Automatic fudge points being assigned

[batmaing]

Sat down to grade a quiz today and noticed that for a handful of students (5 of 30 students or so) fudge points where automatically assigned. They were always small (+/- 0.5 points) but any points being assigned by Canvas is a no no and concerning. Have you experienced this and how did you fix it?

I've already reached out to Canvas chat support but got disconnected and wasn't able to resolve it. They suggested maybe "Set Default Score" was set but I didn't even know that was an option and nothing was set. More than anything, I'm just documenting the issue I saw here so that others may chime in with their thoughts.

[Nancy_Webb_CCSF]

Hi @batmaing, do you have a late penalty set in the gradebook? Back in 2020 we were experiencing these mysterious fudge points being added any time there was manual grading involved.  Our solution was just to notice it there and change it to 0 before saving.  If you don't have a late penalty then it must be a different issue.  That was for a classic quiz, are you using classic or new quizzes?