Grade Posting Policy can be changed on two levels. Either on the course as a whole (all assignments) or per assignment. The two possible values for the policy is manually and automatically. This applies to submission comments and document annotations also.

The default setting in each Canvas course is to publish your grades manually. You should then see the text MANUAL just below each assignment name (the header of each column in the table) in the Gradebook. You can't add a specific time for this, it must be posted by a person with the role Teacher in the Grades view or in SpeedGrader. Manually Post Grades means that it's your decision when the grades will be posted and visible for the students.

If at least one or more grades have been entered for a student the eye icon will appear to the left of the assignment name in the gradebook meaning grades are ready to get posted by you.

If the posting policy is set to Automatically it means students will see their grade as soon as you have graded them (with your comments included) in SpeedGrader or Grades.

Tip!

Information for students on how to find feedback and grades is available in the student guides.

Changing the Grade Posting Policy for all assignments

If you would like to set the grade posting policy for the entire course first go to Grades in the course menu.

Click the cog icon at the top right corner.
Switch to the Grade Posting Policy tab
Change the policy and click the Update button.

Screenshot showing how to change the Grade Posting Policy from the Gradebook.

Changing the Grade Posting Policy for a single assignment

An alternative may be to set the Grade Posting Policy to automatically to one or more individual assignments. Click the three dots next to the assignment name in the Gradebook and then click Grade Posting Policy.

Screenshot show how to change the Grade Posting Policy for a single assignment.

Publish grades manually

Manual posting of grades must be done by actually clicking the Post grades button - there is no time setting available. You can post either from the Gradebook or from SpeedGrader.

From the Gradebook

When you are ready to show your grading to students you click the three dots next to the assignment name in the Gradebook and then click Post grades. You will then get a summary showing the number of grades that are not yet published and the option to publish them. You can also choose to publish grades for Everyone or only for students who have been Graded (the hidden status will then remain for not graded students). Click Post to confirm.

Animation showing how to publish grades manually.

From SpeedGrader

When you are ready to show your grading to students you click the eye icon at the top left in SpeedGrader and then click Post grades. You will then get a summary showing the number of grades that are not yet published and the option to publish them. You can also choose to publish grades for Everyone or only for students who have been Graded (the hidden status will then remain for not graded students). Click Post to confirm.

Screenshot showing how to publish grades from SpeedGrader.

Everyone vs. Graded

When publishing grades manually you get to choose between publishing for everyone or only for graded students. If you choose Everyone grades will be published even for student who have not yet been graded - but they will be able to see their grade at once when you do enter it. The option does not only regulate the visibility of the actual grades you entered at the moment, but the visibility of results in general for students for that assignment.

If you go with the option Graded only students with a grade and/or a comment can see their feedback. If you enter grades for more students later you can make a new round of publishing.

Warning!

If assessment for a student that has only gotten a comment have been published, the actual grade will be visible immediately for that student once you enter it. This is because the student is in the published state, rather than only the comment you previously posted.

You can also publish grades for specific student sections, if you need.

Hide grades

If you need to hide grades you can do so from the same places you published - Gradebook (the three dots for the assignment) or SpeedGrader (the eye icon).

What about anonymous grading?

If you chose to grade anonymously while creating the assignment grades will automatically be hidden (for this assignment) for both students and teachers. To publish grades you click the three dots next to the assignment name in the Gradebook and then choose Post grades. You will then only have the option to publish all grades (even for those students who still haven't been graded) or none at all, since the anonymity then will be compromised.