Incomplete Status in Grade Book

Question

I was just wondering why there isn't an option to mark a student's work incomplete in the grade book when assigning a point based .  You can apply a missing, late, or excused label but not incomplete.  This would really help especially since I sync my Canvas grade book to PowerSchool.

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gnoack · Accepted Answer

Hi @SherryeBiglow

I'm going to point you to this discussion where your question has been partially answered by @Chris_Hofer

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/Can-you-add-a-status-in-gradebook-for-assignments/td-p/217349

As to why there are only missing/late/excused, I believe it has to do with the status being more than colors used to identify missing/late/excused assignments.  They are actually designed to be used by instructors to to control what and how grades are calculated for a final grade.  You can use the gradebook settings to deduct points for late assignments, choose to assign zero points for missing assignments, and excuse an assignment (it won't count for the student's final grade).