We turned on the new gradebook and several of our instructors are seeing the Visibility icon active for select courses. It's the orange eyeball icon, BTW.
They didn't turn off grades for those assignment, so what setting triggers that function to be turned on? Is it something in the way the assignment was created?
Hello Stephanie Wilson...
Have you had a chance to review the Canvas Release Notes and this video: Canvas New Feature Screencast (2019-07-13)? You may find your answer in these documents. Hope this helps, Stephanie.
OK, I read the notes. What do they mean by Manually posted? If an instructor has paper quizzes and manually posts the grades, but does have the default set to automatically post grades in the course settings, will they still be hidden?
That seems to be what's happening to us here.
I also have a few additional questions to how this Posting Policy works.
It says it's a replacement to the "mute" grades options. I saw that "Manual Post Grades" will hide the grades until ALL grades are posted. However, when using "Automatically Post Grades" I cannot "Hide Grades" for a specified column at will unless there is a score in there already. However, there are also times where the option to hide is NOT available at all for some columns.
The visual triggers are a little confusing still...
We are seeing another odd behavior. We turned the new gradebook off and one of our instructors has muted assignments which were not previously muted. We are working with that instructor to unmute them.
We are also seeing this issue. In several instructor's gradebooks, on assignment columns that were previously NOT muted, we find the orange eye icon showing that a certain number of grades are hidden. We click "Post" and that removes the icon. Do we have to do this for every gradebook column that has the eye icon? Something seems off.
I found this same thing! It feels random! The only thing I can think of is that I did change my settings to automatically consider unsubmitted assignments as "0%"...I'm not sure if changing that setting set off this randomness of hidden assignments (some are month-old assignments!) But...frustrating nonetheless...it would be one thing if it were only something for the instructors to contend with, but it also disturbs the student's view and ability to take quizzes I assign as they are designated to be taken (If I allow 2 attempts, for example, it won't let them see their 1st attempt score before I "post" the grade, which is not practical and totally counteracts the function of that quiz feature).
In my course, this just happened this week right in the middle of the summer session. It is random and all throughout my gradebook. It also did not impact all students on the assignments that are now muted. It muted some assignments that had already been showing and others that have not been submitted; it is just random! It has to be a bug.
I found the same thing! It's like I wake up each morning and there are new icons on old assignments, ha!
Please tell us the Canvas engineers are working on this one!!
Greetings Stephanie Wilson ,
Yes! Most certainly, Instructure's Tier 2 Support, i.e. the engineers are working on resolving the matter. Yesterday, I called into Canvas Support and they've appended my support ticket to the issue (and anyone else that did the same, I'm sure).
In the meantime, you may find the following guides helpful regarding this otherwise convenient and useful feature:
https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-17328-41521116617
https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-17329-41521116618
Hang in there Stephanie Wilson...help is on the way!
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Canvas do fix this issue quickly when reported. I would report through to help
“Muting” is now referred to as “Manual” in Canvas. Previously in Canvas, Instructors could click on the ellipse icon and select “Mute Grades” to hide a column in the gradebook. Now, to hide the column, instructors must click on “Grade Posting Policies”. Once selected, a new menu will appear. Click on “Manual” and then click on “Save”. This will hide the grade column.
The Orange Eye Icon will appear when something has been submitted and it has been graded in the current grade column. The column is still muted. When the eye becomes a gray color, it indicates that a grade column is set to manual posting. This is the same as muting. When grades are placed in this column, they will not be visible to students until the instructor manually posts the grades.
To hide a grade column with grades already posted, click on the ellipses icon and click on “Hide Grades”. A new window will open. The options displayed will allow the instructor to select specific sections if preferred. Click on “Hide” to hide the column. This can also be controlled in the settings. To access the settings, select the cog wheel icon in the upper right of the window. In the new window, select the “Grade Posting Policy” tab. This will allow instructors to set the entire course to manual posting if desired.
Curious, myself!