This is a course-wide policy and exceptions can only be made manually student by student.
- 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 policy.
- 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.
Note: for late submissions, visit our Late Submission Policy guide.
Step 1.
- Click Grades from the course navigation menu.
Step 2.
- Select the settings icon.
Step 3.
- Select the Late Policies Tab
- Click "Automatically apply grade for missing submissions"
Step 4.
- Set the Grade percentage for missing submissions field.
- The percent entered is multiplied by the total points possible on the assignment and the resulting value will be awarded to missing submissions.
For example, if the missing submission grade is set to 20% and the assignment is worth 10 points, all missing submissions for that assignment will be awarded a grade of 2 points (10 points possible x 20% = 2 points awarded). To award all missing submissions with a grade of 0, the missing submission grade can be set to 0%.
Step 5.
- Click "apply settings" to apply the changes.
- A pop-up will confirm the update.
Step 6.
- Missing submissions will be shaded red
- When you click on the student's assignment grade area, the Grade Detail Tray will appear.
Note: manually entering a grade will not remove the Missing label. To remove the Missing label, choose a status other than Missing in the Grade Detail Tray
