Variable Text in Delphinium Messages

Student Variables

Not available in 'One Canvas message for all students', 'Canvas Todo/Events', 'Canvas Announcements', and 'Message teachers and stakeholder only'

• Student First Name - Display first name(s) stored in Canvas (Will display multiple first names if they exist)

• Student Last Name - Display last name stored in Canvas

• Observer Name - Full display name stored in Canvas

• Course Points - Total raw points earned, regardless of assignment group weighting, as stored in Canvas

• Total Percentage (%-based grading courses only) - Percentage of points earned out of all assignments, regardless of whether or not they have been graded, factoring in assignment group weighting, as stored in Canvas

• Graded Percentage (%-based grading courses only) - Percentage of points earned out of graded assignments, including assignments given 0 points, factoring in assignment group weighting, as stored in Canvas

• Total Grade (%-based grading courses only) - Letter grade earned for all assignments, according to the Canvas grading scheme, regardless of whether or not they have been graded, factoring in assignment group weighting, as stored in Canvas

• Graded Grade (%-based grading courses only) - Letter grade earned for graded assignments, according to the Canvas grading scheme, including assignments given 0 points, factoring in assignment group weighting, as stored in Canvas

• Grade (0-based grading courses only) - Letter grade earned, based on percentage of points earned out of the Max Points setting in Delphinium Course settings, according to the Canvas grading scheme, regardless of assignment group weighting

• Quality (in 0-based grading courses) - Percent of points earned out of points attempted, regardless of assignment group weights

• Quality (in %-based grading courses) - Percentage of points earned out of graded assignments, including assignments given 0 points, factoring in assignment group weighting, as stored in Canvas (same as Graded Percentage)

• Percentile - Students position in the rank order of all students in the class

• Page View Count - The number of times a user has received data from a Canvas server, this number can be larger than expected because a single page load may require many server data requests

• Participation Count - The count of student actions in a course, including posting an announcement, loading a collaboration, joining a web conference, posting to a discussion, creating a page, submitting a quiz, starting a quiz, submitting an assignment

• Course Points + B/P Balance (in courses with Milestone Tracker or Cafeteria Style only) - Total raw points earned, regardless of assignment group weighting, as stored in Canvas, plus bonus points generated by Delphinium components minus penalty points generated by Delphinium components (Delphinium bonus and penalty points are not visible in Canvas grades)

• Penalty (in courses with Milestone Tracker) - Penalty points generated by Delphinium components (Delphinium penalty points are not visible in Canvas grades)

• Bonus (in courses with Milestone Tracker or Cafeteria Style only) - Bonus points generated by Delphinium components (Delphinium bonus points are not visible in Canvas grades)

• Bonus/Penalty Balance (in courses with Milestone Tracker or Cafeteria Style only) - Bonus points generated by Delphinium components minus penalty points generated by Delphinium components (Delphinium bonus and penalty points are not visible in Canvas grades)

• Red line gap (in courses with Milestone Tracker only) - The number of points above or below the Milestone Tracker's redline that the student's course points (unweighted) currently is 

Course Variables

• Teacher Name - Full display name, as stored in Canvas, for the message sender, as configured on the message People tab

• Course Name - Course name as configured in the Canvas course settings

• Today's Date - Today's date

• First Day of Class - The Start Date listed in Delphinium Course Settings

• Last Day of Class - The End Date listed in Delphinium Course Settings

Course Stats 

Only available in "Message teachers and stakeholder only"

• Average Points - Average total raw points earned for all students, regardless of assignment group weighting, as stored in Canvas

• Average Total Points (in courses with Milestone Tracker or Cafeteria Style only) - Average total raw points earned for all students, regardless of assignment group weighting, as stored in Canvas, plus bonus points generated by Delphinium components minus penalty points generated by Delphinium components (Delphinium bonus and penalty points are not visible in Canvas grades)

• Average Penalty (in courses with Milestone Tracker) - Average penalty points for all students generated by Delphinium components (Delphinium penalty points are not visible in Canvas grades)

• Average Bonus (in courses with Milestone Tracker or Cafeteria Style only) - Average bonus points for all students generated by Delphinium components (Delphinium bonus points are not visible in Canvas grades)

• Average Bonus/Penalty Balance (in courses with Milestone Tracker or Cafeteria Style only) - Average bonus points for all students generated by Delphinium components minus penalty points generated by Delphinium components (Delphinium bonus and penalty points are not visible in Canvas grades)

• Average Total Percent (in %-based grading courses) - Average percentage of points earned out of all assignments for all students, regardless of whether or not they have been graded, factoring in assignment group weighting, as stored in Canvas

• Average Graded Percent (in %-based grading courses) - Average percentage of points earned out of graded assignments for all students, including assignments given 0 points, factoring in assignment group weighting, as stored in Canvas

• Average Quality (in 0-based grading courses) - Average percent of points earned out of points attempted for all students, regardless of assignment group weights

• Average Quality (in %-based grading courses) - Average percentage of points earned out of graded assignments for all students, including assignments given 0 points, factoring in assignment group weighting, as stored in Canvas (same as Average Graded Percent)

Assignment Variables

Assignment based messages only - coming soon

• Assignment Name - Name of assignment as stored in Canvas

• Assignment Points Possible - Points possible for assignment as stored in Canvas

• Assignment Score - If assignment is graded, points a student earned on assignment

• Assignment Percent - If assignment is graded, percent of points a student earned on assignment

• Submitted Status - Assignment submitted status for a student: Is submitted, is not submitted

• Graded Status - Assignment graded status for a student: Is graded, is not graded

• Gradebook Status - Assignment gradebook status for a student: Is missing, is late, is excused, is not excused