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title: "Use the What-If Grades Feature"
canonical: "https://servicedesk.shu.edu/space/PUBLICKBA/3162767361/Use%20the%20What-If%20Grades%20Feature"
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You can use the What-If feature to explore how upcoming or resubmitted assignments may impact your grades. This feature allows you to simulate changes for both graded and ungraded assignments, providing a preview of potential updates to your current and final grades. With the What-If tool, you can visualize different outcomes and better understand your progress.

1. In Course Navigation, click the **Grades** link.
2. Review your grades in Canvas
  1. **Current Grade: **You current grade appears in the sidebar [1], calculated using only graded assignments when the **Calculate based only on graded assignments **checkbox [2] is selected (default setting).
  2. **Total Grade: **To include ungraded assignments in the calculation, deselect the checkbox.

![Screenshot 2025-03-12 144030.png](media://7a4f9824-142a-4cac-9e67-b30e2cb2dabf)

3. Review Grades by Grading Period

If your instructor uses grading periods, the Grades page will default to the current period. To view a different grading period:

- Click the **Grading Period** drop-down menu [1].
- Select the desired grading period and click **Apply** [2].

![Screenshot 2025-03-12 142709.png](media://aa12c54e-bf40-4b02-9bfc-7a6c26f61069)

4. Locate the assignment, click the score cell.

![Screenshot 2025-03-12 142826.png](media://fb2b5029-d564-4869-a3ae-2fc211c57d7e)

5. Enter a hypothetical score for the assignment.

![Screenshot 2025-03-12 143502.png](media://e63ba2f1-c3ae-47f1-bef9-06b5df28544d)

6. The Grades page will update the total score with the What-If grade.

![Screenshot 2025-03-12 143605.png](media://f104caf8-aedc-4ad1-a18c-334910e05823)

7. To restore your actual score, click the **Revert to Actual Score** button.

![Screenshot 2025-03-12 143734.png](media://ade8e402-b625-4eef-958f-9135aa428fb6)

8. To view previously tested What-If scenarios, click the **Show Saved What-If Scores** button.

![Screenshot 2025-03-12 143835.png](media://d865fe33-6978-4741-bb92-4c6280846f0c)