Canvas - Gradebook Guide for Instructors

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How-to Guides

Except where marked, the following links point to selected articles in the Canvas Instructor Guide:

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Setting up the Gradebook

Note: Setting up the Gradebook is done by creating "Assignments" rather than in the Grades tool. Each assignment in a course appears as a column in the gradebook.

• How do I create an assignment?
• How do I add an assignment group? (Used for creating grade categories or for weighting the gradebook)
• How do I weight the final course grade?
• How do I create assignment columns for non-submission assignments in the Gradebook?
• How do I create rules for an assignment group? (E.g., Drop lowest score)
• How do I give extra credit in a course?
• How do I add a grading scheme to an assignment? (E.g., Letter grades)

Organizing the Grades Area

• How do I use the Gradebook?
• How do I use the icons and colors in the Gradebook?
• How do I arrange columns in the Gradebook?
• How do I filter columns and rows in the Gradebook?
• How do I sort and display student data in the Gradebook?

Entering and Managing Grades

Enter grades by grading individual assignments with SpeedGrader or manually enter grades through the Grades tool.

• How do I enter and edit grades in the Gradebook?
• How do I get to SpeedGrader from the Gradebook?
• How do I use posting policies in a course? Posting policies determine whether entered grades are immediately seen by students or hidden until manually posted.
• How do I post grades for an assignment?
• How do I leave comments for students?
• How do I use the Notes column?
• How do I exclude an assignment from the course's final grades?
• How do I send a message to students from the Gradebook?
• How do I view the history of grading changes?

Grade Policy Tools

• How do I apply a Missing Submission policy?
• How do I apply a Late Submission policy?
• How do I use posting policies in a course? Posting policies determine whether entered grades are immediately seen by students or hidden until manually posted.
• How do I set a default grade for an assignment?
• How do I create rules for an assignment group? (E.g., Drop lowest score)

Advanced Grading

• How do I export grades?
• How do I import grades?
• How do I use the Learning Mastery Gradebook to view outcome results in a course?

Getting Help

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