Apply a Grading Scheme in Canvas

Environment

Canvas
Gradebook

Issue

How to apply a grading scheme to a Gradebook in Canvas.

Resolution

By default, Canvas displays grades as % or points. To calculate final grades as letters (or another acceptable grade format), you must first apply either a currently-defined grading scheme or a grading scheme you created or modified.

You can apply a grading scheme at any point, including before the course is published or while you are calculating final grades. Please note that you cannot edit the default grading scheme.

• Enable a currently-defined grading scheme
  • Units interested in defining a new grading scheme for U-M-wide use should contact the ITS Service Center
• Create or modify a grading scheme of your own
  • If you are creating your own grading scheme, ensure the final grades are valid grades at U-M
  • Grading schemes are only valid for that course
  • If the instructor wants to use the same grading scheme in multiple courses, it has to be created at the sub-account level
  • A Canvas Administrator or sub-account admin can do this for the instructor
  • Add a grading scheme in an account.  

NOTES:

• You can only edit grading schemes that have not been linked to a course
  • However, grading schemes can always be deleted
• If you delete an account-level grading scheme that has been enabled at the course level and used to assess a student, the grading scheme will not be deleted from the course

When the course grading scheme has been set, you will see the letter grade in the "Total" column of the Gradebook along with the % or points.

Students also can see their final letter grade.

Additional Information

• Check out the new Academic Technology@Michigan website for course planning resources from across U-M
• Visit the Canvas @ Michigan site for faculty including the U-M Instructor Guide with links to additional support resources from across campus
• Check out the Canvas and MiVideo tutorials

For additional questions, please contact the ITS Service Center