How to Upload Extra Credit to Canvas
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Learn how to upload a spreadsheet to Canvas to add extra-credit items to the gradebook.
- In your Canvas course navigation, click on Grades to get to the gradebook.
- In the upper right corner, click Export, then select Export Current Gradebook View to download the Canvas Gradebook template.
- Open the downloaded file in Microsoft Excel and create a new Sheet in the Canvas Gradebook template.
- From your EoS survey respondents list, copy and paste the NetIDs of the survey participants into the newly created sheet.
- Click on the current gradebook sheet.
- Delete the columns with the existing Assignments so the other grade items and assignments are not affected by this procedure.
- Create a new column, then rename the column to "EOS Survey Extra Credit".
- Identify the row of the first student listed in the spreadsheet.
- Then identify the intersection between the extra credit column and the row of the first student.
- In the intersection, insert the formula: =IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(C4, Sheet1!A:A, 0)), 5, 0) and press enter.
- Note: #4 in formula is for example purpose only. This may differ on a case-by-case basis. Please adjust C4 in the formula if your row number is different.
- 5,0 are numbers that can be modified based on the required extra-credit points that are assigned.
- Now click on the cell with the pasted formula, hold and drag the plus sign down to copy the formula to the entire column.
- Click on Export and export the spreadsheet as a CSV file.
- Above image is an example of Window's Excel file export process. Images may look different on different operating systems.
- Begin the uploading process by going back to your Canvas course site and clicking on Grades and locating the Import button on the upper right corner.
- Click on the CSV file saved, and click Upload Data button.
- Once the data is uploaded, set new column with extra-credit points as A new assignment and set maximum points to 0, then click Continue.
- Click Save Changes at the end of the page after confirming the upload of extra-credit.
- Navigate back to Grades.
- Click on the assignment column for EOS Survey Extra Credit and click on Set Default Grade, then set Default Grade to 0.
- When you are ready to share the extra-credit points with your students, you can publish the assignment to be counted towards the final grade.