Intro to Grading & Feedback
Introduction
Grading and providing feedback on student work are essential parts of most university courses; they are also often the most time consuming parts of a course for faculty. This page will introduce you to two powerful tools for grading and feedback in the Canvas Gradebook and SpeedGrader.
On This Page:
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- Create a Penn State compatible grading scheme
- Explore grading and feedback tools (SpeedGrader and the Gradebook)
- Help your students access grades and feedback
- Award extra credit
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Create a Penn State compatible grading scheme
Follow the steps in this tutorial to create a Penn State compatible grading scheme in your Canvas course:
Review Faculty Senate policy 47-60 to ensure that you have the correct letter grades that must be in a course:
Explore grading and feedback tools (SpeedGrader and the Gradebook)
SpeedGrader is a tool that allows you to grade uploaded submissions online. SpeedGrader is one of the most popular Canvas features.
- What is SpeedGrader? Links to an external site. (External resource)
Read how to use the Gradebook and an overview of its features below:
- How do I use the Gradebook? Links to an external site. (External resource)
- Canvas: Gradebook Overview Links to an external site. (PSU resource)
Help your students access grades and feedback
Read this tutorial to learn how to view your students' grades in the Gradebook:
- How do I view a student's Grades page in a course from the Gradebook? Links to an external site. (External resource)
Read this tutorial to help your students understand the visual representation of their total grade and completed grade:
- How do I approximate my assignment scores using the What-If Grades feature? Links to an external site. (External resource)
Provide this tutorial to students to help them learn how to access and monitor their grades throughout your course:
- How do I view my grades in a current course (for students)? Links to an external site. (External resource)
Provide this tutorial to students to help them learn how to see their feedback from you when you use SpeedGrader annotations:
- How do I view feedback comments from my instructor directly in my assignment (for students)? Links to an external site. (External resource)
Award extra credit
Read this tutorial to learn about some of the ways you can use extra credit points in your course:
- How do I give extra credit in a course? Links to an external site. (External resource)