What are those colored flags in the gradebook and how are they to be used?

[DebraMcIntire]

When I go into the gradebook, some grades for some students have little colored flags next to them. Do I need to pay attention to those?

[Chris_Hofer]

@DebraMcIntire ...

We might need to see a screenshot from you (removing any student names or other identifying information to protect student identity / FERPA).  But, I wanted to see if any information in this Guide might be of help to you:

How do I use the icons and colors in the Gradebook... - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)

Looking forward to hearing back from you soon!

[SusanNiemeyer]

Have you enabled Turnitin for these assignments? If so, then these colored flags indicate whether and how much the students have plagiarized.

[aabuxton · Accepted solution]

Hi @DebraMcIntire, 

Happy Friday and I'm happy to help answer this question! 

In the Instructor's guide 'How do I use the icons and colors in the Gradebook?', information on colors and specifically the flags I believe you're referring to are discussed. 

Colors in the gradebook represent represent the status of an assignment. 

Those statuses are: 

• Blue [1]: Late submission
• Red [2]: Missing submission
• Green [3]: Resubmitted assignment or quiz
• Orange [4]: Dropped grade
• Yellow [5]: Excused assignment

Colored flags next to a student's name is your gradebook is likely a 'Turnitin Icon'. More information on these icons is below. 

If you create a Turnitin assignment, the Gradebook displays Turnitin score icons in the Gradebook. To view details of the score, click the icon and view more details in SpeedGrader:

• Gray icon [1]: Similarity Report has not been generated yet
• Color icon [2]: Similarity Report has returned a score; the color is based on the Similarity Report percentage score
• A Clock icon indicates the Similarity Report is still being generated
• An Exclamation icon indicates there was an error when generating the Similarity Report

I hope this helps and please reply back if our teams can help answer additional questions! 

 Alicia