Canvas Automatic Grade Sync with Banner

There's a new Canvas tool that will help make your grading process that much easier. Canvas Automatic Grade Sync with Banner lets instructors push grades from Canvas directly into Banner, rather than entering each grade into Banner individually. 

To use this new feature, you'll first need to choose a Grade Scheme in Canvas. Your department may have a common grading scheme that you can use or you can create your own. Once you've selected a Grade Scheme and completed your grading, you're ready to sync the grades to Banner (the Student Information System). 

When grades are synced, Canvas will immediately initiate the grade transfer but it may take a few minutes before grades appear in Banner. Once the sync has successfully completed, you will see an on-screen confirmation and receive an email confirmation. This process should only take a few minutes. Once you receive confirmation, make sure to verify students received the correct grade and check for any sync errors (these will be found in your email receipt).

Canvas Automatic Grade Sync is a great tool but it's not completely hands-off. If you have a student who withdrew from your course, earned an F, or is receiving an Incomplete, you must manually enter these grades into Banner.

For step-by-step instructions, check out this tutorial on Grade Sync from Learning Technologies.