Total Points in Gradebook

Is there a way in the Canvas Gradebook when setting up a course to view the total points as a column to ensure that the course totals a certain number (i.e. 1,000 points) and no errors were made? Or, is the only way to manually add every assignment/export the gradebook and sum the grades?

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mzimmerman

Hi Michelle,

Unfortunately, the total points possible is not displayed in the Total column, but you can see it if you select a specific student in the Gradebook and then select Grades. You'll see the total points currently awarded to that student, along with the points possible. Just be sure to uncheck the "Calculate based only on graded assignments" checkbox...

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mzimmerman

Hi Michelle,

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MichelleMeadows

Thank you for this reply. If there are no students yet in the course, how can you view these details? Would you have to create a fake student account, add that student to the course, and then view the details?

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