# Grades - edit

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## Grades - edit

### What it Does

#### Admin Tools (Logging tab)

Allows user to search by course ID or assignment ID in grade change logs in Admin Tools (not available at the subaccount level.)

#### Analytics

Allows user to view student-specific data in Analytics.

#### Course Settings

Allows user to view the course grading scheme.

#### Discussions

Allows user to like discussion posts when the Only Graders Can Like checkbox is selected.

#### Gradebook

Allows user to add, edit, and update grades in the Gradebook.

Allows user to access Gradebook History. Allows user to access the Learning Mastery Gradebook (if enabled).

#### Grading Schemes

Allows user to create and modify grading schemes.

#### Quizzes

Allows user to moderate a quiz and view the quiz statistics page.

#### SpeedGrader

Allows user to edit grades and add comments in SpeedGrader.

### Additional Considerations

#### Admin Tools (Logging tab)

To search grade change logs, Grades - view change logs must also be enabled.

#### Analytics

To view student analytics in course analytics, Analytics - view must also be enabled.

#### Course Settings

To edit course grading schemes, Courses - manage must also be enabled.

#### Gradebook, SpeedGrader

Gradebook and SpeedGrader will be inaccessible if both Grades - edit and Grades - view all grades are disabled.

#### People (Course)

To view student analytics, Users - view list and Analytics - view must also be enabled.

#### Quizzes

To moderate a quiz, Assignments and Quizzes - manage / edit must also be enabled.

To view the user SIS ID column in the Quiz Item Analysis CSV file, SIS Data - read must also be enabled.

To view the submission log, Quizzes - view submission log must also be enabled.

#### Reports

To access the Student Interactions report, Reports - manage must also be enabled.

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This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available [on Github](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms).


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