Grades can serve as a communication tool between students and instructors and allow instructors to track students' progress. The Gradebook stores all information about student progress in the course, measuring both letter grades and course outcomes. Watch video

Canvas Guide:What are Grades and the Gradebook?
Illinois State University Help Article:  Canvas Gradebook

The Gradebook helps instructors easily view and enter grades for students. Depending on the Grade display type, grades for each assignment can be considered as points, percentages, complete or incomplete, GPA scale, or letter grade.

Canvas Guide: How do I use the Gradebook?
Illinois State University Help Article: 

• How to add Extra Points in Canvas
• Using a Canvas Course for Gradebook Only

Most likely, you will access SpeedGrader to enter grades. However, you can manually enter and edit grades in the Gradebook. Assignments in the Gradebook are always shown with the assignment's point value.

Canvas Guide: How do I enter and edit grades in the Gradebook?
Illinois State University Help Article:  

• Canvas Gradebook
• Inactive Students in Canvas Grade Roster

If you want to leave simple feedback for your students, you can leave a text comment directly from the Gradebook. Your students can also add comments when they submit an assignment, as well as respond to your submission comments in their Gradebook.

Canvas Guide: How do I leave comments for students in the Gradebook?
Illinois State University Help Article:  Canvas Gradebook

As an instructor, you can access the Grades page for a student in your course. This Grades page shows how students view their grades in the course and allows you to add individual comments to assignments.

Canvas Guide: How do I view a student's Grades page in a course from the Gradebook?
Illinois State University Help Article:  Canvas Gradebook

You can use a CSV file to upload information for existing assignments, or you can use a CSV file to create new jobs in the Gradebook.

Canvas Guide: How do I import grades in the gradebook?
Illinois State University Help Article:  Canvas Gradebook

To make some aspects of grading easier, you can automatically apply a grade to missing assignments.

Illinois State University Policy: Gradebook Posting Policy
Illinois State University Help Article: Preparing your Canvas Gradebook for Campus Solutions  

Rubrics are a way to set up custom or Outcome-based assessment criteria for scoring. Rubrics can be set up as non-scoring rubrics, which allows for assessment-based and outcome-based grading without points. Watch video

Canvas Guide: What are Rubrics?
Illinois State University Help Article:  Canvas Gradebook

If you cannot find a rubric you want to use in your course, you can create a new rubric. You can add the rubric to an assignment and use the rubric for grading and adding comments. You can manage created rubrics in the Manage Rubrics page.

Canvas Guide: How do I add a rubric in a course?
Illinois State University Help Article:  Canvas Gradebook

You can add a rubric to an assignment to help students understand expectations for the assignment and how you intend to score their submissions. In addition to assignments, rubrics can also be added to graded discussions and quizzes.

Canvas Guide: How do I add a rubric to an assignment?
Illinois State University Help Article:  Canvas Gradebook

The Roll Call tool is used for taking attendance in Canvas courses. It can be used for online or face-to-face courses. This revised guide walks instructors through the process of taking attendance step-by-step, and it includes some alternatives to using the Roll Call tool. 

Illinois State University Help Article:  Attendance in Canvas

SpeedGrader makes it easy to evaluate individual student assignments and group assignments quickly. You can access SpeedGrader through Assignments, Quizzes, Graded Discussions, and the Gradebook. Watch video

Canvas Guide: How do I use SpeedGrader?
Illinois State University Help Article: Canvas Gradebook