Muting an assignment in the New Gradebook in Canvas

 Objective

 Audience

• Faculty
• Staff

 Environment  

• Canvas

 Procedure

Muting an assignment in the New Gradebook

With the switch to New Gradebook, the mechanism for hiding/posting grades to students (known as Muting) has changed to provide more flexibility for instructors.

Muting with the Old Gradebook

When an assignment is Muted, students cannot view their:

• Grade for the assignment
• Submission comments
• Quiz submission
• Grade change notification
• Score curving notification

When an assignment is Unmuted, students can view their:

• Grade for the assignment
• Submission comments
• Quiz submission
• Grade change notification
• Score curving notification

Grade Posting Policy and Post/Hide Grades

In the New Gradebook, the Muting function is now handled with Grade Posting Policy and Post/Hide Grades. The new features allow instructors to:

• Provide more granular control over the posting of grades
• Default to Automatically Post Grade for the whole course
• Can be changed for the whole course or a single assignment
• Automatically Post Grades - Grades will be visible to students as soon as they are entered. Grades that have already been hidden will remain hidden.
• Manually Post Grades - Grades will be hidden by default. Any Grades that have already been posted will remain visible. Choose when to post grades for each assignment individually.

While grades are hidden, students will be unable to view their:

• Grade for the assignment
• Submission comments
• Quiz submission
• Grade change notification
• Score curving notification

Manual Grade Posting Policy

• An assignment using a Manual Grade Posting Policy will include the word "MANUAL" to the right of point value.
  
   
   
• If the Gradebook column isn’t wide enough, the MANUAL status will be hidden. You can widen the Gradebook column by "clicking and dragging" the right border of the column.
  
  
   
•  If an assignment has hidden grades, a crossed-out eye icon will show the assignment name's left.
  
  

How to change course level Grade Posting Policy

1. Select the Gear Icon located at the top right of the Gradebook.
   
   
    
2. Select Grade Posting Policy. 
   
   
    
3. Choose the policy to use, then click Update.

How to change Grade Posting Policy for an assignment

1. Select the More Options Icon, located to the right of the assignment in Gradebook.
   
   
    
2. Select Grade Posting Policy.
   
   
    
3. Choose the policy to use, either Automatically or Manually, then click Save.
   
   

How to post grades for an assignment with hidden grades

1. Select the More Options icon, located to the right of the assignment in Gradebook.
   
   
    
2. Select Post grades.
   
   
    
3. Hidden grades will be shown with a red dot in the top left corner.
   
   
    
4. On the right panel, the number of hidden grades will be shown. Choose the policy you would like to use, either Everyone or Graded, then select Post.Service Portal Home
   
   
    
   1. Posting grades for Everyone will post grades for everyone. Including those who have yet to be graded (they will get a grade of “-“).
   2. Posting grades for Graded will only post the grades for graded students. All future grades for currently non-graded students will need to be posted separately.

How to hide grade for an assignment with posted grades

1. Select the More Options Icon, located to the right of the assignment in Gradebook.
   
   
    
2. Select Hide grades.
   
   
    
3. Turn on the Specific Sections toggle.
   
   
    
4. Select Hide to hide grades for the assignment.