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There may be times when you will need to adjust a students grade for an assignment after an

assignment grade has already been given. In this document, you will learn how to clear the “needs

grading alert” in a Canvas course.

Introduction

Instructions

Step 1:

Step 2:

First, select the “Needs Grading” option from the course menu.

Locate the “After Grade” notification for the desired student and click the “Student Name”.

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Step 3: Once the assignment page opens, you can adjust the students grade by clicking “View

Rubric” and adjusting the total points in the rubric.

Step 4: If you would like to award the exact same score. You can manually award the same grade by

adding “.0” to end of the grade awarded. Example: “50” updated to “50.0”

Note: If you do not add the “.0” the after grade alert will not be cleared from your needs

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Step 6: The “After Grade” alert should now be cleared from the “Needs Grading” Tab.

Step 5: Scroll to the bottom of the page and select “Save”. If you would like to add new comments

input the desired text in the comment section and click “Submit”.