Faculty using the Canvas Gradebook to record student grades do not need to export and submit grade justifications, as long as it contains ALL grades for the course.
Please send a brief email to your department secretary to inform them you have used Canvas to manage grades.
Final grades must still be reported in MyBC.
End of term Gradebook checks:
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- Confirm all assignments are present
If you are recording grades in Canvas, ALL grades should be included in the Gradebook, including in-class activities. - Confirm assignments have Due Dates.
Due dates are entered using the settings (Edit) for assignments, discussions and quizzes. - Enter zeros for missing assignments.
Students are not graded for assignments with no score entered. Be sure to set up the Gradebook to automatically enter zeros for missing work! - Excuse students from assignments.
You may mark an assignment as “exempt” for a student, if circumstances require it. The points will not be calculated into their final score. - Ensure that the Final (Letter) Grade is enabled.
This is enabled by default, but faculty should confirm that the letter grade is present and accurate. The default grading scheme (70-80%, 80-90%, etc.) can be adjusted, if needed. - Enter the Last Date Of Attendance for FW’s.
Determine the last date of attendance before the student ceased attending and participating in the course. Grades for dropped students are also available. - Did you include the SLOs?
Associated outcomes should be indicated in individual assignment, quiz, or discussion titles.
- Confirm all assignments are present
QUESTIONS? Please contact Christie Boggs about grade justification requirements.
Canvas is generally very reliable, but users may occasionally experience delays or errors. Be sure to check the status of various Canvas services and get information on any current or recent issues that might be affecting performance.
The Canvas Teacher mobile app can give you easy access to grading, communicating and updating your courses.
Instructors can easily send a Message about an assignment to students directly from within the Gradebook. You can choose to send a message to students who have:
Canvas automatically generates a running total of each student’s current grade. However, this only includes assignments that have a grade entered. If no grade is entered, the assignment is not counted in the Total grade calculation, which can lead to students misunderstanding their current grade.
Faculty may wish to add other instructors to their course for a variety of reasons. Please keep in mind that official enrollments are handled automatically, so there is no need to add instructors who are already assigned to a course.
Faculty have the ability to create new Canvas courses for experimentation and course development. These courses are often temporary in nature, and rarely used with students. Over time, they can accumulate and should be deleted if no longer needed.
Instructors may preview a Canvas course as a student at any time. This is an essential part of developing and testing a course before it is actively used by students.
