Viewing Grades and Feedback in Canvas

Follow the steps for an overview on how to view your grades and feedback from your teachers in your Canvas courses.

  1. 1. Open Canvas Course

  2. 2. Click on Grades in the course navigation

    The number next to Grades indicates if there is new feedback or a grade attached to an assignment.

    Grades

Viewing Types of Feedback

From the Grades Page in Canvas you can access the following types of feedback:

  1. 3. Comment Feedback: Select View Comments

    If there is a speech bubble next to the assignment title on the grades page, it indicates there is a comment posted. Comments can be posted prior to the assignment being submitted and after they are submitted.

    View Comments
  2. 4. View Feedback Comments, then select Close.

    Feedback window
  3. 5. Turnitin Feedback: Click on Colored Flag

    If there is a Similarity Score Flag next to the assignment number, click on it to view the Turnitin Feedback and similarity rating. These flags may be blue, green, yellow, red, or possibly gray. (View the section about Turnitin for more information).

    Similarity Score Flag
  4. 6. Rubric Results: Select the clipboard icon to see rubric results

    Only assignments that included a rubric that was built in Canvas will include the option to view rubric results.

    Selecting the clipboard will open the rubric directly underneath the assignment.

    Rubric Clipboard Icon
  5. 7. View Rubric feedback and then select Close Rubric

    View Rubric feedback and then select Close Rubric
  6. 8. Assignment Feedback: Select Assignment Title on the Grades Page

    Grades Page Assignment List
  7. 9. Assignment Submission Details: View Teacher or Peer Review Comments and Add Comment to the teacher.

    Submission Detail Comments.
  8. 10. On Document Feedback: Select Assignment Title

    Assignment List Grades Page
  9. 11. Select the link for the submission file

    The links may look different depending on the submission type, but the link will be in the same spot on the Submission Details page.

    Submission Details Page
  10. 12. View Comments or Annotations

    View Comments or Annotations