{"id":2715,"date":"2025-09-23T17:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/?p=2715"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:00:46","slug":"managing-grades-in-canvas-gradebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/managing-grades-in-canvas-gradebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Grades in Canvas Gradebook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This guide will take you through a step-by-step process on how to enter grades manually into Canvas Gradebook, and how to bulk upload and bulk download grades and feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Entering grades manually<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Bulk downloading grades<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Bulk uploading grades<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Bulk downloading graded rubrics<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Viewing and downloading similarity reports<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Exporting student quiz responses<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Viewing grading history<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    How to enter grades manually<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> into Canvas Gradebook<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    In Canvas Gradebook, you have the option to manually enter grades for student submissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Once you are in the correct Canvas course, select Grades<\/strong> from the course menu.
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    2. You will then be taken to the Canvas Gradebook for this course.
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    3. To enter a grade manually, simply click on the corresponding cell for a student submission, type the grade, and hit enter on your keyboard to save the grade. In the example below a grade of 65 is being entered manually.
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      If you would like to enter additional details such as comments, annotations and feedback, you can use Canvas SpeedGrader. More information on SpeedGrader can be found at this link: Speed Grader<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      How to bulk download grades from the Canvas Gradebook<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

      Canvas gives you the option to download the entire Gradebook as a CSV file. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Click on the Export<\/strong> button located in the top-right corner of the Gradebook screen.
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      2. You will then be presented with several options.\n