When I go into the gradebook, some grades for some students have little colored flags next to them. Do I need to pay attention to those?
Hi @DebraMcIntire, Happy Friday and I'm happy to help answer this question!
In the Instructor's guide 'How do I use the icons and colors in the Gradebook?', information on colors and specifically the flags I believe you're referring to are discussed.
Colors in the gradebook represent represent the status of an assignment.
Those statuses are:
Colored flags next to a student's name is your gradebook is likely a 'Turnitin Icon'. More information on these icons is below.
If you create a Turnitin assignment, the Gradebook displays Turnitin score icons in the Gradebook. To view details of the score, click the icon and view more details in SpeedGrader:
I hope this helps and please reply back if our teams can help answer additional questions!
Alicia
@DebraMcIntire ...
We might need to see a screenshot from you (removing any student names or other identifying information to protect student identity / FERPA). But, I wanted to see if any information in this Guide might be of help to you:
How do I use the icons and colors in the Gradebook... - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)
Looking forward to hearing back from you soon!
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