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Use Weighted Assignment Groups in Your Canvas Course

by Thomas Keith | Aug 26, 2022 | Canvas , Canvas Features/Functions , How-tos , Pedagogy

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Introduction

  • Create an Assignment Group

Weight Assignment Groups

Use weighted assignment groups to calculate the total grade, drop a low score from an assignment group, further resources and getting help.

It is good pedagogical practice to maintain a Canvas Gradebook that gives an accurate reflection of your students’ performance. Students frequently consult their grades in Canvas to get a sense of how they are doing in your course and of areas in which they need to improve. You can use weighted Assignment Groups in your Canvas course to help ensure that the grade calculated by Canvas is indicative of students’ actual performance.

Create An Assignment Group

An Assignment Group in Canvas is a means of sorting assignments according to the categories to which they belong in your syllabus. By default, new assignments created in your Canvas course will be added to a catch-all group called Assignments . (Note that “assignments” in this context refers to anything that is graded; this can be an Assignment proper, a Quiz, or a graded Discussion.)

Assignments Group in Canvas

You can create a new Assignment Group by going to the Assignments tab in your course and clicking the gray +Group button at the upper right.

+Group Button

It is a good idea to give your group a name that reflects the assessment categories on your syllabus. For example, if the group contains quizzes that are given each week of the quarter, you might call it Weekly Quizzes .

Weekly Quizzes Group

Once a group has been created, there are two ways to add assignments to it:

Assignment Shell Creation Dialog Box

Assignment Groups are most useful when used to weight grades. With weighted Assignment Groups, you can make the organization of your assignments in Canvas match the organization used on your syllabus. You also have greater flexibility than is offered by weighting each individual assignment: if an assignment needs to be dropped or added, you can simply remove it from/add it to the appropriate assignment group, and Canvas will automatically recalculate the final grade accordingly.

For the remainder of this post, we will use as an example a course in which the grading is as follows:

  • Five short quizzes: 20% of the final grade
  • One midterm exam: 30% of the final grade
  • One final exam: 40% of the final grade
  • Attendance and participation: 10% of the final grade

To begin, the instructor creates four assignment groups, named Short Quizzes , Midterm , Final Exam , and Attendance and Participation .

Blank Assignment Groups Page

She then clicks the column of three dots at the upper right and chooses Assignment Groups Weight .

Drop-Down Menu with Assignment Groups Weight Selected

She then checks the box next to Weight final grade based on assignment groups . This allows her to set the percentage weight for each assignment group.

Assignment Groups Weight Dialog Box

Note that Canvas shows the instructor that the assignment groups add up to 100%. It is important to check this, as Canvas will not stop you if your groups add up to less than or greater than 100%.

Once the instructor has weighted her groups to her satisfaction, she clicks the maroon Save button. Canvas then indicates across from each assignment group’s name the percentage value of the total grade that it carries.

Assignment Groups with Percentage Weights

The instructor can now create her assignments and add them to the appropriate assignment groups by one of the two methods enumerated above.

An important caveat: If an assignment group contains more than one assignment, it is important that all assignments have the same point value for Canvas’ math to work out correctly. This avoids the risk of “double weighting,” which will occur if assignments within a group have different point values. For example: if a quiz worth 5 points and a quiz worth 50 points are placed in the same assignment group, the latter quiz will be worth ten times as much in Canvas’ calculations, which will greatly skew the result. In our example course, the instructor has avoided this risk by creating five quizzes within the Short Quizzes group, each of which is worth three points.

Short Quizzes Assignment Group

The Midterm and Final Exam groups each contain only one assignment. This can be an assignment of type Online Assignment if the instructor wishes her students to submit it through Canvas, or it can be an assignment of type On Paper if students will hand in a physical exam paper.

Midterm and Final Exam Assignment Groups

For the Attendance and Participation group, the instructor creates an assignment of type No Submission .

Assignment Type No Submission Indicated in Assignment Options

Remember that in Canvas, there is a one-to-one correspondence between assignments and columns in the Gradebook. Thus, if you wish to create a column for (e.g.) students’ attendance/participation grade, it is necessary to create a corresponding assignment. By making it of type No Submission , the instructor has ensured that students do not need to hand in any work, while still creating a Gradebook column where the grade is recorded.

Attendance Column in Gradebook

Note also that if students need to submit work that will not be graded, such as an outline for an upcoming paper, you can create an assignment of submission type Online Assignment and check the box Do not count this assignment toward the final grade in the assignment options area.

Do Not Count This Assignment Toward Final Grade Checkbox Checked

Using weighted assignment groups allows Canvas to do your math for you. A column will appear in the Gradebook for each assignment group. The Total column will be calculated by multiplying the value of each column by its percentage weight and adding the results. In the case of the student below, the grade is calculated as follows:

Short Quizzes: 12 out of 15 possible points = 80 * 0.2 = 16

Midterm Exam: 90 out of 100 possible points = 90*0.3 = 27

Final Exam: 80 out of 100 possible points = 80*0.4 = 32

Attendance and Participation: 100 out of 100 possible points = 100*0.1 = 10

Total: 16+27+32+10 = 85

Example Gradebook Row with Student Grades

If you wish, you can set an assignment group to drop one or more low scores (or high scores) automatically. To do this, go to the group within the Assignments tab and click on the column of three dots across from its name to open a dialog box. Then enter the number of low or high scores you wish to drop and click Save .

Dialog Box for Setting Assignment Groups Rules

You can also specify that an assignment should never be dropped by clicking the blue +Add an assignment link next to Never drop: and choosing its name from the drop-down that appears.

Never Drop Assignment Drop-Down Menu

For more information, please see:

  • How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?
  • How do I create rules for an assignment group?

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Create Assignments in Canvas

A variety of assignment types are available in Canvas and to link from external resources. View how-to guides of these resources to help build your assignment.

  • Canvas assignments
  • Weighted assignments
  • Peer review assignments
  • OLI assignments

Add a new Canvas assignment:

Assignments created in Canvas are automatically created using simple steps and include available and due dates, assignment types, student or group assignment selections and more. Follow the steps below to begin building an assignment.

Note: All assignments are tied to columns in the Canvas Gradebook. So, when you create a new assignment you also create a new column automatically in the Grading area. 

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  • “No Submission” and “On Paper” create a grade column but  do not  allow students to upload any materials to the assignment in Canvas.

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Create a weighted assignment:

Weighting assignments as a percentage of the final grade can be done easily through the assignments area of your course. To set up weighting, you will need to:

  • Set up assignment groups
  • Organize assignments into the assignment groups
  • Set assignment group weights
  • View assignment groups

Step 1: Set up and organize assignments into assignment groups

assignments area

  • Once you have groups set up, you can organize assignments into the groups by drag-and-drop

Step 2: Set assignment group weights

Assignment Groups Weight Selection

Step 3: Weight an individual assignment

setting an individual assignment

Step 4: View assignment groups in the Grades area

When assignment groups are set up in your course, you will notice columns corresponding to each assignment group appear in the gradebook. These columns will keep track of student performance in each assignment group.

NOTE: You can weight final grades based on assignment groups . See the Canvas website for more information on weighting final assignments here.

Set Up a Peer Review Assignment

Peer review assignments provide students with the opportunity to give feedback on each others’ work. With a Canvas peer review assignment, student names may be displayed to each other or you may opt to make the peer review process anonymous. You can also opt to provide students with a rubric they can use to grade and provide feedback on each others’ work.

  • You start the process of creating a peer review assignment by creating an assignment in your Canvas course. You can create an assignment either in the Modules area or Assignments area of your Canvas site.

Require Peer Reviews

  • You will be presented with the option to Manually Assign Peer Reviews or Automatically Assign Peer Reviews
  • Manually Assign Peer Reviews - requires you to manually assign students to review other students’ work
  • Automatically Assign Peer Reviews - Canvas will randomly assign students to review as many peers as you specify

“Assign Reviews” field

Currently, a peer review assignment does not carry separate points or due dates for the peer review portion of the assignment. The points for the assignment encompasses both the assignment submission and the peer review process. If you would like separate points for the assignment submission, you may choose to create a separate assignment that students submit their work to in addition to submitting it to the peer review assignment. Another benefit of creating a separate assignment is that you could then attach a separate rubric to this assignment in the instance when a different rubric is used for Instructor and TA grading than is used by students for peer review.

  If a rubric is attached to a peer review assignment, students  must  complete the rubric in order for their review to be considered complete.

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Canvas Gradebook Tips: Grade Breakdown, Assignment Weighting, and Dropping Lowest Grade

Since we’re still close to the start of the semester, now is the perfect time to make sure your gradebook is set up properly. It may feel like you have lots of time left before this is absolutely necessary, but that’s not the case. If you take the time now, both you and your students will see accurate grades across the semester. So let’s talk about three things to check to make sure your gradebook is set up how you want. 

1. Setting up the grade breakdown

Canvas makes it easy to take your syllabus’ grading system in percentages and apply it to your course. You’ll set this up from the “Assignments” page in your course. 

  • Make sure you have an assignment group set up for each category in your grading system. If you need to add assignment groups, check out Canvas’ “How do I add an assignment group in a course?” document.
  • Click the three dots menu at the top of the assignments page and select “assignment groups weight.” 
  • Enter the values for each group and click “save.” 

Canvas will even keep a running total of the values you enter so you can double-check that to ensure it all adds up to 100%. For more information about setting this up, check out Canvas’ “How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?” document.

2. Weighting assignments inside an assignment group

Sometimes, you may have a place where you need to weight items inside one of your assignment groups. 

For example, you may have multiple exams in your course. You could make each one a separate assignment group, but you also want to easily see an overall average for the exams. 

Let’s say this is your grade breakdown: 

  • Exam 1: 10%
  • Exam 2: 10%
  • Final Exam: 20%

You can easily use weighting inside an assignment group to accomplish all your goals. 

  • Create a main assignment group worth the total percentage for the items (here this would be an “Exams” group worth 40%)
  • Place all of the items (exams) in that group
  • Adjust the total points for each item to match the percentages (Exam 1 = 10 points, Exam 2 = 10 points, Final Exam = 20 points). 

And you’re all set! You can use this same method for other scenarios – simply set the points to be equal to the desired weights.

3. Dropping the lowest grade in an assignment group

If you say in your syllabus that you’re going to drop the lowest grade in an assignment group, Canvas can easily do that for you. 

  • Click the three dots menu for the assignment group where you need to drop a grade. 
  • Click “edit.”
  • Change the value for “Lowest Scores” to however many you need to drop.
  • Click “save.” 

You’ll see some other options on the “edit” screen for assignments. To learn more about those, check out Canvas’ “How do I create rules for an assignment group?” document.

If you implement these things in your course, you’ll be in good shape. You and your students will see accurate grades across the semester, and you’ll have a simpler time submitting final grades. 

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Setting up assignments for grading

Setting up the gradebook.

Weighted vs. Non-Weighted Grading

Setting up Weighted Grading

Setting up an assignment group.

To use the gradebook, you must first set up your assignments and the structure first.

Step 1: Choose Weighted vs. Non-weighted Grading Method

Step 2: Create Assignment

Step 3:Publish/Unpublish Assignment (You can leave the assignment column unpublished and it will show up in the gradebook)

Step 4: Choose your gradebook view

Weighted vs Non-Weighted Grading

Portions of this documentation are also accessible via a Quickstart How-To Video:

https://youtu.be/txndIwG0fk8  (Links to an external site)

Before you set up your assignments, you should consider how you want to calculate your grades. 

Canvas supports assignment grading by weight. This means that each assignment group can be weighted and you can have each assignment worth a different value and all assignments under the group worth be worth a specified weighted value.

For example, you can have an assignment group worth 25% of the total grade and have 4 assignments under the assignment group each worth 10, 15, 20, 40 points.   All of these assignments together would be weighted at 25% of the final grade.

how to set assignment weights in canvas

If you use weighted grading you will notice in the gradebook that the assignment groups created columns in the gradebook with the averages. These are just for information only and you cannot edit these boxes. 

If you are uploading your grades using a CSV, you will notice columns that are read only.

how to set assignment weights in canvas

See the next sections Setting up Weighted Grading and Setting up an Assignment Group to set up weighted grading.

The other method is to have points equal to the weight.  If you choose this method, you dont need to set up any assignment groups. If your assignment is out of 20 points, then it is equivalent to 20% of the final grade.

how to set assignment weights in canvas

Step 1:  Go to Assignments and click on the gear at the top right

how to set assignment weights in canvas

Step 2:   Click on the box to weight the assignments

how to set assignment weights in canvas

You will now see all your assignment groups and you can assign the weighting accordingly and then click Save when you are done. 

how to set assignment weights in canvas

On the Assignments page, click on  Add Group  button.

how to set assignment weights in canvas

Type the Assignment Group title in the Group Name field [1]. If you want to weight the final grade for students using assignment groups, the percentage will appear in  % of total grade  field [2].

how to set assignment weights in canvas

How do I edit an Assignment Group?

On the Assignments page, click on the settings icon in the assignment group header and click  Edit .

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Important: Do not move assignments between assignment groups

Don’t move assignments into different groups. Moving assignments around in the assignment area affects gradebook calculations and will result in errors to students’ grades. 

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Canvas gradebook: grading systems.

Regardless of whether it is for a face-to-face, online, or hybrid course, or whether you are using Canvas, spreadsheet or pencil and paper, selecting the grading system you will use is the first step in building your course grade book. Grading systems dictate how the graded items in your course will calculate students’ final grades.

Graded items may include (but are not limited to):

  • Participation scores
  • Assignments (e.g. homework, readings, papers, labs, projects, presentations, etc)
  • Discussions
  • Quizzes/Exams

The two most frequently used systems are:

  • Total Points: graded items are each worth a specific number of points that are combined to calculate the final grade
  • Weighted Grades: graded items are assigned to categories; each category is assigned a percentage of the overall final grade totaling 100%

Total Points

In a Total Points system, each graded item is assigned a point value, any value. It is not necessary to use round or even numbers. Any figure will work.

To calculate individual student final grades, add up the total points earned on each graded item and divide that sum by the sum of the total maximum points assigned to each graded item. Multiply by 100 to get the percentage.

Student total points earned on graded items: 879 Maximum total points assigned to all graded items: 1019

879 points ÷ 1019 points = 0.8626 0.8626 x 100 = 86.26% Final Grade

There are several benefits to using a Total Points system for both student and instructor, including:

  • Easy for students when they are looking at their overall course grade
  • Easy for instructors to build their Gradebook

The most noteworthy drawback of a Total Points system is that it may impede flexibility if you are an instructor who likes to add graded items as you progress through a course. For example, let’s say that your class this term needs additional homework exercises in order to get more practice with the content. So, you add 5 more homework assignments. Depending on the value of points assigned, adding the extra homework assignments may significantly increase the influence of homework scores, and decrease the influence of exam scores, on the final grade. In other words, the proportions of graded assignments in calculating the final grade may no longer reflect the most important aspects of the course. You may also direct them to the What If? grade function in Canvas, which allows students to calculate their overall grade by entering hypothetical (aka What if...?) grades for assignments.

Additional Notes

  • The sum of the maximum point values for all assignments combined does not need to equal 100 (in fact, it probably shouldn't to make it easier on you!), nor does it even have to be a nice, round number. Any maximum total point value for your class will work.
  • Although it is not necessary to assign your graded items to 'categories' in a Total Points system, you may find it helpful to have the assignments categorized. Canvas shows grades based on individual assignments as well as categories. Looking at graded items and grades categorically may make it easier to identify areas of concern more quickly, as well as a quick way to examine distribution of points.
  • One thing you need to ensure is that the maximum points assigned to each graded item reflects how much you want each item to be ‘worth’ in the big picture (aka. Final Grade). For example, if you were to assign a maximum points value of 50 points to each of your 20 homework assignments (for a total of 1000 points for homework), and a maximum points value of 100 points each to your mid-term and final exams (for a total of 200 points for exam grades), final grade scores in your course would be heavily skewed toward performances on homework as opposed to exams. In other words, the weight of a graded item in the calculation of the final grade is directly tied to the number of points assigned to that item in comparison to values assigned to the other items. It is important to be aware of how you’ve balanced the assignments across the gradebook.

Weighted Grades

In a weighted grading system, individual assignments are grouped into Assignment Categories. Each Category is worth a percentage of the Final Grade, combining to equal 100% of the final grade. e.g. Discussions 25%, Labs 15%, Papers 35%, and Exams 25% = 100% Final Grade Individual graded assignments in any category may be assigned any value of points, but their contribution towards the category they belong to, and the final grade, is the percentage value (weight) assigned to them.

You can weight final grades based on assignment groups. Selecting this option assigns a weight to each assignment group, not the assignments themselves. Within each assignment group, a percentage is calculated by dividing the total points a student has earned by the total points possible for all assignments in that group.

For example, if an assignment group included three assignments totaling 25 points, and a student's scores totaled 15 points, the student would earn 60% for the assignment group (15/25). This percentage is then multiplied by the selected group weight. Each assignment group calculation is added together to create the final grade.

There are several benefits to using a Weighted Grades system for both student and instructor, including:

  • Helpful to students as they monitor performance through scores calculated within each assignment category.
  • Greater flexibility to add or remove graded items as needed without affecting the overall point structure for the course.

Some may argue that one of the disadvantages of using Weighted Grades is that students may have trouble identifying which graded items are more ‘important’ if they are accustomed to a Total Points system in which more points equals more important. With a little bit of coaching, students may begin to understand how the system works. You may also direct them to the What If? grade function in Canvas , which allows students to calculate their overall grade by entering hypothetical (aka ‘What if...?) grades for assignments. Weighted Grades is also perceived as ‘complicated’ for the instructor. With some planning and thoughtful construction, grading in a Weighted Grading system is no different than in a Total Points system.

  • Instructors may predetermine how much of the student’s final grade will come from each category - although this may also be structured using a Total Points system, Weighted Grades affords greater flexibility to add or remove graded items as needed without affecting the overall point structure for the course.
  • Since it’s the category’s weight (combined %) and not that of an individual graded item’s value that informs the final grade, it is important to note that final grades are inaccurate until all the items in the category are graded. Therefore, it is difficult to share final grades with students before the end of a course.
  • It is also possible to have a category weighted at 0% of the overall grade, which maybe useful for “no-stakes” engagements such as Module 0 or practice assignments.
  • Extra Credit in a weighted system (managed in Canvas) is a bit persnickity. It is not as easy as simply adding an extra credit assignment worth 0 points as you can in a Total Points system. Rather, extra credit assignments may be housed within an existing assignment group that has at least one assignment worth more than zero points. Then, when the student completes the extra credit assignment, you may manually enter the points to the Gradebook.

List of all Canvas Guides related to the ‘Grades’ in Canvas

Video: Canvas Assignments Overview

Video: Canvas Gradebook Overview

Canvas Guide: What are Grades and the Gradebook?

Canvas Guide: How do I use the Gradebook?

Canvas Guide: How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?

Canvas Guide: How do I add an Assignment group in a course?

Canvas Guide: How do I curve grades in the Gradebook?

Canvas Guide: How do I give extra credit in a course?

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How Do I Use Assignment Groups in Canvas?

In Canvas, assignment groups allow you to organize your assignments into discrete groups. For example, you may want to group all the essay assignments in your course within one assignment group titled ‘Essays’.

Assignment groups allow you to leverage a weighted grade scheme in your Canvas course. A weighted grade scheme allows you to distribute percentages of a student’s final grade across these assignment groups. Following our previous example, you may want the Essays group to account for 30% of the final grade. 

By default, Grade weighting is turned off for all Canvas courses. To turn on Grade weighting, please follow Canvas’ tutorial for weighting final grades based on Assignment Groups.

How do grade weights get distributed across an Assignment Group?

In Canvas, the weight of an assignment group is distributed proportionally across the assignments inside it. Because of this, assignments worth different points will be weighted differently if they are in the same assignment group.

Here’s an example of an assignment group in Canvas. This group is worth 30% of the total grade and contains three assignments with different point values. The table further below outlines how the assignment group weight of 30% is distributed across the three Assignments.

how to set assignment weights in canvas

Here, since Essay Two is out of 200 points, it will count two times more than Essays One and Three.

***assignment group weight distribution for assignments with differing point totals.

If you want all assignments within a given assignment group to be worth the same weight, you have two options:

1. Make all assignments inside an assignment group worth the same number of points, as shown below.

how to set assignment weights in canvas

***In this scenario, we have changed Essay Two’s point value from 200 to 100 points. Since all point values in this assignment Group are the same, each Assignment will be worth the same, 10% in this case.

2. Create new assignment groups for any outlier assignments if you cannot or do not want to change their point value.

how to set assignment weights in canvas

***In this scenario, we have not changed Essay Two’s point values, so we will need to put it in its own assignment group worth 10% and change the first assignment group to be worth 20% so that all Essays are now worth 10% of the total grade.

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  1. How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?

    Each assignment group calculation is added together to create the final grade. For example, an instructor may create three assignment groups (A, B, and C) weighted at 20%, 50%, and 30%, respectively. The total score equation for a course with three assignment groups would be (percentage A x weight A) + (percentage B x weight B) + (percentage C ...

  2. How-To: Set Up Weighted Grades in Canvas Gradebook

    To Assign Weights to Assignment Groups in Canvas: On the "Assignments" page, click the 3 dots in the upper right-hand corner of the page, and click "Assignment Groups Weight". Check the box next to "Weight final grades based on assignment groups". Specify the percentage for each Assignment Group, then click "Save.".

  3. How do I create Assignment weights?

    Select Assignments in your course navigation menu. Selecting the + Group button in the upper right. In the window that appears, type in the group name (e.g., Assignments) and select the Save button. If you have already enabled assignment group weights in your course, then you will need to enter in the weight (%) that you wish to assign this ...

  4. Weighting Grades, Giving Extra Credit, and Other Tips on Managing

    If you weight your grades with assignment groups, you will need to create an extra credit assignment group with a weight greater than 0% and an assignment with greater than 0 points in order for Canvas Gradebook to calculate the total score correctly. All the assignment groups in your course plus the extra credit assignment group should weigh ...

  5. Create Weighted Assignment Groups in Canvas for Grading

    When you have different assignment types (e.g., assignments, discussions, quizzes, etc.), and a weighted grading system, you may use Canvas' Assignment Groups to calculate weighted grades and organize the assignments. Based on the information you've articulated in your syllabus, you can quickly set up Assignment Groups. Create Assignment Groups

  6. Use Weighted Assignment Groups in Your Canvas Course

    She then clicks the column of three dots at the upper right and chooses Assignment Groups Weight. She then checks the box next to Weight final grade based on assignment groups. This allows her to set the percentage weight for each assignment group. Note that Canvas shows the instructor that the assignment groups add up to 100%.

  7. How to add weights to assignments

    emily_allen. Community Team. In response to fkisner. 03-13-2020 03:16 PM. Hi @fkisner ‌, you can set the assignment group weights by clicking the Options icon next to the Add Assignment button. After you enable the group weights option, you should see fields to enter a percentage for each group. I hope this helps!

  8. How to Create Weighted Grading Categories in Canvas Instructure

    A short instructional video on How to Create Weighted Grading Categories in Canvas Instructure

  9. Creating Weighted Assignments Groups

    In the pop-up box that appears, check off the " Weight final grade based on assignment groups " box. Underneath the check box, a line for each assignment group will appear. Enter the percentage weight in the text entry box for each assignment group. Click the "Save" button. The percentage weights will now appear next to each assignment group name.

  10. PDF Weighted Grading in Canvas

    Create a Weighted Grading Formulain the Canvas grading system. Setup for weighting grades is accomplished in the Assignments area rather than in the gradebook. Create Assignment Groups. 1. Go to Assignments. 2. Click Settings (gear icon at top right). 3. Select Assignment Group Weights.

  11. Setting up a weighted gradebook in Canvas

    Similar to iLearn, you can set up a weighted gradebook in Canvas. This process is done differently in Canvas since you must start the process within the Assignments section rather than within the gradebook itself. You first must create Assignment Groups, then you can assign a weight to each of those groups. 1. Navigate to your Canvas course. 2.

  12. Creating Assignments in Canvas

    Go to the Assignments area of your course. Add assignment groups (weighting categories) by clicking the + Group button at the top of the page. Enter a name for the group and click Save. Step 2: Set assignment group weights. Click the gear icon at the top of the Assignments page and select "Assignment Groups Weight".

  13. Canvas Gradebook Tips: Grade Breakdown, Assignment Weighting ...

    And you're all set! You can use this same method for other scenarios - simply set the points to be equal to the desired weights. 3. Dropping the lowest grade in an assignment group. If you say in your syllabus that you're going to drop the lowest grade in an assignment group, Canvas can easily do that for you.

  14. Assigning weight to each assignment

    For example: Outlining assignment (10%) First draft (15%) FInal draft (20%) You would want to go to your "Assignments" index page in your course and then create assignment groups. You then put those assignments into their respective assignment groups and weight the assignment groups accordingly.

  15. Setting up assignments for grading

    Canvas supports assignment grading by weight. This means that each assignment group can be weighted and you can have each assignment worth a different value and all assignments under the group worth be worth a specified weighted value. For example, you can have an assignment group worth 25% of the total grade and have 4 assignments under the ...

  16. Assigning Grade Weights in Canvas

    Learn how to assign grade weights for different assignment categories in your Canvas grade book so they match those listed in your Skyward grade book.

  17. Canvas

    Video demonstrating how to set up Assignment Group Weights in Canvas so that when sync to PTP occurs grades and grade calculations match.

  18. Canvas Gradebook: Total Points & Weighted Grades

    In a weighted grading system, individual assignments are grouped into Assignment Categories. Each Category is worth a percentage of the Final Grade, combining to equal 100% of the final grade. e.g. Discussions 25%, Labs 15%, Papers 35%, and Exams 25% = 100% Final Grade Individual graded assignments in any category may be assigned any value of points, but their contribution towards the category ...

  19. Create Weighted Assignment Groups in Canvas for Grading

    Create an Assignment Group 1. Click + Group 2. Enter the name of the assignment group in the Group Name box. 3. Enter the percentage of the total grade in the % of total grade box. You can leave the box empty and/or change the number later. 4. Click Save. Create Weighted Assignment Groups for Grading 1.

  20. How-To: Set Up Weighted Grades in Canvas Gradebook

    By: Gracia Ostendorf Setting Up Weighted Levels in Canvas. Canvas application what are called "Assignment Groups" to organize assessments, and view gradations, in different groups. You can produce groups for different types of activities (i.e. all Discussions, all My, etc.), different units or fitting of your course (i.e. a Unit 1 group with a Unit 1 Discussion, Unit 1 Quiz, etc.), press ...

  21. Assignment Groups

    In Canvas, the weight of an assignment group is distributed proportionally across the assignments inside it. Because of this, assignments worth different points will be weighted differently if they are in the same assignment group. Here's an example of an assignment group in Canvas. This group is worth 30% of the total grade and contains ...

  22. Canvas Grade Weighting by Category

    Check the menu entry that says "Assignment Groups Weight". Next check the box for "Weight final grade based on assignment groups". You should now see a list of all your groups, with boxes to set the various weight percentages. Fill in those boxes, then click the Save button. Now that you've set the weights, you should be able to look ...

  23. Is it possible to weigh individual assignments?

    Hi @TylerLawrence12. To assign a weight to an individual assignment you will need to create an assignment group for that activity and set the weight you desire for it. In your instance, you'd have one group for the 5% assignment and a second group for the 20% assignment. View solution in original post. This reply answered my question.

  24. How to weight individual assignment grades

    Note that each assignment must have a points possible and the overall score or grade for a class is usually a direct calculation: points awarded divided by points possible. If the course has a grading scheme enabled, that calculation is converted to a symbol based on the values in the grading scheme. This reply answered my question.