Give multiple assignments zero for a grade at once

[SydCorb]

Hi all,

We link to a 3rd party for our content - the 3rd party will autopopulate the grades in the Canvas gradebook for quizzes that are taken.  When the student doesn't complete the quiz, I have to manually put in a "0" for the quiz and I mark it as missing and put a comment that it wasn't submitted.  This wasn't a huge deal in my earlier classes that only took 5-6 quizzes per week, but I currently have a review class that has over 100 quizzes to complete so typing in zeroes for every student that doesn't do the quizzes is taking a lot of my time away from other things.  Is there a way to select multiple boxes to grade them the same (0) at the same time?  Or can you suggest a more efficient way to grade?  Thanks in advance!

Edited to add - the quizzes don't have a set due date in Canvas or in the 3rd party vendor.  The students are supposed to complete them by dates noted in the syllabus and module readings.  Students have the whole term to complete the assignments.

[chriscas]

Hi @SydCorb,

You could do this for each quiz by using the Set Default Grade option (with the option overwrite already entered grades turned off).  This will give all students who haven't been graded yet a 0 (or whatever you assign).  With 100 quizzes, it may still be a bit tedious, but might be faster than whatever you're doing now.  You could potentially export the gradebook, make changes in Excel, then re-upload, but it's not something I generally recommend because things have to be pretty exact when the file is re-uploaded or things can easily go sideways.

Hope this helps a bit!

-Chris

[SydCorb]

I'll give that a try - thank you! 

[VPundir]

Canvas allows you to set automatic grades for missing submissions. 

1. Open your Canvas course and select Grades in the left-hand navigation.
2. Click on the gear/cog icon in the to-right of the Gradebook. The Late Policies tab will now appear.
3. Select “Automatically apply grade for missing submissions” and enter 0 in the field below.

[chriscas]

While this is true for assignments using built-in Canvas tools (and that have a due date set), the missing policy does not apply to external tool assignments, which @SydCorb mentioned were used here.

-Chris

[gnoack]

Hi @SydCorb 

Check the settings in the 3rd party. There might be a setting there that will score incomplete work as zero after the due date has passed.  The system I use does that for me.

[SydCorb]

I'll check the 3rd party - thanks!  They don't have a specified due date in the 3rd party or Canvas, just in the syllabus and module outlines so I think I'd need to input that somewhere.