Why won't Canvas grade book automatically calculate the grade percentage of an assignment when I input the point value?

[cweber3]

Until this semester, Spring 2020, I could set an assignment to display the grade as either points or percentage. If I chose to display the grade as a percentage in the grade book, Canvas would automatically calculate the percent if I input the point value in the grade book. Canvas would calculate the percent based on the point value I set up in the assignment. Now this semester, when I enter the point value in the grade book expecting Canvas to calculate and display the percent value, the grade shows the point value as the percentage by simply adding a % symbol. I have to calculate every grade and enter the proper percent value. Why did Canvas remove this capability of calculating percentage?  

[Renee_Carney · Accepted solution]

 @cweber3  

There is an Enter Grades As option that you may not have set correctly.  The following guide provides directions

How do I enter grades for an individual assignment as a specific grading type in the Gradebook? 

[cweber3]

Thank you for responding.

I know about the Display Grade As setting. I set it to Percent, then when you enter the points that students earned, the grade book used to calculate those points to a percentage. Now, when you enter the points, Canvas just adds on a % sign. No calculation.

This is a function I have used for that last several years. After Canvas did an update to the grade book this winter, it no longer translates the entered points into a correct percent.

[Stef_retired]

 @cweber3 ‌, you might want to read through (and perhaps vote for) https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/15275-gradebook-convert-raw-score-to-percentage .

[cweber3]

Thank you. Yes, I am so glad others have confirmed what I see. How do I vote?

[Stef_retired]

As long as you're logged in, simply click the Vote Up button that displays near the top of the page. Adding a comment is optional, but always welcome.

[cweber3]

Thank you again!

I tried to log in and it will not allow me to log in. Another colleague also had the same issue. Will try again later.

Thanks so much.

[cweber3]

Thank you. Yes, I am so glad others have confirmed what I see. The explanation under Raw Score - How to Convert a Percentage explains the situation perfectly. How do I vote to bring that function back? Why would Canvas eliminate that function? Baffled.