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I am logged into beta as an admin and I see the "Apply Score to Ungraded" entry in "Feature Options" under "Account". I have it set to "Disabled" and "Unlocked". This should mean that an instructor can go to one of their courses, go to "Settings > Feature Options" and set "Apply Score to Ungraded" to "Enabled" if they want to use it.
When I log into beta as an instructor, I do not see the ability to enable the feature preview.
However, if I log into beta as an admin, I am able to set it is enabled and the functionality appears as described.
Am I doing something wrong or has it not been implemented yet?
I think this tool could be useful for bulk application of grades, but have found issues in testing. I tested with various submission statuses.
I set it to grade 60% on ungraded artifacts that were "past due". I think this "past due" is where there is an issue, as it is a term that doesn't exist in Canvas' current lexicon. "Late", "Missing", and "Unsubmitted" are all statuses that make sense.
The outcome of applying 60% score to "past due" "artifacts" is that both an unsubmitted assignment and a submitted assignment that were not yet "late" or "missing" and an unsubmitted assignment that was marked "late" were all given the 60% grade. The assignment that was submitted and marked "late" and the unsubmitted assignment marked "missing" were not given the 60% grade.
I, an instructional designer and technical writer, think it is unclear how this feature is supposed to be applied. I think it would be even more confusing for general faculty and will thus be recommending that we do not enable this feature until its functionality is improved/clarified.
I'm excited about this new feature. I will use it to efficiently give students who do not complete assignments a zero score, which is especially helpful for those assignments that I conduct outside of Canvas. Instead of setting a default grade for each assignment, I will be able to apply a score an entire assignment group at a time.
However, I found the use of the word "artifacts" confusing in the dialog and have created an idea to make the language more clear:
Change Language on Apply Score to Ungraded Submissions
Thanks to Mary Rowley at Canvas technical support! I finally have a clear explanation of this feature.
"I understand that you are wondering what the difference between "past due" and "all ungraded artifacts" when using the new feature that allows a user to apply a score to ungraded items. Reading over the thread that you posted to the Release Q&A for this feature (HERE), I can see where some confusion may have occurred.Jsailor indicated that the labels are not what causes something to be marked as past due. What this means is that if you go in and add a label of late or missing to a submission, this isn't going to automatically cause it to be considered past due, but it also doesn't need these labels to be considered past due.What is going to make it past due is if there is no grade and a due date has been passed for the assignment. This means that if an item has a submission, has not been graded, and it is past the due date, it is also considered past due, which is mainly what separates it from the labels of missing or late. I was able to test this multiple times with test courses and I found that this does seem to be working as expected. If an assignment has passed it's due date and items haven't been graded for it, it is correctly marked when I indicate the "past due" option, but all items without grades are marked when I indicate "all ungraded artifacts"."
Hello, We have teachers who are excited about this new feature, especially in light of possible new grading policies for homework/classwork where the floor would be 50% or 55%.
However, we played around with it in Beta and noticed the scores are not getting applied to assignments using External Tools. This is disappointing because:
Can this be improved? Or do I have to submit as an Idea request?
Thanks @jsailor !
This is a bit too high risk for us to turn on right now. We use grading periods, and the apply-all nature of this setting risks recalculation of grade totals in past grading periods. I like the options with this feature and love to see this a column feature in the gradebook, so teachers can choose to be more intentional about when and to what assignments this is applied to. Considering that the gradebook now strips this missing status when teachers enter grades (including 0s), the option to give missing work a 0 (or other baseline score) AND apply the missing status would be a win.
Does this feature apply to to assignments/quizzes that are graded complete/incomplete? If so, how does it work?
I was wondering, if a teachers applies a score to "All Ungraded Artifacts", will it continue to automatically apply that score to new assignments added to the course in the future once the new assignment is added?
