{"id":4706,"date":"2025-10-28T16:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/?p=4706"},"modified":"2025-10-28T16:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:59:27","slug":"student-guide-how-to-access-grades-and-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/student-guide-how-to-access-grades-and-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Guide: How to Access Grades and Feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You can view your grades and feedback in two ways: by accessing each individual course to see a detailed breakdown for every quiz and assignment, or by viewing a summary across all your courses, which displays the current average grade for each one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IMPORTANT: <\/strong>The grades and scores that you see in Canvas are provisional<\/strong> and subject to final ratification at Exam board<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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  1. View individual course grades and feedback<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. View overall grades across all courses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Individual Course Grades and Feedback<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Step 1:<\/strong> Navigate to the course for which you wish to see your grades.
    Step 2: <\/strong>Select Grades<\/strong> in the left-hand course menu. This will open up a list of all your completed Canvas assignments within that course.
    Step 3:<\/strong> You can sort this list by Due Date, Module<\/em> and Name<\/em>.
    Step 4: <\/strong>Some assignment grades may not be visible if they have not been released yet.
    Step 5:<\/strong> You can control how your total grade is calculated and displayed in Canvas using the Calculate based only on graded assignments<\/strong> setting in the right-hand side panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Tick<\/strong> the box to view your current<\/em> grade based only on work that has already been submitted and marked.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Untick the box for a more accurate overall grade<\/strong>. This option includes all assignments – even those not yet submitted, which are counted as zero<\/em> in the total grade calculation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      IMPORTANT: <\/strong>The grades and scores that you see in Canvas are provisional<\/strong> and subject to final ratification at Exam board<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

      Step 6: <\/strong>Click on the assignment name to view additional details, including feedback and marking rubrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Overall Grades<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

      Step 1:<\/strong> Enter your dashboard<\/strong> via the global navigation menu.
      Step 2:<\/strong> Select View Grades<\/strong> on the right-hand side.
      Step 3: <\/strong>The Courses I’m Taking<\/strong> section displays the name of each course along with your current overall grade, if available. If no grades have been assigned yet, it will show as No Grade<\/em>. To view detailed grading information, click on the course name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      IMPORTANT: The grades and scores displayed in Canvas are provisional and may not reflect your final results.<\/strong> They are subject to change following formal ratification by the Exam Board, and may not be accurately calculated depending on how your course has been set up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      A student guide on how to access grades and feedback in Canvas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,33],"tags":[60,59,35],"class_list":["post-4706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assessment","category-feedback","category-student-guide","tag-feedback","tag-grades","tag-student-guide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4706"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5192,"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706\/revisions\/5192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}