Tips for Creating and Using Your Grade Book in Canvas and D2L

Have you set up your Grade Book in Canvas or D2L yet? Because your Grade Book can include a high degree of customization and multiple inputs, we suggest setting it up early in the semester rather than waiting until the end. The following resources and tips are a great place to start.

Canvas Grade Book Tutorials

• General Guidance on Using the Grades Tool
  • How do I use the gradebook?
  • How do I create a grading scheme?
    • How do I add a grading scheme to an assignment?    
  • Manage Grades from Assignments
    • What are Assignments?
    • What types of Assignments can I create?
    • How do I create an Assignment?
    • How do I weight the final grade based on Assignment groups?
  • Create Graded Assignment Groups
    • How do I create an Assignment group?
    • How do I create rules for an Assignment group?
  • Hide grades using the mute feature
  • How to hide total grades from students
    • Canvas has total grades available to students by default. This tutorial shows instructors how to hide total grades.
• Useful Canvas Features
  • View Gradebook history
  • What-if grades
  • Message students who

Desire2Learn Grade Book Tutorials

• Grade Book Guide
• Import Grades into D2L
• Create a Grade Category
• Set Up a Grade Book
• Enter Grades
• And many more

Quick Tips for Grade Book Success

• Set up your grade book early
• Keep grade book column names short
• Periodically back up your grade book and then encrypt the downloaded file: file encryption on a Mac, file encryption for Windows

If you have questions about the Canvas or D2L grade books, please contact the IT Service Center at help@colorado.edu or 303-735-4357.

Now is a great time to create your course in Canvas or D2L, allowing yourself maximum course development time. These instructions will walk you through course creation in Canvas. Here is how to create a course in D2L.