Synching Yellowdig to Canvas Grading

Yellowdig is a social learning platform that combines traditional discussion board offerings with game-based learning and social media tools. This resource explains how to sync Yellowdig grades with the Canvas grade book. 

Establishing Grade Passback to Canvas

To establish their grade passback, your students will need to launch into Yellowdig through the Yellowdig Assignment in Canvas.

• If grade passback isn't happening in your course, this may be because your learners have not yet clicked the graded assignment link to Yellowdig on your course page. To configure grading, please advise your learners to click on the graded assignment link to Yellowdig, which should appear in your course's Assignments or Modules tab. They must click on the link at least once to configure grade passback.
• We recommend sharing this guide to Yellowdig grading with your learners at the start of the class to help them better understand grade passback to Canvas. 

How Grade Passback Works

• Scores will take several hours after a student’s last activity to sync over to Canvas. There is no set time, so instructors should wait at least 24 hours after the end of a week’s participation before checking grades in Canvas to ensure all grades have been passed over accurately.
• Students can see their progress through My Grades which will display their overall progress on the board and their points earned as each week passes.
• In Canvas, the scores that transfer over by percentage progress will convert and display based on the Canvas assignment’s setting. Setting the display grade to percentage for students makes seeing the progress easier than by points as Yellowdig will likely differ. 

View Student Progress

Instructors may view the progress of their students in Yellowdig by:

1. Go to Data then Reports in the left navigation menu.
2. Click on Show Log to see a list of their activities and earnings per week.
   1. Activities that do not earn them points because they already met their periodic target will be grayed out. Instructors can click on an activity link and be brought to its location in the board. Instructors may remove points from a post if needed by click the +/- Points option and entering a negative value (e.g. -2). 
       

Awarding Accolades

Instructors may provide created accolade badges to students’ posts which will allow them to receive extra points even if they meet their periodic target for the week. 

Accolades can be used to:

1. acknowledge and reward posts and comments with a “point bonus”. Accolades awarded in this way drive quality engagement by highlighting exemplary posts and providing students with models to follow.
2. award makeup points to students for work after the target period has passed. This enables students with exceptions to catch up to a missed week’s participation. 
    

Resources and Next Steps

Yellowdig: Instructor Set Up & Grading Guide
Troubleshooting/Support
Additional Resources