Grade Schemes in Canvas
Resolved
Issue: Instructors receive errors after importing grades from Canvas in Howdy. The primary cause of errors received is due to the grading scheme not being set correctly.
Solution: For grades to be passed to Howdy from your Canvas course they must have the correct Grading Scheme Applied. The acceptable grading schemes will either be a Course Letter Grade (A,B,C,D,F) or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U). The Course Letter Grade scheme cannot include the plus (+) or minus (-) to import properly and will have the letter options with a range of 100-0. The Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory scheme will have satisfactory from 100-50 and unsatisfactory from 50-0
Below are the steps to ensure your grading scheme is compatible with importing grades to Howdy:
For more information, please visit How do I enable a grading scheme for a course? and How do I add a grading scheme in a course?
Issue: Instructors receive errors after importing grades from Canvas in Howdy. The primary cause of errors received is due to the grading scheme not being set correctly.
Solution: For grades to be passed to Howdy from your Canvas course they must have the correct Grading Scheme Applied. The acceptable grading schemes will either be a Course Letter Grade (A,B,C,D,F) or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U). The Course Letter Grade scheme cannot include the plus (+) or minus (-) to import properly and will have the letter options with a range of 100-0. The Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory scheme will have satisfactory from 100-50 and unsatisfactory from 50-0
Below are the steps to ensure your grading scheme is compatible with importing grades to Howdy:
- From the course navigation, click on Settings.
- From the Course Details tab, select the Enable course grading scheme checkbox.
- Click View grading scheme to view the current schemes available.
- In the pop-up window, click Select Another Scheme to select another or click the Pencil icon to make changes to the default scheme.
- Course Letter Grade will have the letter options with a range of 100-0 without the plus or minus.
- Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory will have satisfactory 100-50 and unsatisfactory 50-0.
- Note: You can create your own grading scheme to match the percentage range you would like each letter grade set to by selecting manage grading schemes and Add grading scheme.
- When you have selected the correct scheme, select Done.
- When complete with making changes, click Update Course Details.
For more information, please visit How do I enable a grading scheme for a course? and How do I add a grading scheme in a course?