Hide and post grades

Owned by Grace Ocos
Last updated: 09 May 2024 by KP
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By default, the Gradebook is set to the Manual grade posting policy.

This means that grades (marks and comments) are not shown to students until you decide to post the grades.

  1. If you want to change the grade posting policy for the course, click the Gear icon at the top right of your gradebook and then select the Grade Posting Policy tab. Select Manual or Auto, then select Update.

    1. This setting is not retroactive i.e. if you change the grade posting policy from Automatic to Manual, any posted grades remain posted. If you want to hide these grades, follow the instructions below.

  2. If you want to post grades and comments independently, this cannot be done natively in Canvas and requires a workaround.

Do note that you can specify grade posting policy per assignment as well (which will override the course grade posting policy).

How do I hide grades from my students if the assignment column already has grades?

  1. Navigate to Grades, select the 3-dot icon at the top of the assignment column.

  2. If you see a greyed-out All grades posted, as shown below, click Hide Grades. This will hide any grades already in the column. Students will only be able to see the grades for this column when you choose to post the grades again in the future.

  3. If you see a greyed-out All grades hidden, and the option to Post grades, no action is required as students cannot see the grades.

How do I hide grades from my students if the assignment column is empty?

  1. Go to Grades in your course.

  2. Select the 3-dot icon at the top of the assignment column.

  3. Select Grade Posting Policy.

  4. If the setting is Manual, no action is required. The manual setting hides grades from the students until you post grades.

  5. If the setting is Automatic, change the setting to Manual. Changing the grade posting policy to from automatic to manual:

    1. Hides any existing grades in the column, and

    2. Allow you to control when you want to post grades in the future.

  6. Select Save.

  7. The grades will be hidden from the students until you choose to Post Grades.

How do I show the grades to my students?

  1. Go to your Canvas Gradebook.

  2. Select the 3-dot icon at the top of the assignment column.

  3. Select Post Grades.

  4. A red dot will appear next to those grades that are currently hidden.

  5. Change the option to Graded.

  6. If you need to post grades for specific sections, select the appropriate boxes.

  7. Select Post.