All new Canvas courses have the updated settings below.
"Import Course Content" may overwrite the above settings. After copying content from a previous Canvas course, please check those settings and update according to your preference in the destination Canvas course.
The grade posting policy of all newly created Canvas courses is "Manually Post Grades". That means students cannot see their grades (and teacher comments) until teachers post grades.
You can explore the setting by following the below steps.
Note: If you prefer the grades be released automatically (e.g. self-tests), select the "Automatically Post Grades" option in step 3 and then click the Update button.
Instructors can hide the totals in students' grade summaries. By default, the totals are invisible to students.
You can explore the setting by following the below steps.
Click Update Course Details to save any changes made.
Instructors can hide the grade distribution graphs to keep students from viewing the summary statistics of the class and figuring out each others' grades. By default, the grade distribution graph is off.
You can explore the setting by following the below steps.
Click Update Course Details to save any changes made.
A grading scheme name "Sample Letter Grade 2", having A+ but no D+ or D-, is enabled for newly created Canvas courses.
You can explore the setting by following the below steps.
Click manage grading schemes if you want to create your own.
In the left navigations of new Canvas courses, some items (i.e. SCORM) are hidden from students and/or teachers.
You can explore the shown/hidden navigation items by following the below steps.
You can manage the navigation links as your preference (i.e. drag and drop to reorder or hide menu items, click Save to keep the changes).
