Set up the Canvas Gradebook for Both Gradeless and Graded Students in the Same Course

Do you teach a class that has both gradeless and graded students in it? To set up your Canvas gradebook to accommodate these two different needs, you have a couple of extra steps to follow:

Create different sections for your graded and gradeless students.
Add each student to the relevant section.
Create your assignment and set it up to be graded with points (or however you want).
Create a duplicate of this assignment and change the grading section so that it is set up to be graded for completion.

Create Different Sections for Graded and Gradeless Students

Go to the relevant Canvas course and click Settings > Sections.
In the Add a New Section box, create a section called 10th Grade. Click the +Section button.
Create another new section, this time called 9th Grade.

Add Each Student to the Relevant Section

Go to the People tab of your course.
For each student, click the Vertical Ellipses and select Edit Sections.
Add the student to the relevant section based on their graduation year. Click Update.

Create the Graded Version of the Assignment and Assign

Create the assignment and set up the grading so that it matches your grading structure for your graded students.
In the Assign Access section, click Manage Due Dates and Assign To.
In the sidebar, assign this graded assignment to your graded section of students.

Duplicate, Update to Gradeless, and Assign

Go to the Assignments tab and find the assignment you just created.
Click Vertical Ellipses and select Duplicate.
Open the assignment you just created and make edits so that is is gradeless.
In the Assign Access section, click Manage Due Dates and Assign To.
In the sidebar, assign this gradeless assignment to your gradeless section of students.