Working with the Canvas Gradebook

Presenter: Laurence Liss
Audience: Faculty

Learning Goals

Participants will:

  • Learn things to watch out for when using the gradebook
  • Calculate Extra Credit in Canvas
  • Test and audit grades in Canvas
  • Review the features of the Canvas gradebook

Seminar Description

The gradebook in Canvas is the most important tool in your Canvas class. Students use it to track their progress in the course and it can be used to manage all the scores for all the students in a single place. The gradebook has many tools and settings that help you manage your course. In this seminar, we'll look at the various tools and options as well as a few common issues that arise when the gradebook is improperly used. We'll also talk about ways to handle various grading issues such as the calculation of extra credit.