[ARCHIVED] Late quiz deduction overrides scores on on-time attempts

[matthews_345]

I have a student who submitted a quiz on time and earned a 100%. After the deadline, the student attempted the quiz again and earned a zero (I think she was just trying to look at the quiz again). The automatic lateness deduction from her second attempt affected her first attempt. In other words, she lost 96% from her 100% score.

Is this the normal intended function of the lateness deduction? If so, is there a way to only keep the highest score, even if they attempt after the deadline passes?

[kona]

 @matthews_345 , I don't use the late policy - mostly because I would only want it to apply to certain assignment types - but I did some research on your question and the way the guide reads - How do I apply a Late Submission policy in the Gradebook? - it is my guess that yes, this is intended functioning. Yet, there is a way for the student to keep the intended score, just change the "Status" of the assignment to "None" (from late) and this will remove the penalty. Here is a guide that explains how to do this - How do I change the status of a submission in the Gradebook? 

Hope this helps! Kona

[matthews_345]

Thank you for confirming that this appears to be the right function.

I wish that Canvas functioned differently and maintained automation. Ideally, I'd like Canvas to only penalize late attempts rather lateness penalizing all existing attempts. I recognize that I could manually override lateness penalties, but my class is around 500 students and this functionality puts the burden on the student to recognize the grade inconsistency. 

If anyone can think of a way to reconcile this, please let me know! 

[kona]

 @matthews_345 , I think the issue is that some faculty might want the late deduction, regardless of if the assignment had been graded before or not. So while in your case this is a major issue, for some it would be if the reverse was true and the late deduction wasn't done. 

Sorry there doesn't seem to be a better solution right now for this. 

Kona