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Viewing Options in the Gradebook 鈥 Hide Unpublished Assignments
This week we will review how to hide unpublished assignment columns to help organize or simplify your Gradebook.
By default, your Gradebook will show both published and unpublished assignments, discussions, and quizzes. While students cannot see these unpublished assignments, they clutter the Gradebook with columns that instructors may never use.
Viewing Options in the Gradebook 鈥 Sort
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.
Quick Tip: View Individual Students鈥 Grades
In this series focused on Gradebook tips, tricks, and tools, we鈥檝e spent a lot of time outside the Gradebook looking at related settings within the Assignments and Settings pages.
Now that we鈥檝e covered the initial setup of your Canvas grades, let鈥檚 shift into looking at some of the tips and tools that are helpful in performing the actual work of grading.
Quick Tip: Configure Your Course Grading Scheme
Over the last several weeks, we鈥檝e 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.
Quick Tip: Weighted Grades and Dropped Grades
Like last week鈥檚 topic, this week鈥檚 grade-related features are also not located in the Gradebook. Weighted Grades and Dropping Grades are options that are available in Assignment Groups.
Quick Tip: Organizing Gradebook Categories via Assignment Groups
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, 鈥淲here did these columns at the end of my Gradebook come from?鈥 The answer: Assignment Groups.
Quick Tip: Handling Late Submissions in the Canvas Gradebook
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 鈥淎vailable until鈥 setting.
Quick Tip: Handling Missing Submissions in the Canvas Gradebook
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鈥 running totals are kept up to date.
Quick Tip: Add Additional Time to In-Progress Quiz Attempts
We are happy to announce the release of a new feature in Canvas New Quizzes: the ability to add extra time to a student鈥檚 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.
Quick Tip: Get alerts for broken links in your Canvas courses
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.