Grading Two Subjects in One Canvas Page

Is it possible to grade two subjects in one Canvas course?

I currently teach two subjects - math and science. I have only one Canvas page for all of my students. Is it possible for me to grade both math assignments and science assignments on this one Canvas page, but without the grades combining into one grade? I would need to know what they have received as a math grade and what they have received as a science grade, thus needing to separate their grades into sections.

I really need this as it would make grading so much easier, haha!

Thank you for your help (-:

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JeffW

Hi @eliset1!

Thanks for your questions!

If the roster for your two subjects are separate you could technically separate the grade totals by only assigning the section that is relevant to the respective assignment. So if you have your science roster in one section and you have Science assignment A, then you would edit it and only assign it to the Science section. If the same roster is participating in both topics in the same course, there is not a good way to separate those out. You would really need to have two independent course shells.

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Chris

Hi @eliset1,

May I ask what grade level you teach? In the traditional Canvas LMS setup, you really just get one gradebook. You could use assignment groups (one for each subject) to somewhat mimic having two graebooks as each group will have a subtotal column, but I'm not sure how clear things would be for your students. Canvas also has a somewhat newer "Canvas for elementary" option, which could perhaps be more what you're looking for.

Hope this helps a bit!

-Chris

SusanNiemeyer

Next time, I'd really advise you to create two separate courses, one for each subject. However, what's been done has been done.

Here's my question: Are you simply hoping to calculate your students' grade percentages and then you're entering the letter grades in a separate system such as SIS? That's how grading is handled at my community college. If this is the case, then I can suggest a solution for you.

First, put all of the students' graded work into Assignment Groups. You might end up with something like this:

Math Weekly Quizzes
Math Homework
Math Chapter Exams
Math Final Exam
Science Weekly Quizzes
Science Homework
Science Chapter Exams
Science Final Exam

To calculate the grades for Math, use percentages such as these:

Math Weekly Quizzes 25%
Math Homework 25%
Math Chapter Exams 25%
Math Final Exam 25%
Science Weekly Quizzes 0%
Science Homework 0%
Science Chapter Exams 0%
Science Final Exam 0%

Then reverse the percentages for Science.

I would strongly advise you to go into your Course Settings, click on the tiny blue letters more options at the bottom of the page, and "disable" the students' current grade percentages. It will be too confusing for your students to see what you're doing behind the scenes to calculate their final grades.

JeffW

Hi @eliset1!

Thanks for your questions!

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