What would cause Canvas to assign a zero to an assignment that is not yet due. We have checked that the due dates are correct for the assignment. And it doesn't happen to every student in the class, just a few. I'm not sure what else to check. TIA.
There have been multiple different reports about grades being automatically set to 0 when they shouldn't. This could be related to a known issue that Instructure is working on. https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Known-Issues/OPEN-Investigate-how-the-missing-policy-triggered/ta-p/613674
That it is happening only to a few students is odd. Is this happening with content that was copied from another course?
You might consider submitting a Help Ticket about the issue in case it is related to the issue linked above. Per their instructions: "If you are encountering the behavior outlined in this document, please ensure you have submitted a Support case (per your institution's escalation process) so Canvas Support can adequately gauge the overall customer impact and prioritize appropriately."
As you mentioned, this should not be happening. There does appear to be an issue being worked on regarding the matter. One of the more identified causes seems to be copying the course. Even if due dates are removed during the process, it seems to be marking things as missing right away. Based on what you are experiencing, I would definitely suggest submitting a ticket if you have not. Particularly since you observed students joining AFTER the copy did not have their items automatically marked with a zero. The more info they have on what users are experiencing, the better they can diagnose and solve.
I have seen this phenomena only in Fall. 2024 and my course is a copy from FALL 2023. I wondered if it was only with LATE add students, but that is not the case. It seems random. I always used to set up the 0 to be posted if a student missed the assignment, but now they show up randomly. I found that the Zero helps when checking the gradebook that it shows up for a missing grade. I did not have that one year, and the grade % comes out differently. This term, I am not going through to erase them as it seems the submissions still can be posted and graded even if it was marked at Zero before. So I trust the technicians can figure this one out... but I am not going to worry about it any further.
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