averaging grades

[Lrbllngs]

Is there a way we can get the gradebook to average grades on certain columns and not include others until the end of the semester?

For instance we give 3 exams (2 are weighted the same and the other is different) and the students must have an average of 75%  before any other grades can be added.

Any suggestions?

Linda Billings

[greydon · Accepted solution]

Hello @Lrbllngs 

Thank you for contacting the Instructure Community. We're sorry to hear you've been experiencing issues with averaging grades. As of now, there isn't really a built in feature for this but you do have a couple options - both require some manual moving around at the end of the semester. You could move assignments you don't want counting towards the final to their own assignment group worth 0% then at the end, move them into their respective groups. Additionally, you could leave the assignments in the groups they need to be in, and under edit enable the "do not count this assignment towards the final" However, you'll want to keep record of  which assignments you switched and then switch them back at the end.

If you need to average out the scores for 3 assignments until a student reaches a particular percentage - then make one not count, etc. that unfortunately needs to be also done manually. Canvas has a way to drop the lowest score in an assignment group, but it doesn't really help with tallying up an average first. Hopefully this information helps.