Ideas for Tiered Grading in Canvas Assignments?

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Hi all… Cross-posting this in a few other spots. I need to design an assignment in Canvas where the following happens: A ‘lead’ student posts an initial presentation based on a prompt/assignment and is graded for the presentation/post. The remaining students in the course respond to the lead presentation and are graded on their responses. The tricky part is that these need to live in the gradebook as separate assignments, but also need to be pretty seamless in terms of the overall UX. I’ve yet to devise a way to manage both key aspects. Anyone done something like this before, or have any ideas?

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It’s very doable! I don’t know how to set it up, but literally every class I’ve taken with Canvas had graded discussions like that.

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LisaMoore said:
It’s very doable! I don’t know how to set it up, but literally every class I’ve taken with Canvas had graded discussions like that.

Interesting! So you’re saying discussions could be the way to go?

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@Donna
Yeah, try googling for a tutorial. It’s super common, so there should be plenty of resources.

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I’ve used a similar setup before. You can create one discussion for the lead post and then have a separate assignment for responses.

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SarahBrown said:
I’ve used a similar setup before. You can create one discussion for the lead post and then have a separate assignment for responses.

That sounds smart! But how do you keep the grading separate?

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@LizCampbell
You can assign different grading criteria for both the post and the responses in the gradebook.

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I think using a rubric could be helpful for grading the posts and responses distinctly.

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Aeron said:
I think using a rubric could be helpful for grading the posts and responses distinctly.

Good idea! Rubrics make it clearer for students too. They know what to aim for.

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Nice, I might try this approach! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

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CHOSEN4 said:
Nice, I might try this approach! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Good luck! Let us know how it turns out.

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Can you clarify what you mean by ‘seamless’ in UX? Just curious.

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Ameliascarlet said:
Can you clarify what you mean by ‘seamless’ in UX? Just curious.

I think they mean the process should feel smooth for students, without confusion over assignments.