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breklis · ‎03-08-2023

Thank you, jgerber2, for raising this question and James, for your clear responses. To all interested in this topic, please consider adding comments to this related feature idea (I believe this is how ideas currently gain traction in the new system). While I agree a huge component of equitable grading practices centers around the need to recognize and reward growth, instructors should be able to choose how they address this with their grading system. Many instructors save late submissions to grade after the more pressing current work. If they do this and enter these grades after something that quite possibly has been completed later, they are now counting the late (and often more careless) work more heavily. What would be most effective would be to allow individual instructors to determine what is best for their courses. To this end, adding a toggle for instructors to choose whether they define "most recent" as the most recently graded or the most recent due date would be the best of both worlds. The ambiguity of the current setup is leading to inaccuracies in grading and also adding additional work for teachers. Please consider viewing and adding comments to the feature idea linked at the top of this post.

breklis · ‎02-23-2023

Problem statement: There is no Grading Period toggle in the Learning Mastery Gradebook, Canvas Quizzes, Modules, or Discussions. Teachers with a lot of content in their courses have a difficult time organizing their course materials. As well, students have a hard time navigating through content from a previous grading period. For example, if there are a lot of assignments in a course and the teacher tries to add a new assignment to a module, the dropdown includes all course assignments, including those from a previous grading period. Similarly, teachers using the Learning Mastery Gradebook have to scroll through all course outcomes, even if they are restarting student progress toward mastery in a new grading period. Proposed solution: Please add a Grading Period toggle across the board, similar to what is available in the traditional Canvas gradebook and the Assignments page. Teachers and students should be able to select which grading period they are in and only see content from that grading period. An option to "view all grading periods" should be included, just like the capability in Assignments. Here is the idea that was deployed to get this toggle added to the Assignments page (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Ideas/Organize-Assignment-Page-into-Grading-Periods/idi-p/310055). Please expand this capability across all areas of Canvas: Learning Mastery Gradebook, Quizzes, Modules, and Discussions. This will enhance course navigation for teachers, students, and observers, making course content more accessible for all users. User role(s): admin,instructor

breklis · ‎02-15-2023

Problem statement: The decaying average calculation method for outcomes, as defined in this user guide (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Basics-Guide/What-are-Outcomes/ta-p/75), states "The Decaying Average calculation factors the average of all assessment items while weighing the most recent (current) submission to any assignment associated with this outcome at a higher percentage." The way this outcome is calculated uses the most recently submitted/graded score as the most recent score, rather than the score with the most recent due date. Many teachers collect late or makeup work and grade these after they are done grading all on-time submissions. Entering these scores after a more recent learning event inadvertently counts this makeup work more heavily than what should actually be weighted more. This conversation from the Canvas Community gives additional insight into this issue (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Developers-Group/For-decaying-average-in-mastery-learning-are-dates-scores-are/td-p/165699). Proposed solution: Please correct the decaying average calculation method to use the most recent due date, rather than the most recent submission/most recently graded score as the most recent artifact to count most heavily. An alternative would be the option for the teacher to choose when setting up their outcome to define most recent either as most recent due date or most recently graded entry. User role(s): admin,instructor

breklis · ‎01-24-2023

Thank you! We needed this functionality. I notice that this does not yet work effectively with "set default grade". A message comes through that however many grades were updated, but they aren't actually updated. This trick used to work for marking assignments as excused as well, but that doesn't seem to be working anymore either. The same behavior happens when trying to enter "missing", "mi", or "excused" (using "ex" caused an error message) with "set default grade".

breklis · ‎08-25-2022

Is this also the case for the Spanish alphabet? A Spanish teacher reached out to say that when she downloads student submissions with her markups, special characters, such as letters with accents or eñes, appear as strange characters. Is this a support issue, or is this the intended behavior? The annotations within speedgrader appear as they should, just not when they are downloaded. Thank you!

breklis · ‎05-14-2022

@KristinL Thank you for the update. Great news!

breklis · ‎04-07-2022

@KristinL, thanks for letting us know where to post correctly. I've added my comments to the Q&A feed as well now. The instructions on the Q&A led me to believe I needed to add this type of feedback here, instead of in the Q&A. Here's what the Q&A instructions say: WHERE SHOULD I POST...? Idea enhancement feedback to product managers should be submitted in ideas.canvaslms.com (though linking to the idea here so others can find it is welcome) Perhaps that could be reworded for clarity? Now that the feedback is in both places, I'm sure it will be seen by the right people. Thanks again.

breklis · ‎04-03-2022

Thank you so much for pushing this through to beta! So exciting! I'd like to propose an enhancement... I just looked at a grades summary page from a student's perspective in beta and the orange color for late is very similar to the red color for missing. Can we change the color for late to something a bit less red? Thanks again!

breklis · ‎02-01-2022

Hi @BradyTree, Did you ever get a resolution for this question? We are looking for ways to connect the Learning Mastery Gradebook within Canvas to the regular gradebook in Canvas (we are also required to use Canvas for grades) and were hoping MasteryConnect would help. It sounds like that may not be the case. Any thoughts you can share would be great. Thank you, Barbara

breklis · ‎01-19-2022

The export is overly complicated as well, because of the extra columns. Can we please remove the "out of" (mastery level) columns in the LMG export? It would be much easier to have just one column per outcome with the students' overall outcome score included. If this comment belongs with a different conversation, please point me in the right direction. Thank you!

breklis · ‎10-28-2021

Thanks, @mathlete! I'm also sad this idea has had no traction. Visual cues are so important for students!

breklis · ‎10-21-2021

Several of our instructors are migrating their classic Canvas quizzes to New Quizzes to prepare for the switchover to New Quizzes next year. If the classic quiz contained an image or diagram, the image or diagram is not appearing in the New Quiz. Please fix this feature. Having to recreate everything with an image is not reasonable. Thank you!

breklis · ‎10-21-2021

Thanks, @Stef_retired! I wish it were easier to find this conversation. I spent a while yesterday searching for the best place to pose this question/offer this feedback and eventually gave up and sent it via this forum. I appreciate you pointing me in the right direction!

breklis · ‎10-20-2021

Several of our instructors are migrating their classic Canvas quizzes to New Quizzes to prepare for the switchover to New Quizzes next year. If the classic quiz contained an image or diagram, the image or diagram is not appearing in the New Quiz. Please fix this feature. Having to recreate everything with an image is not reasonable.

breklis · ‎10-08-2021

Please rename the option "None" that is included with the list of available pronouns by default. While Canvas admin can adjust the list of available pronouns, the option "none" is not available to be changed. It would make more sense to have it read something like "No Pronoun Selected", "Choose Not to State", "I prefer not to state", or "do not list my pronouns". As is, it appears that "None" is one of the choices of pronouns to select (as shown in the image below). List of pronouns, including "None"

breklis · ‎09-27-2021

Thanks, @BenFriedman! That is great news!

breklis · ‎09-27-2021

This feature overwrites all existing account-level outcomes to a default 4-point scale and the "highest score" calculation method. This includes existing 4-point scale outcomes with detailed descriptions. We already have several instructors using account-level outcomes, so we can not enable this feature. Doing so would cause a major disruption. I propose the following change to Overview: Account and Course Level Outcome Mastery Scales Feature Preview Allow the Account and Course Level Outcome Mastery Scales Feature to be enabled without overwriting existing outcomes. The default scale should only apply to newly created outcomes. As well, please allow institutions to adjust the default for themselves. For example, most of our outcome-using instructors prefer decaying average, with a 4-point scale. It would be great if we could set our default up with decaying average, instead of highest score for the calculation method. The fact that this feature is tied to the Overview: Improved Outcomes Management Feature Preview renders that feature impossible to enable as well. This feature idea asks for the two features to be enabled separately: Allow "Improved Outcomes Management" without "Account and Course Level Outcome Mastery Scales"

breklis · ‎09-27-2021

Our instructors want to be able to import averages from the outcomes in the Learning Mastery Gradebook into the regular course gradebook. There is currently no easy way to do this and many teachers are hesitant to use standards based grading as a result. Please enable grade passback from the Learning Mastery Gradebook to the regular course Gradebook.

breklis · ‎09-27-2021

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas The new featureOverview: Improved Outcomes Management Feature Preview seems promising, but not with it tied to Overview: Account and Course Level Outcome Mastery Scales Feature Preview . Right now, in order to enable Improved Outcomes Management, an account has to also enable Account and Course Level Outcome Mastery Scales. In doing so, all existing account-level outcomes are overwritten to a default 4-point scale and the "highest score" calculation method. This includes existing 4-point scale outcomes with detailed descriptions. We already have several instructors using account-level outcomes, so we can not enable this feature. Doing so would cause a major disruption. I propose the following change to Overview: Improved Outcomes Management Feature Preview: Allow the Improved Outcomes Management Feature as a standalone (without Account and Course Level Outcome Mastery Scales Feature)

breklis · ‎07-21-2021

Thank you, @SuSorensen! This is much better!

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[Course Settings] Grading Period Toggle in all Canvas areas: Learning Mastery Gradebook, Quizzes, Modules, Discussions, etc. Problem statement: There is no Grading Period toggle in the Learning Mastery Gradebook, Canvas Quizzes, Modules, or Discussions. Teachers with a lot of content in their courses have a difficult time...	02-23-2023	201	0
[Outcomes] Update Decaying Average Outcome Calculation Problem statement: The decaying average calculation method for outcomes, as defined in this user guide (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Basics-Guide/What-are-Outcomes/ta-p/75), states "The...	02-15-2023	153	0
Migrate Canvas Quiz to New Quiz Should Include Images Several of our instructors are migrating their classic Canvas quizzes to New Quizzes to prepare for the switchover to New Quizzes next year. If the classic quiz contained an image or diagram, t...	10-20-2021	244	0
Rename "none" from the list of available pronouns Please rename the option "None" that is included with the list of available pronouns by default. While Canvas admin can adjust the list of available pronouns, the option "none" is not available...	10-08-2021	287	0
Allow Account and Course Level Outcome Mastery Scales Feature without overwriting existing outcomes This feature overwrites all existing account-level outcomes to a default 4-point scale and the "highest score" calculation method. This includes existing 4-point scale outcomes with detailed de...	09-27-2021	366	0
Allow the Learning Mastery Gradebook to pass averages to the regular Gradebook Our instructors want to be able to import averages from the outcomes in the Learning Mastery Gradebook into the regular course gradebook. There is currently no easy way to do this and many teac...	09-27-2021	357	0
Allow "Improved Outcomes Management" without "Account and Course Level Outcome Mastery Scales" This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas The new featureOverview: Improved Outcomes Management Feature Preview seems promising, but not with it tied to Overview: A...	09-27-2021	889	0
Add a search box to the Gradebook This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas For more information, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2021-10-16). Instructors with several assignments can hav...	10-12-2020	1131	0
Student Grades Missing/Late Tag Color This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas Please make it possible for the "late" banner that appears on the student gradebook to show up in a less aggressive color than red. E...	10-07-2020	1511	0
Streamlining Canvas-IC Grade Sync Setting up and maintaining grade sync is super cumbersome. Currently, teachers have to set up their entire gradebook with grade scales and categories in IC (after having done the same thing in ...	11-14-2019	1409	1
Mute/Unmute All Assignments This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas Please allow instructors to mute (and unmute) all assignments at once. At the end of a grading period, instructors are in a flurry o...	06-07-2019	1259	2
Student Outcome Report (bring this back) This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas Students used to be able to see their progression towards mastery in the Learning Mastery Gradebook. Now, they have to manually calc...	10-31-2018	1386	14
Gradebook Export by Grading Period This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas When exporting grades in the new gradebook, the entire course (all grading periods) are exported. Because of this, the "current grade"...	02-27-2018	1109	5
Automatically Remove Missing Flag Once Grade is Entered This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas For on paper or no submission assignments, if a grade is flagged as missing, but then later points are added to the gradebook, t...	02-12-2018	11083	25
Gradebook: Custom Grade Codes Please allow teachers to create custom grade codes in the gradebook. This goes beyond the missing/late/excused flags currently in the new gradebook roll-out. Teachers would like the abili...	01-22-2018	5722	25
Bulk Assign Late / Missing Status in Gradebook In the new gradebook, teachers can flag assignments as late or missing. However, this has to be done student by student. It would be much more efficient if teachers could fill multiple st...	01-18-2018	2110	18

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