Default Grade Question

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JohnnyLail
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I have a question regarding how the Default Grade works for Canvas assignments that are automatically graded.

I have several quizzes in my course, and some students have not completed them on the deadline.  I would like for their overall grade to reflect the zero they are currently earning as a default grade, BUT if they complete the quiz late, it would update the zero with their actual grade according to the late policy I set up.

Is that how Default Grade works?  All I've seen so far in the documentation is that you can manually set and manually update a default grade, but it is not clear if Canvas grading is unaffected.

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mzimmerman
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Hello Johnny,

An actual grade from an automatically graded quiz will overwrite the default grade for the assignment.

You might also look at the Late Policies options for the course, which would let you automatically award 0% for assignments that are missing, and deduct a percentage for assignments that are late.

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