Grades not appearing in Gradebook

Introduction

In Canvas, grades may sometimes not appear in the Gradebook even after you’ve entered them. This typically occurs in a few common scenarios: 

1. Quizzes with manually graded questions

2. Discussions or assignments that are resubmitted after grading. 

3. Forgot to check the "Use the rubric for assignment grading" box on the rubric

Below are the steps for resolving all the issues.

Contents

• Quizzes with Manually Graded Questions

• Discussions or Assignments that are Resubmitted after Grading. 

• Forgot to Check the "Use the Rubric for Assignment Grading" Box on the Rubric

Quizzes with Manually Graded Questions

Quiz grades may not appear in the Gradebook if one or more questions require manual review. This often happens with essay or short-answer questions where points must be assigned by the instructor.

Canvas automatically grades question types such as multiple choice or true/false. However, if a quiz includes questions that need manual grading, Canvas flags them and withholds the grade until you assign points.

1. Locate the cell in your gradebook. 
2. Click the cell (1), then click the arrow box to open up the grades system tray on the right side of the screen (2). 
   
3. Click Speedgrader to go directly to the student's quiz.
   
4. Look for a message such as “The following question needs review” above any flagged questions.
   
5. Review the student’s answer and manually enter the score.
6. Click Update and then Submit to save the grade.
   
7. Return to the Gradebook to confirm that the grade now appears.

Note: This process only applies to quizzes with manually graded questions. If all questions are auto-graded, the grade should appear in the Gradebook immediately.

Discussions or Assignments that are Resubmitted after Grading

Sometimes you may notice that a student’s grade is replaced by a placeholder icon in the Gradebook. This usually happens when students make additional replies to discussions after grading or resubmit work in response to your comments.

When a student replies again in a discussion or interacts with your feedback, Canvas may treat the submission as a resubmission. This temporarily removes the grade and replaces it with a placeholder icon.

1. Open the submission in SpeedGrader.
   

2. Locate the student’s work. You may see a placeholder icon instead of the score.
    

   

3. Select the option “Use this same grade for the resubmission.”
4. Click Submit to apply the grade again.

When you return to the Gradebook, the placeholder icon will be replaced with the grade you assigned (such as a zero for late work or the score you previously entered).

Note: This issue often happens in discussions where students reply more than once or respond to instructor comments. Using the resubmission grading option ensures the grade displays correctly.

Forgot to Check the "Use the Rubric for Assignment Grading" Box on the Rubric

If you're using a rubric and you want to be able to click the criteria on the rubric out the rubric and have the grade transfer to the gradebook, you need to make sure that when you attach the rubric to the assignment, you check the "Use this Rubric for Assignment Grading" box. 

You also need to check this box when you make a change to a rubric (and then connect it to an assignment). If you don't check this box, then you can use the rubric, but the grades won't post in SpeedGrader and they won't transfer into the gradebook. 

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