Assignment weighting
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My question is about weighted marks within an assignment group.
It seems that Canvas will only allow the total group assignment to be weighted if the 2 assignments are given marks which add up to 100 ( e.g. Assignment A = 70 and Assignment B= 30 marks).
I have an assignment group worth 20% of the total grade. Within the assignment group there are 2 assignments (A & B) both marked out of 100. Assignment A is worth 70% of the total assignment group (20%) and assignment B is worth 30% of the total assignment group (20%).
Can Canvas calculate a weighted assignment group when the sub assignments are both marked out of 100?
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@s5004675 ...
I don't have a lot of experience with grading (I was a former Canvas administrator and did not teach courses), but when you are editing the details of your assignments, you can set the number of points and then select from a few different options in the "Display Grade as" drop-down box. One of those options is "Percentage", but I'm not sure if that would completely solve the question you are asking about. In this Guide, How do I add or edit details in an assignment? - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com), there is the following paragraph under the heading "Select Grading Type":
Note: The grading type is how the assignment score will display in the Gradebook. For example, an assignment worth 10 points is set to display as a percentage. A student who receives 8/10 points on the assignment will show as 80 in the Gradebook. If using a letter grade, learn how to create a grading scheme and apply a grading scheme to your assignment.
But again, @SusanNiemeyer's response is correct: "In Canvas, you can have Assignment Groups, but not Assignment Subgroups."
I hope this might help a bit.
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No, Canvas will NOT let you do this.
- Assignment 1: marked out of 100 and worth 30% of the Assignment group 20%
- Assignment 2: marked out of 100 and worth 70% of assignment group 20%.
In this case, Assignment 1 should have 30 points, and Assignment 2 should have 70 points. There is no "sub-tier" of assignment weighting. Just use points and keep it simple.