We are encouraging instructors to use the Missing Submission policy and setting zeros as the automatic grade. Why do some assignments that are not due yet have zeros filled in as a default? Is it due to mismanagement of due dates or is this a bug?
@smathews
I often see this when the Missing Submission policy is set in the course first. Then, an assignment is created, updated, and/or copied into the course with a due date set to the past. Even if the due date is updated to the future, the Missing Submission policy would have already applied and doesn't automatically get removed.
A simple way to clear out the grades for an assignment affected by this is to do the following:
After completing this, the grades should be blank.
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