Including Comments when importing a grades csv file

It's exponentially easier to grade using a csv in Google Sheets or Excel; however, Canvas' import feature doesn't support importing comments for the grades making it borderline useless for my purposes.

I've seen other people have brought this up, has there been any further development with this?

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thovey

@MatthewS1

Unfortunately, Canvas does not support importing grade comments using a CSV.

There is currently an open feature request for this which you can view and vote on here.

How do I import grades in the Gradebook?

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thovey

@MatthewS1

Unfortunately, Canvas does not support importing grade comments using a CSV.

There is currently an open feature request for this which you can view and vote on here.

How do I import grades in the Gradebook?

FarshadGhanei

Completely agree.

We have recently moved from Blackboard to Canvas, and I cannot believe it. I had hear good things about Canvas, but it is outrageous that they cannot handle simple things like this and ignore requests.

Blackboard allowed us to upload grade comments. It also allowed creation of columns with "text" format.

Neither is possible with Canvas.

How am I supposed to let the students know about their assigned seat numbers or secure tokens/passwords/ etc.

I have to rely on send batch emails to students and simply not use Canvas!

Canvas proposed solution: Just go back a couple of decades and stick papers to your office doors!

FarshadGhanei

Thank you for the suggestion.

Seats (and tokens/passwords) have letters in them, "grades" on canvas cannot include letters, they only accept numbers.

I might have to use different methods/workaround for exam seat vs this vs that.

For something like passwords, I don't even have a workaround! I'd have to use mail merger and send 140 individual emails to students...

All of the above can be solved by simply supporting "text" entry in columns.

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