Add Anar Seeds to Canvas Grade Book

How to add Anar Seeds to the Canvas Gradebook

Step 1: Access CN Post from your Canvas course

• Click on the CN Post tab on the left-hand menu

Step 2: Fill out Anar Seed Settings

One CN Post opens, click on the “Anar Seeds Settings” link on the left-hand menu in CN Post

1. Click the box next to “Set up Anar goal in this course”
2. Enter an Anar number into the “Anar goal” field
3. Select a time frame for course members to accumulate Anar seeds. Note, course members will not be able to earn any seeds before the start date and after the end date of this time frame
4. Click the box next to "Use Anar Seeds to Grading". From the dropdown, select Pass "Anar Seeds" to LMS Gradebook (for CN Post)
5. Select an Anar Seeds grade passback setting. There are 3 options. Read this article to learn more. 
6. If you want to modify the course Anar Seeds table, edit the table
7. Click the SAVE button at the bottom of the page

Step 3: Create an assignment for Anar Seeds in Canvas

Optional Resource: The CN Team has created an assignment template for you to use. You can search "CN Post Assignments" in Canvas Commons or go to this URL https://lor.instructure.com/resources/99b93b2193f84caeabd78ffa47138686?shared (click this link a second time if the first time doesn't take you to the specific content) to directly import the assignments into your Canvas course. If you choose to use the template, you only need to modify the template content. You can skip the following steps. 

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If you wish to set up the Canvas Assignment by yourself, please follow the steps below:

• Go to the Assignments tab in your Canvas course and create a new assignment.

1. Enter the assignment name, for example, Anar Seeds (CN Post)

2. In the assignment description box (or on a separate page before this LTI assignment), introduce this assignment, posting guidelines, the course Anar Seeds rules, and how the Anar Seeds grade will be based back. 

3. Enter the amount of points your assignment will be worth in the Canvas Grade book.

4. Select “External Tool” from the Submission Type dropdown

5. Click on “Find” and select “CN Post” from the external tool list

6. Fill out other fields based on course needs.

7. Remember to “Save and Publish” the assignment.

Now you should see “Anar Seeds (CN Post)” both on the Assignments page and the Canvas Grade book.

Important Notes:

• If you are going to use “Anar Seeds (CN Post)” as a bonus item for extra credits, you need to use weighted groups in the Canvas Grade book. Put “Anar Seeds (CN Post)” in a weighted group. For details, please read this Canvas guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-5612
• This grade passback only converts the total course Anar Seeds to point value. If you plan to grade a specific post, you may create a separate Canvas assignment with a Submission Type of No Submission and manually enter the grade into the Canvas Grade book. Please note that you can only have ONE assignment that has the Submission Type: External Tool-CN Post. If there is more than one such assignment, the grade passback will encounter errors. 

From this point on, students' Anar Seeds grades will automatically appear in the Canvas Grade book based on the Anar Seeds grade passback setting you chose and the grades will automatically update within an hour after each Anar Seeds update in CN Post.