Tips for Creating and Using Your Gradebook in Canvas and D2L

Have you set up your gradebook in Canvas or D2L yet? The following resources and tips are a great place to start.

Canvas gradebook 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
• Hide the total grade
• Interested in trying the New Gradebook?
  • What features does the New Gradebook add?
  • How do I turn on the New Gradebook?
  • The New Gradebook tutorials
• Useful Canvas Features
  • View Gradebook history
  • What-if grades
  • Message students from the Gradebook

Canvas Gradebook Trainings

• Attend a Grading in Canvas training for a comprehensive overview of Canvas gradebook features and functionalities

Desire2Learn gradebook Tutorials

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

Quick Tips for gradebook Success:

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

If you have questions about the Canvas or D2L gradebooks, please contact the IT Service Center at help@colorado.edu or 303-735-4357 and request Learning Technology Consultant assistance. Visit the OIT website to learn more about Learning Technology Consulting Services.

By the way, now is a great time to create your courses for the next term, allowing yourself maximum course development time. Because D2L will be retired at the end of spring 2019, you might consider starting to use Canvas now. These instructions will walk you through how to create a course in Canvas  and here is how to create a course in D2L.