ADJUST COLUMN WIDTH IN STUDENT GRADEBOOK

Hello. I've tried searching for this answer, but can't find it.

When I'm viewing the gradebook in the "Student View," the Name column is too narrow to fit most assignment names. (See Grades 1 attachment). I can fix that by using Ctrl and - to decrease the size of everything in the window to 90%, but students wouldn't know how to do that. Is there a way that I, as the instructor, can fix this?

Grades 1.JPG

Find more posts tagged with

Canvas

Instructor

Accepted answers

Chris

Hi @PeggyR

I don't think there is a way to resize the student view of the grades column. The submitted date column was just added on 1/17, and it seems like that may be why the assignment name column is squished now. It would be good to contact Canvas support and let them know this is an issue for you so they can hopefully get an engineer to review the page design and maybe make some adjustments.

-Chris

All comments

VPundir

Hi @PeggyR

As far as I know, an Instructor can not set a default view for everyone. Students can individually adjust their view, such as by reducing the font size as suggested by you, or by dragging the column edge to make the column wider.

Hover till you see the width symbol (the two vertical pipes with sideway arrows on each side), press and keep pressed the left mouse button, drag to desired width, and release the mouse button.

This is fairly standard behavior for spreadsheets, so your students should know.

Screenshot 2024-01-20 205822.jpg

Chris

Hi @PeggyR

-Chris

PeggyR

Update: Canvas Support says they cannot reproduce this problem. They sent me a screenshot of my course's gradebook where everything displayed correctly.

Could it be that they are testing it on a giant monitor, and I'm using a 15.6" laptop?

Unanswered Questions

Adjusting assignment groups weight for Sem 2
Hello, we are new to Canvas this school year and have encountered a roadblock. I’m curious whether any other K–12 schools here are experiencing the same issue or have found a solution. We have several high school teachers who use total points with weight and adjust their weights midyear. Our courses are set up as a single…
Overlapping Scroll Bars
I'm not sure that this is the right place to post about this, but I was wondering if anyone has a fix for how the scroll bar for the entire page covers the scroll bar for just a document viewed in Canvas. The scroll bar for a document will stay visible until one attempts to interact with it, at which point the bar for the…
IB MYP reporting for assignments and Grade book
Hi There, We are in the process of transitioning to Canvas this year and were wanting to connect with any other MYP schools to see how you setup Assignment and grading under your modules. Or you could guide us to any resources you may have.
A small pre-submission habit that’s helped with written assignments in Canvas
After using Canvas for a while, I picked up a small habit that’s saved me some last-minute stress with written submissions. Even when drafts are original, longer explanations and summaries tend to reuse common phrasing, especially in research-heavy assignments. Before submitting, I usually do a quick cleanup pass to reduce…
How do I view numbers in the learning mastery gradebook?
In the "How do I use the Learning Mastery Gradebook" page, under "Student scores" (https://community.instructure.com/en/kb/articles/660932-how-do-i-use-the-learning-mastery-gradebook-to-view-outcome-results-in-a-course#view-student-scores), the displayed gradebook shows a little colorful square and also points for each…