Weighting Your Gradebook with Assignment Groups

You can weigh final grades based on assignment groups. This option assigns a weight to each assignment group instead of the assignments themselves. Within each assignment group, a percentage is calculated by dividing the total points a student has earned by the total points possible for all assignments in that group. 

  1. Select the Assignments link from the course navigation menu to access your assignments page. Here, you will find all the activities for your course organized by “group type.” 
  2. Select the + Group button in the top right to create a new Assignment Group. You'll need to repeat this step until you have created all the necessary course assignment groups.

    3. Canvas interface showing the Assignments section with an option to add a new group highlighted.

  3. Enter a name for the Assignment Group you're creating, then click Save.

    4. Canvas popup window to add an assignment group, with fields for group name and percentage of total grade.

  4. Select the three (3) dots in the top right corner and click on Assignment Groups Weight from the dropdown menu. 

    5. Canvas interface showing the dropdown menu to select 'Assignment Groups Weight' from the assignments section.

  5. Check the box for Weight final grade based on assignment groups. The various assignment groups will appear once you check the box, and you can enter a percentage for each.
  6. Click Save to keep your selections. The weights of each group will then appear on the Assignments page.

    7. Canvas popup window to set the weight percentages for different assignment groups.

  7. You can move items around and place them into their correct Assignment Group by selecting the three dots directly to the right of an item and then selecting Move to... 

    8. Canvas interface showing the option to move an assignment to a different group using the three dots menu.

  8. Select the dropdown arrow under Assignment Group to select where to move the activity. Then select the dropdown arrow under Place "[group]" to determine where you'd like it within the group.
  9. Select Move to complete the process and save your change. 

Canvas popup window to move an assignment, with options to select the assignment group and position within the group.