Documentation:CIS/Canvas/Grades

Gradebook

I cannot see an assignment in the Gradebook!

Make sure the assignment is published; it must be published to appear in a column in the Gradebook.

What do the icons in the Gradebook mean?

If there is an icon instead of a grade, it means that assignment if not fully graded yet (ie: quiz with text entry question not graded yet)

Canvas Guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10478-4212136679

How do I excuse a student from an assignment?

Canvas Guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12938-4152386299

How do I curve grades?

While Canvas provides this functionality, it is irreversible. We recommend manually curving them on a spreadsheet, and then uploading to Canvas.

Canvas Guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12832-415255003

How do I set a default grade?

Be mindful about [Overwrite already-entered grades].

Canvas Guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12834-415255002

How do I treat ungraded assignments as zero?

Canvas Guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10225-4152181047

How do I give change grading to submitted and unsubmitted?

In assignment settings, select Display Grade as [Complete/Incomplete].

Select Complete / Incomplete in the dropdown menu

How do I mute an assignment?

We recommend muting assignments; so students aren't notified until you are done grading all submissions.

Canvas Guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12961-4152724339

How do I manually editing grades?

Canvas Guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-13081-4152724415

How do I view the Gradebook history?

Canvas Guide: View the history of all grading changes in the Gradebook

How can I organize the Gradebook by student groups?

Canvas does not natively have this functionality, but we can mimic this sorting by creating an assignment that does not apply to grades.

1. Create an assignment with the settings: and
   1. "Do not count this assignment towards the final grade"
   2. No Submission"
   3. "This is a group assignment" and select the respective Groupset
2. Go to the Gradebook and mute the assignment (so it remains hidden from students)
3. Assign one student in each group a grade manually (ex: group one receives 1, group two receives 2...)
   1. Ensure that each group has a different grade
4. Instructors and TAs can now sort the gradebook by this column and the students will be grouped together.

Downloading Files

How do I upload grades from a CSV file?

Canvas Guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12786-415255013