Adding Offline Assignments to your Gradebook

Sometimes, in-class assessments make more sense than accepting work online (e.g. you can monitor student access to textbooks, smartphones, or notes). But remember that students might...

• lose papers, leaving them without a copy of the grade and feedback
• be absent and miss their grade/feedback entirely
• fail to see how this single grade ties in to the overall course grade

The solution? Use Canvas to report grades even if you aren't accepting anything online. If you create an assignment shell creates in Canvas, it creates a column in your gradebook. Entering grades will notify students of grades & feedback, and helps them monitor their course average.

Creating a Gradebook Column for Offline Assignments

To create a gradebook column for in-class assessments...

1. Click on Assignments in course navigation
2. Click the + button in the appropriate assignment group
3. Choose the Assignment option
4. Name your Assignment
5. Set a due date (optional)
6. Enter the number of points the assignment is worth
7. Click Save & Publish to add a column to enter grades in your gradebook
8. Click on Grades in course navigation to access your gradebook
9. Click on one of the cells in the new gradebook column and type in grades

To learn more, visit How do I create an assignment shell in an assignment group? Links to an external site. or watch this short video:

To learn more about creating assignments, visit Creating Individual Assignments.