Add a Grading Scheme to an Assignment

Last updated on August 27, 2025

In your course, you may prefer to use a personalized grading scheme. You can assign different grading schemes to your assignments and fine-tune those schemes to fit the needs of your course. These schemes can be as complex or simple as you like to reflect how you are evaluating your students’ work.

Please note that a Grading Scheme is different from a Rubric. The latter conveys detailed information of the criteria of the assignment, while the former simply governs how grades are displayed to the student.

Directions

1. Log in to your Canvas Account.
2. Select the Course you’d like to work in.
3. Click on Assignments in the left-hand navigation menu.
4. Click on the Assignment you’d like to change the grading scheme for.
5. Click on Edit in the top right corner.
6. Scroll to Display Grade As.
7. Click on the drop-down menu for Display Grade As.
8. Select Letter Grade.
9. Click New Grading Scheme beneath the drop-down menu.
10. Enter a Name for the Grading Scheme.
11. Select Percentage or Points under Grade By
12. Enter new Names for the grades you would like to appear.
13. Enter new Ranges for those new grades.
14. Remove Grade Categories by clicking the trash button to the right of each grade.
15. Create New Grade Categories by clicking the + Button to the right of each grade.
16. Scroll to the Bottom of the pop-up menu.
17. Click Save.
18. Click View to see the current Grading Scheme.
19. Click Save at the bottom right of the Assignment window.