website for information about CEE consultations on test creation and analysis .

Provide multiple opportunities for feedback. The instructor is an important source of feedback; however, students can receive helpful feedback from many sources. Varying feedback strategies can help students to engage in more collaborative work ( peer feedback ), gauge their understanding with reference to the rest of the class ( class-level feedback ) and help them develop metacognitive skills necessary to critically evaluate their own academic work ( self-assessment ).

Six Strategies for Streamlining Assessment and Grading

1. modify grading structures .

Use binary grading (“completed” or “not completed”) for assessments that help students build skills through practice. Examples of this kind of assessment are problem sets in STEM courses, grammar exercises in language classes, and reading guides in courses with a substantial reading component. Instructors can establish a minimum threshold for “completed” by giving students a rubric that sets out the criteria that must be met in order to receive a full-credit grade. Showing students an example of an assignment that meets the full requirement and would receive a grade of “completed” can also help guide students in succeeding with this type of assessment.

Grade a subset of assignments by giving students a choice. Rather than grade every assignment, instructors can require students to complete all assignments and allow students to choose a subset of the assignments that they’ll receive a grade and feedback on. This permits students to choose those assessments they feel best represent their work. Requiring students to complete all of the assignments and choose a subset for grading maximizes learning and gives students a larger pool of assessments to choose from.

2. Automate Formative Feedback through Canvas Quizzes

Quizzes can be a great formative assessment tool and provide students with instantaneous feedback when designed with certain features in Canvas. When creating a quiz in Canvas, instructors can not only automate quiz scoring but also pre-load formative feedback into the quiz questions and answer options. Instructors can specify in Canvas when this pre-loaded feedback can be accessed by students.

When building Quizzes in Canvas, use the color-coded comment boxes underneath each answer to pre-load feedback. Use the green comment box for feedback explaining why this answer is correct and how students might have reasoned toward this answer. Use the red comment box(es) underneath incorrect answer option(s) to provide feedback on why these options are not correct and/or misconceptions that may have led students to these distractors.

Instructors can also utilize comments for the entire question to provide general feedback, including: how to reason toward the correct answer, common mistakes and/or misconceptions related to the question, and/or relevant course materials to review for further information.

3. Streamline Feedback with Rubrics & SpeedGrader

Using Rubrics for Assessment and Feedback:

Rubrics are a great way to prioritize feedback on only those elements of a student’s assignment that truly matter for the learning outcomes.

Rubrics specify key criteria or standards, levels of proficiency, and descriptions of what each criterion looks like at each proficiency level. Aim for only a few specific and necessary criteria on the rubric. Resist the temptation to include “important but not necessary” criteria in the rubric.

Rubrics can be the foundation for giving clear and actionable feedback on student work. Streamline feedback by focusing on only those items that are covered in the rubric, which you have already determined to be most necessary. Keep in mind that too many comments can interfere with learning: students lose the signal in the noise. Prioritize the ways in which the work demonstrates particular criteria at relative performance levels.

Streamlining Assessment Feedback with SpeedGrader

Integrating your rubric with the SpeedGrader tool in Canvas can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of feedback. To do this, first build your rubric in Canvas and then attach the rubric to the relevant assignment. Once in SpeedGrader, you can utilize the rubric and provide feedback on student work.

SpeedGrader also allows you to build a Comment Library for frequent comments. You can preload anticipated comments into your Comment Library as well as save comments to your Comment Library as you interact with student work.

Typing comments is one of many options in SpeedGrader, which also includes spoken comments (audio recordings that students can listen to later), video comments (screen capture videos that students can watch later), and speech-to-text comments that translate spoken audio into text (only available in Google Chrome).

4. Assign Peer Feedback

Having students review and give feedback on classmates’ work is one strategy for giving timely feedback. Additionally, peer review has many pedagogical benefits, including: increasing engagement and fostering collaboration and community, challenging students to express their thoughts clearly and diplomatically, and reinforcing student learning and metacognition as they reflect on how their thinking changed once reading their classmates’ work.

To streamline the peer feedback process, consider peer review on assignments or discussions on Canvas . Canvas peer reviews can show student names or display anonymously . You can manually assign peer reviewers or let Canvas automatically assign them. You can have students complete a rubric and/or leave a comment in the comment sidebar.

However you decide to have students provide peer feedback, you’ll want to clearly explain how they should (and should not) assess their classmates. Consider modeling appropriate/productive comments.

5. Save Time with Group- or Class-level Feedback

Rather than repeating identical comments for multiple students, provide feedback at the group or course level by summarizing trends you notice while grading. Send a classwide e-mail, use the Canvas Announcement tool, or allot time in class to share your feedback.

Besides saving you time and ensuring consistent feedback quality, group feedback also allows students to see where others may be excelling or struggling. This encourages students to self-assess their own work in comparison to the group norms or expectations. Similarly, students can learn from the different perspectives and approaches of their peers. Time saved by efficient collective feedback can go toward tailoring feedback to address specific needs and strengths.

To maximize the benefits of formative assessment, consider a combination of feedback, feed up, and feed forward:

Feedback helps someone understand what they have or haven't done well based on observations or assessments that have already occurred. It's retrospective, looking back on what has been done to reinforce or correct it.
Feed up clarifies the objectives or goals by answering the question, "What are we trying to achieve?" Feed up provides a target or standard against which to measure performance.
Feed forward includes information or suggestions about what to do next or in the future to improve. Unlike feedback, which looks at past performance, feed forward is future-oriented. It focuses on potential strategies, actions, or behaviors that can enhance future performance. Feed forward offers constructive guidance on how to do better moving forward, rather than just focusing on what went wrong in the past.

6. Engage Students in Self-Assessment

This strategy involves students in assessing their own work by engaging in two steps. First, students can review their work by using an answer key or comparing their work to a well-crafted sample assignment. Then, to demonstrate that they’ve fully considered and assessed their work, students can:

Complete a written reflection based on question(s) provided by the instructor (e.g., “Choose 2-3 areas where you made errors and provide a thoughtful explanation of how you would correct them”).
Revise the assignment (or part of the assignment) as part of the self-assessment process, explaining why they made the changes they’ve made.
Discuss the reflection with others. The reflection can be used as a point of departure for a pair discussion in class to further increase the learning value of the task, and it can be graded using binary grading to keep the grading load manageable.

Concluding Note: The Necessity of Transparency

Regardless of the strategies you use to streamline grading and assessment, it is necessary to be transparent with students about your choice of grading methods. Provide a rationale for your practices that are centered on students’ learning and development.

For example, when using binary grading, it can help to explain to students that you will use this style of grading for those assignments where students are building skills to encourage them to practice, and a more ranked form of grading (e.g., A-F) on major assignments that synthesize their learning in the course. This can reassure them that skills-building assignments have value in and of themselves, even without extensive feedback from the instructor.

When students understand the expectations for their learning and the reasons behind instructors’ assessment choices, they are more likely to utilize feedback, anticipate challenges, and self-motivate their learning.

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How do I view my grades in a current course?
From the grades page you can select the Course for which you want to view grades [1]. By default, grades are sorted chronologically by assignment due date. In the Arrange by menu [2], you can also sort by module, assignment name, or assignment group. To see the specified grades, click the Apply button [3].
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On the Canvas Dashboard, click on the assignment title in the To Do list. In the course, click on the assignment title in the To Do list on the home page. In the course, click on the Assignment page, then the title of the assignment, and click SpeedGrader. In the course, click on Grades, then the three dots, and SpeedGrader.
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The gradebook in Canvas is a blank slate until you create the assignments (see the difference between assignments and learning in Canvas).. You add columns to the gradebook by adding assignments. The easiest way to remember is that Assignments = Gradebook Columns. Once you create an Assignment, Canvas automatically includes it in the Gradebook, Calendar, Assignments, and Syllabus pages.
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Students can access their grades by clicking on Grades in the course navigation menu on the left. Where you, as the instructor, would have the full gradebook displayed, the students instead have a list of: how many points that assessment was worth. Provided below is a screenshot of the students' view of their grades.
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How to view your Grades and Graded Rubrics in Canvas: Open the Grades tab from your Course Navigation Menu: Select the assignment title to view the assignment details. Here you can view the assignment due date, grade status, and the total point value for each assignment. You can also view any comments left by your instructor.
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For example, you can enter student view, submit an assignment, then leave student view. You can then grade the Test Student's assignment submission and provide feedback as yourself/the instructor. The next time that you enter student view, you can click on Grades in the left-hand course navigation menu to see what the grade and your feedback ...
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In the Grades tab, click on the "Show All Details" button on the upper right. Go to grades, scroll down to the assignment you want to see the score details for. There will be your score, the total points for the assignment, and then to the right of those there should be a little tiny checkbox with a plus. It's the same spot where you would be ...
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Integrating your rubric with the SpeedGrader tool in Canvas can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of feedback. To do this, first build your rubric in Canvas and then attach the rubric to the relevant assignment. Once in SpeedGrader, you can utilize the rubric and provide feedback on student work.. SpeedGrader also allows you to build a Comment Library for frequent comments.
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Current graded by. Hi. We are using an API to pull grades out of Canvas to upload to our Student records systems. We are using the current_graded_by API to pull out the latest grade. Whilst this is working for 75% of our marked assignments it is pulling out a Null for recently marked assignments and therefore not giving us the appropriate grade ...