Grading Quizzes Offline, Can I Import Scores Back into Canvas?

[AhmadSulaiman]

Hi everyone, I'm currently managing a course with over 100 students, and for efficiency, I'm considering grading quizzes offline (several questions are graded by autograder). As far as I know, it's possible to download students' responses using Student Analytics, and then enter scores in a separate column next to their answers. However, I'm wondering: Is it possible to import these grades back into Canvas after grading them offline? If so, are there any specific formatting or import steps I should be aware of to ensure everything uploads correctly?

[james_whalley · Accepted solution]

@AhmadSulaiman At this time, it is not possible to do offline grading for Classic or New Quizzes and have those grades aligned to the specific questions. This sound like an amazing feature idea though and I would recommend adding it to the community. Please let us know if you do add it and share a link so we can comment and follow its progress.

[AhmadSulaiman]

Thank you for the response! I've added this idea to the Canvas Community for consideration:
🔗 Grading Quizzes Offline – Import Scores Back into Canvas

Please feel free to comment and follow its progress. I appreciate your support!

[Gabriel33]

For completeness, it seems to be possible to do that using the API.

For Classic Quizzes, that would involve downloading the student's answers either through the Student Analytics as you did, or through the Quiz Submission Questions API endpoints, grading and recording the grades somewhere, and then posting those grades through the Manual Scoring option under the Quiz Submissions API endpoints.