Canvas-specific grading considerations (using SpeedGrader and Rubrics)
Please note that grades for Terracotta assignments must be administered through the Terracotta interface in order to maintain accuracy in your data export. Multiple choice items are graded automatically based on the correct answers and point values you select for each item, but short answer and file upload items must be graded in Terracotta’s Status tab.
In practical terms, if you were to input or change grades within Canvas (in the gradebook, SpeedGrader, or elsewhere), they would appear in the Canvas gradebook, but would not be passed to Terracotta. In this situation, the grades in the Canvas gradebook would be different from those in your Terracotta data export.
Because Terracotta doesn’t access the entirety of instructors' (or students') data, there are some limitations on what you can do in terms of grading with Terracotta assignments.
If you’d like to use SpeedGrader to provide feedback to students, it is possible, though functionality is somewhat limited. Start by navigating to your Canvas assignments page through the left navigation. Then, click the assignment title to open it:
Instead of seeing the assignment, you’ll see a list of your Terracotta experiments - don’t worry. You’re still in the right place .
Click SpeedGrader in the top right corner of the page.
If a student submitted the assignment you’re grading, SpeedGrader will show a “No Preview Available” message. If there is no submission, SpeedGrader will show “No Submission.”
In the screenshot above, we can tell that the student submitted the assignment, but we can’t see the assignment here. To see it, you’ll need to open another tab for Terracotta, and go to the Status tab. Then, you can look at the assignment, and offer comments via SpeedGrader.
To use a Canvas rubric with a Terracotta assignment, create the rubric as you normally would, and apply it to the appropriate assignment. It will appear when you open SpeedGrader, and you can then comment and grade there (with the assignment open in Terracotta in another tab).