Canvas - Grade Calculation Fluctuates when using Weighted Assignment Groups [UW-Madison]

This document is meant for instructors using weighted assignment groups in their Canvas course. It describes how weighted grading schemes can cause Canvas to provide an inaccurate final grade projection during the semester, which students can see. The document provides best practices for informing students, and explains how the grading scheme causes this.

When Instructors use a weighted grading scheme in Canvas, assignments are collected into assignment groups, and percent weights are assigned to those assignment groups. See the Canvas guide, How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups? for more information.

During the semester, Canvas projects a final grade calculation depending on the weighted grading scheme used. Some grading schemes may count ungraded assignments against the students final grade calculations. Other grading schemes might not count ungraded assignments. 

Because of this, students may have an inaccurate perception of their current grade when viewing their results. 

   



Keywords:
current final grade grading scheme zero projected score
Doc ID:
132777
Owned by:
Learn@UW Madison in Learn@UW-Madison
Created:
2023-11-14
Updated:
2025-04-10
Sites:
Learn@UW-Madison