Questions 11/17/12

Q:  I have a group assignment and I want to give each student their own grade.  How do I do that?

A:  Click on more options on the Edit Assignment page.  Put a check in the box next to "This is a group assignment."  A sub menu opens.  Put a check in the box next to "Assign grades to each student individually."

Q:  How do I set up extra credit in my gradebook?

A:  Add an assignment group and call it extra credit.  Decide how many points you want it to be worth.  Then determine what percentage that is of your total points.  For example, let’s say you want to give 10 extra credit points and you have 200 points in your class.  That works out to be 5%.  So make your extra credit assignment group worth 5% of the grade.  Add assignments to that group as needed.  The make the rest of your assignments total 100%.  Here are examples with weighted grades and not weighted grades. 

Weighted:

·         Group 1 50%

·         Group 2 25%

·         Group 3 25%

·         Extra Credit 5%

·         Total 105%

Not weighted:

·         Group 1 100%

·         Extra Credit 5%

·         Total 105%

 

 

Question 11/8/12

Q:  Is there an attendance function in Canvas like there is in Angel?

A:  There is no attendance function in Canvas.  But you can track activity by going to People, choosing the person you want to track, then clicking on the Student Analytics button on the right.  It will show you when that person viewed pages in your course so you can track logins that way.