[Gradebook] Message Students Who... for Grade Totals

Status: Completed Submitted by on ‎04-17-2015 04:21 PM
This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS
I'd like to be able to use the 'message students who' function in the gradebook for more than a single assignment.  It would be useful to be able to go to the column in the gradebook for an assignment group and use the 'message students who'.  Same applies for the total grade column so teachers could after the first two weeks send out a message to all students that are under performing early enough for them to change there behavior.
 
We have three very similar ideas, all of which are open for voting, associated with the Message Students Who... feature, and we're grouping them here to keep Canvas Studio tidy. These are the other two:
56 Comments
kimberly_smith1
Community Participant
‎04-28-2018 09:57 PM

I would love to see this feature added to the Gradebook.

ar7662
Community Novice
‎06-06-2018 08:48 AM

Have a grade between X and X.

aliciacr
Community Member
‎08-19-2018 11:14 AM

really want to be able to send messages from the totals column, it would be helpful to be able to send a message to all student who are are getting and A, or an F. 

aliciacr
Community Member
‎08-19-2018 11:19 AM

This is very disappointing. Not having this feature hurts student's success. Smiley Sad

Come on Canvas fix this NOW.

ltut8436
Community Novice
‎09-05-2018 05:41 PM

We need this feature! Currently no easy way to contact students who are at risk of failing the course.

sharked
Community Novice
‎09-08-2018 06:17 PM

We definitely need this feature.  I started the same idea under a different header and was notified this "idea" was already posted.  This is a no-brainer.

Renee_Carney
Community Team
Community Team
‎10-16-2018 08:42 AM

Greetings  @mlewis23 ‌

Will you check out the Message Students Who section of Canvas Release: Analytics Beta (Course Grade) and let me know if this matches what you were seeking!  I know it's not out of the gradebook directly, but it sounds like it accomplishes your same goal?

sharked
Community Novice
‎10-16-2018 01:26 PM

Hello Renee,

It might. What I can’t tell is whether this feature works from the “Total Grade” column or not? I want the ability to message students who have a failing total course grade directly from the grade book.

Thanks,

Debra

Renee_Carney
Community Team
Community Team
‎10-18-2018 03:43 PM

Hi Debra.  

At this point the Analytics solution works from the Analytics Beta tool, not from the gradebook itself.  But it does accomplish what you are seeking.

kimberly_smith1
Community Participant
‎10-18-2018 07:19 PM

Hello  @Renee_Carney  ,

I was wondering about this myself. Thank you for the clarification. 

My institution has not yet added the Analytics Beta tool to our list of available Features Options in Canvas. Might you know if there are any plans to make the "Message Students Who..."  option available for the Totals Column in the Gradebook (old or new), as an addition to the existing option already available for the assignments columns (e.g. Message Students Who... Haven't submitted, Scored more/lower than, etc. on an assignment)?