On this page, we will describe how to set up the "Grade Sync." In addition, I will give you a quick description of how to adjust due dates and deadlines for assignments in the next page.

Grade Sync
Frequently Asked Questions

Grade Sync

After students enroll into MyLab Math from within a Canvas course, their names appear in the Pearson course gradebook. After students complete assignments, you can check their progress by viewing the Pearson course gradebook and/or the Canvas Gradebook. The steps below will show you how to set up the automatic grade sync.

To get started, click on MyLab and Mastering from your course menu.

click on MyLab and Mastering

Once the page loads, click on the middle tab called "Grade Sync."

Click the middle tab for

Next, look for "Automatic Grade Sync" and click the bubble to the left of "On" to turn on automatic grade syncing. You may also need to select which assignments you wish to sync. For the best results, select all the assignments which are visible in the list.

TIP: If the list is empty, you may need to assign some homework, quizzes, or tests. This is shown in the next page in this tutorial.

Click the bubble to the left of

To initialize a sync, you may press on the "Sync Grades Now" button.

TIP: there may be times in the semester when Pearson experiences high traffic. During these times, student grades might not sync instantly. Instructors can always trigger a sync by pressing the "Sync Grades Now" button.
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When your items and grades have successfully synced from MyLab Math to Canvas, Canvas then displays an Items synced message. Instructors can then go to the Canvas Assignments or Grades pages to see the synced items and grades.

Bonus! Students are able to open Pearson assignments from the Canvas assignments page after the first grade sync.

Grade Sync: Video Overview

The short video below shows all the steps described above with other useful information. Please consider watching it. The video is less than 2 minutes in length.

Best practice

It is recommended that instructors break assignments into different groups in Canvas through the use of Assignment Groups to separate the homework from the quizzes, tests, exams, etc. This is especially useful and important if homework weighs less than exams or other assignments in your course.

Separate your assignments into different groups in Canvas.

TIP: to create the different groups, click the "+Group" button in Canvas. Choose a group name, then move the assignments into the appropriate groups to separate them.
Separate your assignments into different groups

How do I add an assignment group in a course?

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1: Syncing scores/categories?

Can I sync percentage scores or Pearson course categories to Canvas?
Answer: Automatic Grade Sync only brings over raw scores (not percentage scores) from your Pearson gradebook. Automatic Grade Sync does not bring any categories you set up in the Pearson gradebook. Instructors can customize and set up categories in Canvas instead.

Q2: Weighted scores?

Can I sync weighted scores to Canvas?
Answer: With MyLab courses (except MyLab IT and MyLab World Languages), you have the option to sync over the individual assignment weighted scores (instead raw scores) if you have set them up for your assignments. Learn how to set up MyLab grade sync for most courses. This is useful if you have different numbers of questions in assignments that you want to be worth the same total number of points. With MyLab IT, MyLab World Languages, and Mastering courses you can only bring over the raw scores for an assignment. To create a weighted score, change the question values within the assignment to weight the assignment appropriately.

Q3: Due Dates?

Will Pearson assignment due dates show on the Canvas calendar?
Answer: Assignment due dates flow to the Canvas Calendar if they are present when the first Grade Sync occurs and do not update automatically if you update a due date within the Pearson course.

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