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Creating and Using Canvas Pages

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The Pages feature in Canvas allows users to present content and educational resources in one place. Pages allow users to frame content within greater course goals and break content into relevant smaller sections.

Anonymous Grading Feature

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Canvas supports anonymous grading of assignments, quizzes, and papers.

Grading an Assignment with SpeedGrader

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SpeedGrader is the Canvas grading tool. SpeedGrader is associated with every assignment and provides you with a strong diverse tool set to provide rich feedback to students.

Grading a Quiz with SpeedGrader

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Using SpeedGrader to evaluate and grade quizzes that have essay and short answer questions.

Comparing Instructor & Student Gradebook Views

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This page provides views of the Gradebook for Instructors, and also shows what students see in their view of Grades.  Note that the student view is different, and it is helpful to remind them where to find the feedback you provide in SpeedGrader as well as the annotations made on their…

Grading a Discussion with SpeedGrader

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When you make your discussion graded you will be able to view each student's response and their replies to their classmates in the SpeedGrader interface. You will also be able to grade their post and comments within SpeedGrader.

Gradebook Filtering and Navigation

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The Canvas gradebook provides filtering tools to help you navigate your assignments, your students, and their progress through your class.

Weighted Grades & Assignment Groups

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All graded work including graded Discussions, graded Quizzes and Assignments will be on the Assignment Page (Index). If your grading scheme is based on points (not percentage) and unweighted, all of these items can be in one group. If you would like to organize your assignments by type, apply a…

Quizzes FAQs

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The following are some of the questions we frequently get asked about the Quiz feature in Canvas. For a full list of FAQs from Canvas, check out these Canvas Guides from Instructure: Quizzes How can I add an extra credit question to a quiz or exam? You can create a question(s) and set the…

Rubric FAQs

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The following are some of the questions we frequently get asked about rubrics. For a full list of FAQs from Canvas, check out these Canvas Guides from Instructure: Rubrics Could a rubric be used side by side with SpeedGrader?   Yes, you can use a rubric with SpeedGrader. When you set up…