Assignment column in Grades

Idea created by Randy Beecher on Dec 12, 2018

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Instructors should have the option of disabling (or hiding) the "Assignment" column in Grades. I have had several students misunderstand the percentage displayed in their personal grades. They might see 80% and misconstrue that as they are achieving 80% in the course, when they are not. They may have 80% of their assignments done BUT they may have scored poorly. Hence, the student comes to the instructor at the end of the semester and says they thought they were getting a "B." I would like the option of hiding the "Assignment" column in Grades.

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Stefanie Sanders Dec 12, 2018 3:03 PM
Hello, Randy Beecher Welcome to the Canvas Community! To clarify, are you requesting the ability to hide or disable assignment group columns? From your description, it sounds like you're in a course that has all of the graded course activities listed in a single assignment group—called "Assignments"—whereas many instructors use multiple assignment groups and so will have multiple group columns that appear in the Gradebook and in students' Grades view.

Thanks.
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- Randy Beecher @ Stefanie Sanders on Dec 12, 2018 3:26 PM
  I would like the option to hide it so that no one sees it. On Blackboard we could customize and hide various columns in the Grade page. The percentage provided can be confusing to students because they think they are earning that as their accumulative grade.
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  - Rob Ditto @ Randy Beecher on Dec 12, 2018 5:11 PM
    Randy, in addition to the advice from Stefanie and Chris about assignment group totals, you might be interested in checking out a related course setting which teachers can usually specify per course:
    How do I hide totals in my students' grade summaries?
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chofer@morainepark.edu Dec 12, 2018 3:11 PM
Hello Randy Beecher...

I can see why this may cause issues with your students. In addition to the above comments from Stefanie Sanders, the student view of their Gradebook is not the same as what you see. Meaning, they don't really have an "Assignments" column like you do. (See screen shots in this Guide: How do I view my grades in a current course?) Along the right side of a student's Gradebook, they are able to see any Assignment Groups you have set up (and the weights of those Assignment Groups that you've defined). Examples of that are about half-way down the Guide that I linked to under the heading "View Sidebar". The sidebar shows students the Assignment Groups you've defined...but majority of the screen lists the assignments for the course. Hope this helps.
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Deanne Samuels Mar 5, 2019 5:11 PM
I totally agree with Randy Beecher! In Blackboard we had the option to hide grade columns from students. I am in exactly the same position where students are assuming that the percentages they see in the total column and the assignments columns reflect their grades. I do not want to create groups that are weighted and sum to 100, because sometimes I give extra credit which will not fit into this structure, so there might be a possibility of getting 102% in the course. For example. It is very challenging to not have this option, as a professor. We just want to be able to hide the grades for individual columns or total columns - from students - so there is no chance of them misinterpreting those summary grade columns. PLEASE!!!!
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