Course Assessment and Grading Policy

General Assessment Measures:

The student will be assessed and graded using some or all of the following assessment tools based upon each individual professor’s or instructor’s grading methods, scales, and rubrics, except where the assessment is performed by all sections of: _____________________.

• Examples of assessment include quizzes, homework activities, exams, discussion forum postings and case studies.

Grading Policies 

[The College grading policy should be included in the course syllabus.  Any special practices should also go here, such as weighted grades, etc.  This should include the instructor’s or the department’s policy for make-up work.  Note that if you enter your grading scale in a table, the table must include a header row.]

Viewing Grades

Viewing Grades: You can view all assessments in the Canvas grade book. You can access the grade book by selecting the “Grades” option on the left-hand side of the course’s Canvas homepage.

Assessment and Assignment Tools: Most online assessment and assignment tools (OpenNow, Connect, etc) are graded upon submission, then automatically generated in the Canvas grade book. The specific information on each individual product tool can be found on the Modules page. 

Sample wording on assessment and assignment tool: All OpenNow assignments, quizzes and exams scores are automatically generated in the Canvas grade book upon submission.  Discussion questions are graded approximately every week. You can also see your OpenNow scores anytime by accessing the “Gradebook” tab in OpenNow.