Overview
Creating Assignment Groups allows you to organize the assignments in your course and create Weighed Grading if desired.
Instructions
Open Assignments
In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link.
Add Assignment Group
Click the Add Group button.
Create Assignment Group
Type the Assignment Group Name in the Group Name field [1]. If you want to weight the final grade for students using assignment groups, the percentage will appear in % of total grade field [2].
Note: You must create assignment groups before you can assign percentages to each group.
Save Assignment Group
Click the Save button.
View Assignment Group
View your Assignment Group.
Manage Assignment Group
To manage an assignment group, click the group's Options drop-down menu [1].
To edit the Assignment Group, click the Edit link [2]. You can edit the Assignment Group name and the weighted percentage (if applicable). After you've added assignments to your Assignment Group, you can also edit the Assignment Group to set Assignment Group rules.
To delete the Assignment Group, click the Delete link [3].
To move all content from an assignment group into another group, click the Move Contents link [4].
To move or reorder an assignment group on the Assignments page, click the Move Groups link [5].
Delete Group
If you want to delete an assignment group that has assignments in it, Canvas will ask you if you want to Delete the assignments (default) [1] or move the assignments to another group [2]. When you are finished, click the Delete Group button [3].
Create Rules
For each Assignment Group, you can create one of three grading rules:
- Drop (ignore) the lowest x scores for each student [1].
- Drop (ignore) the highest x scores for each student [2].
- Never drop a specific assignment [3].
Drop Lowest Score
To drop a certain number of lowest scores, enter the number in the Lowest Scores field. You can use the arrows to adjust the number.
Drop Highest Score
To drop a certain number of highest scores, enter the number in the Highest Scores field. You can use the arrows to adjust the number.
Never Drop Assignment
To tell Canvas to never drop a certain assignment, click the Add an assignment link.
Select Assignment
In the Assignment drop-down menu [1], select the name of the assignment in the Assignment Group that should never be dropped.
To select another assignment, click the Add another assignment link [2].
Save Rules
When you are finished adding rules, click the Save button.
View Assignment Group Rules
In the Assignment Group toolbar, Canvas will show the number of rules assigned to the group [1]. Hover over the link to view the rules [2].
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