[ARCHIVED] Is it possible to have multiple assignments contribute to a single grade entry in a course gradebook?

[lukeh]

Hi,

As far as I can tell each new assignment creates a new column in the course gradebook. Is there a way to have multiple assignments contribute to one column entry in a course gradebook? So for example, there would be multiple assignments that come over the year, and as students complete them, this score increases.

Right now we have a very large number of assignments in our gradebook and we would like to add a lot more, that are not essential assignments, but contribute to a nominal "extra participation" score for the school year. Adding an assingments for each would make the gradebook too clutttered.

Is this possible? Or is there another solution that could achieve similar results?

Thank you!

[ericwerth · Accepted solution]

Hi  @lukeh   My feeling is that this is going to become a discussion around how to achieve something like what you are asking for as opposed to a question with one right/wrong answer.  As far as I know, there is now way to create multiple assignments that populate a single column of the gradebook.  The new grade book does have a lot of options for filtering the grade columns, which may help in your situation (see How do I filter columns by type in the New Gradebook?).  

There are probable a number of ways the creative folks here have found to accomplish what you would like to do.  One option I can see is a single assignment that can be continually updated.  Here you would create a single assignment and have a rubric attached where each week constitutes a separate row of the rubric.  Since students can submit assignments multiple times, they could re-submit the assignment each week and the instructor could update the grade in the rubric to reflect a new week's submission.

I hope this helps, and if we do start hearing other hacks for this situation I'll switch this from a question to a discussion!

All the best---

[thomas_gs]

I need to know how to average grades in same assignment group in the Canvas grades/gradebook.

[ericwerth]

Hi  @thomas_gs   If you create assignment groups in the Assignments tab, the grade book should show the average of all of the assignments in that group at the end of the gradebook.  The following excerpt is from the guide page, https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-16554-4152813659 

Does this show the information you need?

View Assignment Groups and Total Column

  

The assignment groups shown in the Gradebook match the assignment groups created in the Assignments page [1].

If your assignment groups are weighted, the weighted grade displays below the group title [2]. Assignment group weights are reflected in the total grade. The assignment grade earned by the students is multiplied by the assignment group weight.

Grade totals from assignment groups are calculated in the Total column of the Gradebook [3]. You can hover over the column header to view the Total column menu [4], which allows you to sort by grade and move the total column to the front of the Gradebook. Additionally, if your assignment groups are not weighted, you can view the totals as a point value instead of a percentage.