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Post Grades Manually

November 18, 2025

Control grade visibility by posting grades manually when you are ready.

By default, Canvas courses will post grades automatically, as soon as they are entered in the Grades tab or submitted in SpeedGrader.

You can choose to “mute” grades by changing the Grade Posting Policy. This allows you to grade everyone in the class before “releasing” grades for an individual Assignment. We recommend that this be done before grading begins.
 
You can set the policy at the course level or at the individual Assignment level. Please note that Assignment-level posting policies will override the course-level posting policy.
 
The manual course posting policy is not retroactive. If you select it after grades have been entered, any grades that were already posted will remain visible. If you wish, you can hide grades.
 
Please note that the Hide grades function is different from the Grade Posting Policy. Hide grades should be used sparingly, i.e., to temporarily hide grades posted in error. If you have questions about the Hide grades feature, please contact onlinelearningsupport@ciis.edu.

Set the Policy at the Course Level

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Set the Policy at the Assignment Level

  1. Click Grades from the course navigation menu:Grades tab
  2. Select the settings icon near the top right:
  3. In the window that opens, select the Grade Posting Policy tab, then select Manually Post Grades. Then click Update at the bottom right:Grade Posting Policy tab with radio button that says Manually Post Grades and Update button at the bottom right.
  4. When a manual posting policy has been applied and a grade has been entered, the Assignment header displays a Visibility icon [1]. This indicates that a manual posting policy is in place. You must manually post the grades before they can be viewed by students. Also, if a manual posting policy has been applied to a course, all Assignment headers will display the Manual label [2]. The Total column will also display a Visibility icon [3]. This indicates that the grade in the Grades tab is different from the total grade viewed by the student.Number 1 is the slashed eye icon in an Assignment column header. Number 2 is the word Manual in an Assignment column header. Number 3 is a slashed eye icon in a row of the Total column
  5. When you are ready, post the grades.

Set the policy at the Assignment level

  1. Click Grades from the course navigation menu:Grades tab
  2. Hover over the Assignment column header and click the Options icon, then click Grade Posting Policy:
  3. Select Manually in the tray that opens to the right. Then click Save:
    Radio button next to Manually with a Save button at the bottom right.
  4. When a manual posting policy has been applied and a grade has been entered, the Assignment header displays a Visibility icon [1]. This indicates that a manual posting policy is in place. You must manually post the grades before they can be viewed by students. Also, if a manual posting policy has been applied, the Assignment header will display the Manual label [2]. The Total column will also display a Visibility icon [3]. This indicates that the grade in the Grades tab is different from the total grade viewed by the student.Number 1 is the slashed eye icon in an Assignment column header. Number 2 is the word Manual in an Assignment column header. Number 3 is a slashed eye icon in a row of the Total column
  5. When you are ready, post the grades.

Post the grades

  1. Any Assignment with grades that are not visible will be indicated by the Visibility icon [1]. When you have finished grading everyone, hover over the Assignment column header and click the Options icon [2]. Then select Post Grades [3].
  2. Number 1 is a slashed eye icon within an Assignment column header. Number 2 is the options icon within an Assignment column header. Number 3 is Post Grades.A tray will open to the right. Select to post everyone’s grades, or only those who have received a grade or submission comment. Then select Post:
  3. You will see a success message once grades have been posted:Message that says Success! Grades have been posted to everyone for Assignment 1.

Self-Service: Submitting Final Grades

May 7, 2024

Grading Policies

  • CIIS’ grade scale can be found on this webpage: https://www.ciis.edu/grade-scale. Additional questions about which grade to assign are best answered by your program.
  • It’s not necessary to submit all grades at once, but all must be submitted by the deadline. 
  • For courses which allowed student to choose either a letter grade or a pass/no pass grade when they registered, the system will permit you to enter only a letter grade. If the student had chosen pass/no pass, the system automatically converts the letter grade to either P or NP. For graduate students, a grade of B or higher converts to P; a grade of B- or lower, to NP; for undergraduate students, a grade of C or higher converts to P; a grade of C- or lower, to NP.
  • If you’ve entered a wrong grade, contact registrar@ciis.edu right away. We’ll expunge it so you then enter the new one.
  • If the student registered in audit status, enter a grade based on the work they did. Any grade, even an F, will be converted to AU. Students won’t be able to see the grade you’d assigned.
  • The students who’ve formally withdrawn from your course will have a W grade already populated. If they stopped attending, assign a grade based on the work they completed. Note, CIIS’ Class Attendance Policystipulates that any student absent for more than 20% of a course, including both excused and unexcused absences, cannot pass it. 
  • If a student is requesting more time, you may grant an extension by having them submit to you the  Incomplete Grade Request form. Please first check with your program, as not all permit incompletes to be assigned.
  • For comprehensive examination grading, submit the Comprehensive Examination Grade Submission Form and the Comprehensive Examination Assessment Form (the latter submitted to you by your student), and the exam to your program chair. The chair will archive the exam and forward the forms to the Office of the Registrar, which will record the grade and archive the assessment form.
  • Grades for Proposal Completion and Dissertation Seminar/Research/Continuance are to be submitted online, like any other course. If the student’s work in the semester met your expectations, submit a grade of IP [In Progress]; if not, submit a grade of NS [Not Satisfactory].