{"id":3735,"date":"2025-10-14T16:36:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/?p=3735"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:22:28","slug":"gradebook-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/gradebook-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Gradebook Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before Submitting Midterm and Final Grades<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ensure that all assignment groups are weighted correctly, and assignments are in their correct assignment groups. 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href=\"https:\/\/community.instructure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/660856-how-do-i-set-a-default-grade-for-an-assignment-in-the-gradebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How do I set a default grade for an assignment in the Gradebook?<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you have hidden grades, students cannot see their total grade for the class.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have not entered a student&#8217;s grade for an assignment, Canvas does not take that assignment into account when calculating the total grade, which may inflate a student&#8217;s grade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can excuse an assignment for a student by typing <strong>EX<\/strong> in a cell within the Gradebook.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/community.instructure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/660848-how-do-i-change-the-status-of-a-submission-in-the-gradebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How do I change the status of a submission in the Gradebook?<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Submitting Midterm and Final Grades Additional Notes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4255,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,149],"tags":[45,382,396,11,267,46,49,395,383,180,44,43],"class_list":["post-3735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canvas","category-gradebook","tag-assignment","tag-best","tag-final","tag-grades","tag-grading","tag-groups","tag-hidden","tag-midterm","tag-practices","tag-total","tag-weight","tag-weighting"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Chris 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