Posting Policy in the Gradebook
Gradebook Posting Policies
▶︎ Automatically apply grade for missing submissions
This policy allows teachers to automatically apply a grade for all missing submissions in the Gradebook. A submission is labeled missing when the due date has passed and it has not been submitted. Only submissions with a status of Missing will be affected by the Missing Submission policy. The Missing Submission policy is set per course.
The Missing Submission policy allows you to define a grade that will be granted for missing submissions as a percentage of the total points possible. The percent entered is multiplied by the total points possible on the assignment and the resulting value will be awarded to missing submissions.
It is recommended that these settings are setup up before publishing the course. Disabling a course Missing Submission policy does not revert grades that were submitted when the policy was enabled.
▶︎ Considerations
- The Missing Submission Policy will not apply to unpublished assignments.
- Setting a Missing Submission policy affects all assignments in a course, including assignments with due dates in the past. To exclude a specific assignment, mark the submission as something other than Missing in the Grade Detail Tray.
▶︎ Automatically apply a deduction to late submissions
This allows teachers to set the percentage to be deducted and the internal that Canvas will use to deduct points. The teacher also has the option to enter the lowest possible grade percentage for the late submission, this determines the lowest possible grade a student can receive. Any grade awarded equal to or below that percentage will not receive late policy deductions.
It is recommended that these settings are setup up before publishing the course. Selecting this option will automatically apply the deduction set for any late submissions in the course that have previously been graded as well as apply to future late submissions you grade. Disabling this option will not remove the grade penalty for previously late assignments.
▶︎ Considerations
- The Late Submission policy will not affect submissions for Complete/Incomplete assignments.
- The Late Submission policy may not work correctly when applied to a quiz created using the Classic Quizzes tool and when also using a Missing Submission policy. To ensure the late deduction is properly calculated for these quizzes, you must set an Until date and time that occurs after the Due date. If you do not set an Until date for the quiz, you can set the quiz fudge points to 0 in SpeedGrader when grading the quiz.
- The Late Submission Policy is not supported when using multiple attempts in New Quizzes.
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