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Update the Canvas Grading Scheme

*Optional: There is a default standard schema already set up in Canvas.

*Required for Canvas Grade Transfer Tool.

To tell Canvas what each student’s Total Grade % should equate to in a Letter Grade.

For example, an instructor might want to tweak the scheme to allow students who receive an 88% or higher to receive an A.

Set up the Missing Submission Policy

*Recommended

*Note: This policy does not impact "no submission" or "on paper" assignments. These items will require the instructor to manually assigning the zeroes.

Set up the Missing Submission Policy to automatically apply Zeros for missed assignments that use Due Dates.

• It is very important to make sure that Zeros are entered for missed assignments in a timely manner.

• This step is what informs students they are missing an assignment and their grade has been lowered accordingly.

Change the default Grade Posting Policy

*Optional

Choose if grades become visible to students automatically, or must be “Posted” by the instructor.

Work Ahead 😃

• What Assignment Types can I create in Canvas?

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• Create shells (or the entire assignment) for all Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes, etc. and sort them into their respective Assignment Groups.

• This allows for the entire course to be “built” as far as the Grade Center goes, and leave the instructor time to fill in the assignment details at a later point.

• How to Create an Assignment in Canvas

• How to Create a Quiz in Canvas

• How to Create a Discussion

• How to Create a Grade Center Column for Manual Grading in Canvas

  • For any graded items for which students will not submit work online, e.g., an in-class exam, create an on-paper assignment. For any graded items for which students do not submit anything tangible, e.g., participation, create a non-submission assignment.

• How to Give Extra Credit in Canvas

Create Assignment Groups in Canvas

*Optional: If you prefer not to use this feature it is ok not to.

**Pro-Tip: If not using Assignment Groups, note that one “group” MUST exist for calculations in the Grade Center to work correctly. A great trick is to update the name of the single Assignment Group to “Subtotal” so that students are not confused by its existence in their Grades area.

• Sort assignments by categories

• Creates filters for faculty to use when navigating the Grade Center

• Can be used to set up Weighted Grades (see below)

• Can be used to drop grades with the “lowest score”

• Important: When dropping lowest grades remember to designate All Extra Credit Assignments as “exemptions” to the drop rule.

Set up Weighted Grading in Canvas

*Optional: If you prefer not to use this feature it is ok. Grades are default calculated as raw scores.

Weighted Grades Example:

• Tests = 50% of total grade

• Assignments = 20% of total grade

• Final Project = 30% of total grade