Remove Overall Percentage

[LizLomeli]

Is it possible to remove the overall percentage from showing in a Canvas course or at least make it optional. We grade on the 4 point scale and having to translate the 4 point scale to a 100% scale is confusing to parents who understand the traditional system. This creates more issues.

[SusanNiemeyer]

Yes, you can absolutely disable this. Here's what you need to do:

Go to your Course Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and look for the tiny blue letters that say more options. Click on this link. Then you'll bring up several options, one of which will be to "hide" the overall grade percentage.

CANVAS DEVELOPMENT TEAM: I have explained these steps over and over - here, on Facebook, to my colleagues. I've probably explained it at least a hundred times. This more options link is a big fail. No one can find it. It's not intuitive. You have the power to fix this.

[LizLomeli]

Thank you and I apologize because my question was unclear. Unfortunately disabling the overall percentage also gets rid of the letter grade or 4 point scale. I was hoping there was an option to display something besides the percentage. For example I would like my students to see B only and not 85%.

[gnoack]

Hi @LizLomeli 

Have you investigated using a course grading scale?  This might work for you. 

I tested this in one of my sandbox courses.  You can set a percentage range to correspond to your 4 point scale.  Then a number appears with the final percentage. See the attached image.

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-add-a-grading-scheme-in-a-course/ta-p/1...

[LizLomeli]

Yes I tried that unfortunately I think it's a setting set by my district that we need to have the letter grade for it to sync to our Aeries. Is there a way to set it so the letter grade shows up and not the percentage? There is a lot of confusion about what constitutes an A specifically for those using the 4 point grading rubric and this causes a lot of problems for parents when they see a traditional 90% for an A and another teacher might have 75% as an A.