Grading & SpeedGrader in Canvas
The Gradebook stores all information about student progress in the course, measuring both letter grades and course outcomes. As you create graded assignments, they are automatically added to the gradebook.
Our YouTube playlist has many videos on grading.
Be sure to view our Banner grade exchange playlist to see how to send Canvas grades to Banner.
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Using SpeedGrader
SpeedGrader is the Canvas tool for viewing student assessment submissions and providing feedback. Using SpeedGrader should help cut down on the time you spend grading and make grading easier! A is also available.
You can use SpeedGrader to do the following:
- Read written submissions in the and use the annotation tools to provide feedback within the document.
- Give 鈥攚ritten, multimedia, or as a file attachment鈥攐n the student鈥檚 work as a whole.
- Give a score.
- Use a to assign points for meeting criteria and add comments. If the rubric is used for grading, the rubric score will transfer to the student鈥檚 grade for the assignment.
- View individual student responses to quizzes as well as logs of each student鈥檚 quiz attempts.
Accessing SpeedGrader
You can access SpeedGrader either directly from the assignment or through the Gradebook.
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