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We’ve worked with hundreds of instructors over the years, and a common theme we hear over and over is that grading takes way too long.  While we don’t have a tool that can grade your students’ papers for you, this Quick Tip can make inputting grades in the Canvas Gradebook more efficient.  If you’ve ever wanted to enter (or remove) grades in bulk, this one’s for you!

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Canvas Gradebook Filters allow instructors to manage, organize, and analyze student performance data by drilling down to show only the information you need at any given time.  Let’s take a look at some of the filtering options available in the Canvas Gradebook. 

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This week’s quick tip is a simple tool, yet it’s something that’s easily overlooked in the Canvas Gradebook.  If you ever get tired of constantly scrolling around looking for a specific student or column, check out the Search tool.

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This week, we will discuss the Canvas Grade Posting Policy and explore the options for controlling when and how grades are released to students.

The Grade Posting Policy allows instructors to control when assignment grades are made visible to students.  Posted grades are visible to students, whereas hidden grades are only visible to instructors and cannot be viewed by students. 

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There are times when your Gradebook might be a rainbow of colors and a variety of icons.  These indicators are meant to assist instructors in immediately identifying the status of assignments across their course.

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This week we will review how to hide unpublished assignment columns to help organize or simplify your Gradebook.    

By default, your Gradebook will show both published and unpublished assignments, discussions, and quizzes.  While students cannot see these unpublished assignments, they clutter the Gradebook with columns that instructors may never use.  

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The default view in the Gradebook is a table with students listed in rows, alphabetically, and columns ordered as they are arranged in the Assignment Index.  Many instructors leave this default view in their courses; however, you might explore adjusting this view based on your personal preferences.

Here are some tips on how to sort and arrange your Gradebook.

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In this series focused on Gradebook tips, tricks, and tools, we’ve spent a lot of time outside the Gradebook looking at related settings within the Assignments and Settings pages.

Now that we’ve covered the initial setup of your Canvas grades, let’s shift into looking at some of the tips and tools that are helpful in performing the actual work of grading.

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Over the last several weeks, we’ve covered a lot of Gradebook setup tasks in various areas of your Canvas courses. Our last Gradebook setup tip is a reminder to make sure to check and update the grading scheme in each of your Canvas courses.

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Like last week’s topic, this week’s grade-related features are also not located in the Gradebook.  Weighted Grades and Dropping Grades are options that are available in Assignment Groups. 

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This series is focused on Gradebook tips, tricks, and tools, but what you may not realize is that the Assignments Index page also contains important gradebook-related features that impact how grades are calculated in your courses.  

We often hear from faculty asking, “Where did these columns at the end of my Gradebook come from?”  The answer: Assignment Groups.

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Do you get emails from students that need you to re-open something?  It can be frustrating because it creates more work for you.  Canvas can help you accept that work with an automatic deduction.  This week, we will show you how you can utilize the automatic deduction option instead of using the “Available until” setting.

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Consider enabling the Missing Submission Policy in your Gradebook settings.  Once enabled, this policy will automatically enter zeros for missed assignments, saving you time and ensuring that your students’ running totals are kept up to date.

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We are happy to announce the release of a new feature in Canvas New Quizzes: the ability to add extra time to a student’s in-progress quiz attempt!

Instructors can now extend the time for students who are actively taking a quiz. This new feature allows you accommodate students who may need extra time without interrupting their workflow or requiring them to take a second quiz attempt. 

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Did you know that Canvas can alert you when a student clicks on a broken link in your course?  These notifications can help you catch and fix broken links quickly.

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In this Quick Tip, we will discuss how instructors can add extra credit in their Canvas courses.  It’s a question the RCID team has received from faculty regularly over the years, so we thought it would be good to share more broadly.

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 In this Quick Tip, we would like to showcase a few options for creating and delivering engaging announcements in your course.

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 In our last Quick Tip, we directed you to a helpful new resource for instructors as they consider course design and learning activities.  

We are happy to promote a series of workshops offered by the ��ɫ�� Online team to further support those looking to apply the concepts from the Design, Build, and Teach pathways. 

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Introducing the new Design, Build, Teach Pathways, a series of asynchronous, self-paced Canvas courses that guide you through foundational concepts and best practices for online teaching.  These courses have been designed to accommodate a variety of learning preferences with various options for participation.

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By now, you’ve learned all about how to leverage Canvas Modules, Pages, and the Rich Content Editor (RCE) to improve how course materials are presented and how students view and interact with the content.

In this final installment, we are taking a look at the letter E in our IMPROVE acronym, which stands for Editor Tips and Tricks.  We know that working with any online text editor can present some challenges, so we’d like to share the team’s favorite tips and tricks for working with the Rich Content Editor (RCE) more efficiently. 

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