[Student Grades] Re-format What-If Scores feature to reduce confusion
The "What-If Scores" function is confusing for both the student and others who may need to look at a student's grades: parents, athletic coaches, etc. It appears, to the student, that they can enter their own grade. If a student doesn't read clearly, they may think that they have found a "Canvas hack," and change all their grades to perfect scores, and then be surprised when their *actual* grade in the course is not high. There have also been reports of students changing their scores to What-If grades and showing that screen to a parent or coach (in order to confirm athletic eligibility). There is nowhere on that screen that distinguishes between the "What-If" score and the actual score (the only way to know that a score in the Score column is a "What-If" is to hover over it with your mouse to reveal a tooltip).
I propose that "What If" score should be a separate column (or tab) clearly labelled "What If Scores", and the real scores should always remain visible. I personally would prefer to have the ability to disable this feature at the course and/or account level (to support institutions and individuals moving towards ungrading), but I understand that has been discussed thoroughly and will not be pursued as per this archived Idea Conversation: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Disable-quot-What-If-quot-Feature/idi-p/314617... However, perhaps its visibility could be toggled on/off by the students themselves? Perhaps it could be toggled off by default, but when toggled on (for the grade-grubbers), it should be very clearly that it is a What-If Score and not the real thing.
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