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I can't see my "Grade Sync" button in the Blended Teaching Gradebook

If you can't see the "Grade Sync" button, it's because you are either not integrated, or need make one tweak (details included here).

Grade Syncing is one of the best features of integrating with Blended Teaching. But sometimes there are issues getting set up that mean the Sync grades button is greyed out. Here's why, and what to do.

1. Reasons the Sync Grades Button Is Greyed Out

The Sync grades button appears at the top of the Gradebook. When you press it, it pushes grades from Blended Teaching to your LMS gradebook automatically, without you having to copy them across in spreadsheets.

Opening the Gradebook, where the Sync grades button is greyed out until the course is connected to your LMS

There are three reasons the Sync grades button may be greyed out.

  1. You haven't quite completed setup. If your university is integrated with Blended Teaching, this is probably the problem. It's an easy thing to miss, and an easy thing to fix (see below).

  2. Blended Teaching is not integrated at your university. If that is the case, if you put us in touch with your LMS Administrator at the university, we can set up the integration.

  3. No assessment is ready to sync yet. The button also stays greyed out until at least one assessment is published in Blended Teaching and has a matching assignment in your LMS.

2. Finalizing the Setup in Your LMS

If your problem relates to point (1) above, then this is the solution.

There is a new step recently added to the setup process that makes your LMS course shell bond with your Blended Teaching textbook. This means your Blended Teaching textbook is paired with your unique course shell. A bit like swans, once they are bonded, they can never be parted.

If you haven't done the bonding step yet, the Sync grades button stays greyed out.

If you have any issues with the instructions below, we are always happy to jump on a Zoom. Just ask Blended AI to set that up for you.

Canvas

To make the bond in Canvas, follow these steps:

  1. In the Home tab of your Canvas course, go to any module you like. It doesn't matter which one.

  2. Click the + button in the grey bar at the top of the module.

  3. This will open a box asking you to Add Item....

  4. There is a dropdown menu near the top that says Add and then a dropdown menu that probably has pre-selected Assignment. Click on this to open the dropdown menu and select External Tool.

  5. It will give you a list of tools you can open. Select Blended Teaching from the list of potential apps.

The system will ask you to confirm which Blended Teaching textbook you want to link to this Canvas class. Select the relevant one, and click Save Selection. Then you can close the following browser window.

Now you can go back to the Gradebook and use the sync button, which is now labeled Sync to Canvas.

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