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Beginning of the Semester

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Setting up the Canvas Grade Book in the beginning of the semester helps ensure:

• Faculty: Easier grading for faculty, if everything is set up in the Grade Book the instructor just needs to plug in grades in can simply enter grades throughout the semester and can be sure feel confident that students are seeing the correct gradesscoring and overall grade for the course.

• Student: Smoother and more transparent experience with the course regarding grading, being alerted to missed missing assignments, and seeing a correct final grade based off of the work that has been received.

Optional Grade Center Tools:	Example of Understanding the ToolTools:
Update the Canvas Grading Scheme *optional, there 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 equal out equate to in Letter Grades. Example: A=90-100% ----or---- A=89-100%, you decide! 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 😃	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.
Create Assignment Groups in Canvas *Optional, if : If you prefer not to use this feature it is ok not to. **Bonus Pro- if Tip: If not using Assignment Groups, note that one “group” MUST exist for calculations in the Grade Center to work correctly. A good great trick is to update the name of the single Assignment Group to “Subtotal.” “Subtotal” so that students are not confused by its existence in their Grades area.	Sort assignments by categories Helps 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”
Set up Weighted Grading in Canvas *Optional, if : If you prefer not to use this feature it is ok not to. Grades are automatically default calculated as raw scores unless otherwise set up.	Weighted Grades Example: Tests = 50% of total grade Assignments = 20% of total grade Final Project = 30% of total grade

Assignment Group

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Assignment Group Pro-Tip: Don’t accidentally drop the Extra Credit as the lowest Grade! You can designate individual assignments as exceptions to the drop rule if needed. How to Drop the Lowest Grade and Use Exceptions For example, if there is an additional extra credit assignment in your pop-quiz assignment group, you will need to make sure the extra credit assignment is listed as an exception for the drop rule to work correctly or else students who do not complete the extra credit assignment will be penalized.

• Set up the Missing Submission Policy

  • You can use a missing submission policy to automatically assign a grade of 0 once the due date has passed to students who have not submitted an assignment (keep in mind: this won't impact "no submission" or "on paper" assignments, so you will have to manually assign zeroes to those items).

• (Optional) Change the default Grade Posting Policy

• Create all of your Assignments/Quizzes/Discussions/etc. (and assign them to the Assignment Group/Weighted Grading Assignment Group if you using this feature)

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Pro Tip! : These Assignments can be "assignment shells" right now, meaning that they simply state the assignment title, due date, and how many points they are worth. You can come back and edit each assignment at any time to include more detailed information.

• 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 CanvasHow to Drop the Lowest grade for an Assignment Group in Canvas

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Pro Tip! You can organize and rearrange the columns in your gradebook by clicking-and-dragging them into your desired display order.

During the Semester: Grading

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