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Understanding Grades in Canvas

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00:07: How do I view my grades in a current course? 00:10: In global navigation click the courses link then click the name 00:14: of the course. 00:16: In course navigation click the grades link 00:20: From the grades page you can select the course for which you want to view grades. 00:24: By default grades are sorted chronologically by assignment due 00:28: date in the arranged by menu. You can also sort by module assignment 00:32: name or assignment group. To see the specified grades 00:36: click the apply button assignments that are not part of a module will 00:40: be shown at the end of the assignments list in alphabetical order. 00:44: However, if modules are assignment groups aren't used in your course, they 00:48: won't be included as sorting options. 00:52: You can view the name of the assignment the assignment due date the assignment 00:56: submission date the assignment status the score you earned and the 01:00: total point value of the assignment. You may also be able to view whether 01:04: the assignment includes scoring details comments or rubrics. 01:10: You may see various great icons in the score column indicating the type of assignment 01:14: you submitted. These assignments have not been graded by your instructor. 01:18: Once the assignment is graded. 01:20: The icon will be replaced by your score. 01:24: To print your grades click the print grades button. 01:28: By default the grades page displays the current grading period if an 01:32: assignment does not include a due date it will display as a part of the last grading 01:36: period To view grades for another course. 01:39: Click the course drop down menu. 01:41: To see the specified grading period and course click the apply button. 01:46: If grading periods are enabled in your course, you can view your grades according 01:50: to grading period 01:53: If your course includes weighted assignment groups assignment groups may vary 01:57: in the sidebar depending on which grading period you are viewing. 02:00: An assignment group displays if the group has at least one assignment due in the selected 02:05: grading period When grading periods are weighted and you select 02:09: the all grading periods option the sidebar displays the weights of each 02:13: grading period grading period 02:17: Your instructor May enforce an automatic late policy in your course any 02:21: assignments that are submitted after the due date are marked as late. 02:25: The late policy automatically deducts a percentage of the grade from the total 02:29: score. Late assignments display the late icon in the status column 02:33: of the gradebook. To view submission details for a late assignment click 02:37: the submission name. 02:47: Some assignments include a black warning icon which alerts you that points 02:51: earned from this assignment will not count toward your final grade. 02:54: You should still submit this assignment unless it has been excused by your instructor. 03:00: If there are comments in your assignment the assignment displays a comment icon. 03:04: To view comments click the comment icon if there are unread 03:08: comments an indicator is displayed once the comments are read the 03:13: indicator disappears. Comments are organized chronologically. 03:19: If there is feedback besides text comments such as media comments, click 03:23: the feedback icon to open the submission details and view the other feedback. 03:29: To close comments. Click the close link. 03:32: If you can view scoring details click the check mark icon. 03:36: You can view the grade distribution for the assignment and view the mean hi 03:40: low median upper quartile and lower quartile 03:44: scores. 03:46: The graphs horizontal line extends from 0 to the assignments highest possible 03:50: score 3 the white box extends from the lowest to the highest 03:54: student scores. Your score appears as a blue square on this 03:58: plot. You will only see scoring details if more than five 04:02: other students have submitted that assignment in the course. 04:05: If you do not see the scoring details then fewer than five students have submitted 04:10: the assignment. To close scoring details. 04:13: Click the close link 04:16: An assignment may also include a rubric icon which means the assignment included 04:20: a rubric for grading purposes. To view your results click 04:24: the icon view your score based on the rubric to close 04:28: the rubric click the close rubric link. 04:32: The grades page will list the assignment groups included in your course. 04:36: Assignment groups allow instructors to organize assignments discussions 04:40: and quizzes into groups and apply specific grading rules or weights to those 04:44: groups. You can view the percentage score for each group in the points. 04:48: You've earned versus the total points possible. 04:52: The great summary shows your total grade allows you to view any save what 04:56: if scores and allows you to show or hide all scoring details comments 05:00: and rubrics shown in the grades page. 05:03: Depending on the great calculation for your course your total grade May 05:07: display as a point value or as a percentage. 05:11: Your instructor May restrict you from viewing your total grade. 05:15: The current grade is calculated by adding up the graded assignments according to their 05:19: weight in the course grading scheme. This grade is calculated with the 05:23: calculate based only on graded assignments checkbox selected in the sidebar. 05:29: The total grade is calculated by adding all the assignments according to their weight 05:33: in the course grading scheme both graded and ungraded assignments. 05:37: To view the total grade deselect the sidebar check box the 05:41: grade at the top of the sidebar will reflect your total grade. 05:46: The sidebar shows the information about how your grades are calculated. 05:50: If your assignment groups are weighted, the sidebar will show the breakdown of weighted 05:55: assignment groups. 05:57: Assignment groups will always display as a percentage if your instructor allows 06:01: you to view total grades. You can see a breakdown in the points. 06:04: You've earned versus the total points possible. 06:08: If your course does not use assignment groups, your total grade can be displayed in 06:12: points or percentage. If your total grade is displayed in points, 06:16: you can view your overall grade percentage. 06:19: Again, your instructor May restrict you from viewing your total grade. 06:24: If your institution restricts viewing quantitative data, your total grade 06:28: is displayed using a grading scheme usually letter grades. 06:32: Again, your instructor May restrict you from viewing your total grade. 06:37: If you have more than one course you can use the course drop-down menu to view grades 06:41: in other courses. If your grades page shows assignments and 06:45: learning Mastery headings you can also view your standards based scores in 06:49: the learning Mastery link. 06:52: This guide covered how to view my grades in a current course.