Canvas to Skyward Grade Passback

Canvas assignments are also subject to the following details:

  • Due dates are required to send an assignment to Skyward.

  • Assignments must be assigned for a specific section or for Everyone.

  • Assignment names in Skyward are limited to 30 characters.

    • If an assignment with an identical name already exists in Skyward, then Canvas will not push any grades; the assignment information will not be duplicated. Be very intentional in naming assignments.

  • Currently Comments from Canvas are not being transferred to Skyward.

  • Canvas does not pass back any weighted assignment information. To weight assignments, you must log into Skyward and weight the assignments there.


The Canvas Skyward Grade Pass Back process will create the following information in Skyward:

How frequently is data updated in Skyward from Canvas?

Assignment and Grade data in Skyward is refreshed whenever an instructor elects to Post Grades from their Canvas Gradebook.

What attributes are passed to Skyward from a Canvas assignment?

    • Assignment Name

    • Assignment Category

    • Assignment due date

    • Grading Category (based on the Canvas assignment group)

Categories must match in Canvas & Skyward - spelling and punctuation must match.

    • Excused assignments (display as No Count)

    • Points Possible

    • For individual students:

      • Submission date/time

      • Score

      • Whether the assignment was excused for the student