Documentation:WeBWorK/How to mute grades notifications and hide grades from the Canvas gradebook

If you have Canvas grade sync set up, WeBWorK will push all homework and exam grades over to the Canvas Gradebook. To prevent students from being automatically notified of their grades, you can mute Canvas grades notifications and hide grades from the Gradebook for all or some of your assignments/tests so students are unaware of their grades until you choose to post them.

There are two levels of the grades posting policy: the course-level posting policy applies to every assignment and test in the Gradebook. If you want to apply a different posting policy for a specific assignment/test, you can apply an assignment-level posting policy which will override the course-level posting policy for that assignment/test. For example, you might choose to keep your course-level posting policy as Automatic (post grades and notify students as soon as the Gradebook is updated), then use the assignment-level posting policy to set just your tests to Manual (hide grades and mute notifications until you post them).

Note: For exams, it is recommended that you set course and assignment posting policies before the exam starts. Also, once the exam is over, you should also hide the exam on WeBWorK so your students cannot access it.

How to mute and hide grades at the course-level

1. Click Grades in the course-navigation menu.
2. Click the settings icon in the top right corner to open the Gradebook settings.

   

3. Click the Grade Posting Policy tab.
4. By default, the setting is Automatic, so students will be notified as soon as the Gradebook is updated, and be able to see their grades – you can select Manually Post Grades to mute all grades notifications and hide all grades from students until you choose to post them.
5. Click Apply Settings to save your changes.

   

6. You should see the word MANUAL in every assignment’s header, which confirms that all assignments have been set to a manual posting policy.

   

Note: Any grades that have already been posted will remain visible. To hide these grades, see the section below on how to hide posted grades.

How to mute and hide grades at the assignment-level

1. Click Grades in the course-navigation menu.
2. Find the assignment or quiz you wish to change the grades policy for (the assignment must be published first), hover over its name, and click the three vertical dots that appear to the right of its name.
3. Click Grade Posting Policy.

   

4. By default, the setting is Automatic, so students will be notified as soon as the Gradebook is updated and be able to see their grade for that assignment/test - you can select Manual to mute grades notifications and hide grades from students for that assignment/test until you choose to post them. Remember that this will change the Grade Posting Policy only for this specific assignment or test.
5. Click Save.

   

6. You should see the word MANUAL in the assignment’s header, which confirms that the assignment has been set to a manual posting policy.

   

Note: Any grades that have already been posted will remain visible. To hide these grades, see the section below on how to hide posted grades.

How to hide already-posted grades for an assignment

Posted grades can also be hidden using the Hide Grades option. Note that the Hide grades option only hides grades that are currently visible to students. In order to ensure all future assignment grades are hidden, you will need to use a manual posting policy for the assignment or course.

1. Click Grades in the course-navigation menu.
2. Find the assignment or test you wish to hide grades for (the assignment must be published first), hover over its name, and click the three vertical dots that appear to the right of its name.
3. Click Hide Grades.

   

4. Click Hide.

   

5. You should see a symbol of a crossed-out eye in the top left of the assignment in the Gradebook, which means that the grades are hidden for that assignment.

   

How to manually post grades for an assignment

1. Click Grades in the course-navigation menu.
2. Find the assignment or test you wish to post grades for, hover over its name, and click the three vertical dots that appear to the right of its name.
3. Click Post Grades.

   

4. Click Post.