Can I weight individual assignments?

[mparinas]

I am brand spanking new to all of this...I would like to grade writing on a 4 point scale.  In addition, I want to "weight" this assignment by 5.  Essentially I want a potential 4 point score = 20 possible points.  Can I do that?  Pls advise..Thank you.  

[kblack]

Hi  @mparinas  Welcome to the worldwide Canvas Community!  It sounds like you just want to grade from a basic five-criterion rubric if I'm understanding your question correctly.  A bit like this sample one that I just created as a quick example:

Is that generally what you are after?  You can do this by creating a rubric for the assignment in question, as outlined here: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10209-4152724129  Does that help at all, Mellany?

[klundstrum]

Hi  @mparinas ‌ ~ It's been a while since the Canvas Community has heard from you! Was  @kblack ‌'s suggestion of rubrics helpful? Did it help you reach a solution?? If you could take a few minutes to provide the Canvas Community with an update, that would be great!

[Robbie_Grant]

 @mparinas ,

Were you able to find an answer to your question? I am going to go ahead and mark this question as answered because there hasn't been any more activity in a while so I assume that you have the information that you need. If you still have a question about this or if you have information that you would like to share with the community, by all means, please do come back and leave a comment.  Also, if this question has been answered by one of the previous replies, please feel free to mark that answer as correct.

Robbie