Canvas: Submit Grades

Introduction

The grade pass back feature in Canvas (Submit Grades) makes submitting final grades for the students in your courses a straightforward process. The grade in the Total column (or Override column, if using this) of your Canvas Gradebook auto-populates into the Final grade column of this pass back tool, meaning less manual effort and less likelihood of an entry error. Grades can still be manually entered, if you need to override the Canvas total for any reason.

Enabling the Submit Grades Tool

Navigate to your Canvas course and click Settings at the bottom of the Course Nav menu. Select the Navigation tab at the top of the Settings page.
Scroll down to the disabled tools to locate the Submit Grades option. Click the ellipsis to see the option to Enable the tool in this course. You can also use the Move option to drag the tool to a specific place in your Course Nav menu. Click Save to confirm the change.
Click the Submit Grades link in your Course Nav menu to access to tool. Be sure to select the correct tab at the top (in most cases, the Final tab) and review the grades in the Midterm 1/Final column. If you are happy with the grades, click Submit to pass them to Colleague.

Note: Once you have submitted grades, you will not be able to change them from the tool. Follow the standard process of emailing the Registrar if you need to override any submitted grades.
If you need to make any changes to the grades in the Final column (or Midterm 1 column, if submitting Midterm grades), you can edit each cell as needed. At the top-right there are options to Populate Grades (which reloads the grades from the Gradebook Total column), Clear all grades in the column and even switch between manually entering grades or selecting them from a drop-down list. If you need to continue working on grades at a later time before submitting them, click Save to maintain the changes you have made so far.
You can also use the Last Attended Date field to enter a date for any students that did not complete the course or the Never Attended checkbox, if relevant.
Once you Submit the grades, you should see a green confirmation for each student in the course, as well as an indication of how many grades successfully submitted. If there are errors for any students, they will show in red and also be listed at the top. In the event of any errors, please open a Tech Help Request.