Weighted Grades in Canvas

• Canvas uses what are called “Assignment Groups” to organize assessments, and view grades, in different groups. 

• Create Assignment Groups for different types of activities (i.e. all Discussions, all Quizzes, etc.), different units or modules of your course (i.e. a Unit 1 group with a Unit 1 Discussion, Unit 1 Quiz, etc.), or any other way that may be appropriate for your course setup and grading scheme.

• The groups can then be weighted with different percentages to determine students’ final grades.

How Weighted Grading Works in Canvas

Rather than using Raw Scores an instructor might choose to use Weighted Grading. An example of this is:

Instructions

Canvas can support Weighted Grades to set this up in your course, follow the instructions below.

Step 1: Create Assignment Groups and Organize Assignments

• Select + Group button to create a new Assignment Group.

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• Once the Assignment Group exists, organize existing assignments and/or add new assignments:

  • Add existing Assignments to the Groups by dragging and dropping them on the Assignments page

  • Add new Assignments to the Groups by either:

    • Selecting the Plus / + button in the group header

    • Selecting the + Assignment button and selecting the group in the ”Assignment Group” dropdown on that Assignment’s edit page

Step 2: Assign Weights to Assignment Groups

1. Navigate to the Assignments page.

2. Click the Options icon (three dots) to the right of the + Assignment button.