Add status "Incomplete" in grade book

[msilveyra]

I would like the grade book to have a status "Incomplete" in addition to none, late and missing. It would be very helpful for students to just see that color status and go back to the assignment and complete it. So far, I have been marking it as missing, giving students half credit for it, and they always write back saying they completed the assignment. An "Incomplete" will do it, and no one will write to teachers because they'll know what to do.

Thanks for considering it!

[linnea_coon]

I would like to see if we could add an incomplete status for grading. Sometimes a student submits an assignment, but they did not fully complete it. It would be nice to grade what they did complete, but also flag it as incomplete. 

[ws6]

This is needed! I am also giving them the lower grade and leaving it marked as missing, but the students think it is an accident and ignore it. 

[theresa_jarvis]

Still need this. It's really unacceptable that you have responded to the many people asking for this feature. 

[DonSnedden]

I agree completely.  There should be an option for why a student got a lower score on an assignment when they did not complete the entire assignment.  

[dianeneal2]

I would like an option in the grade book to mark a graded item as "incomplete". If a student turns in an assignment that is only partially done, it would be helpful to be able to highlight that in some way, and possibly send it back to the student.

[KatyBehnke]

The "Missing" "Late" and "Excused" are so helpful!! I love that it was added that we can label submissions while grading using speedgrader. However, it would be so awesome to add an additional label of "incomplete" to help students quickly identify assignments that need attention. It would be really great if we could add custom labels (up to a certain amount) that show up when students look at their grades.

Sometimes, students are not always looking at comment feedback so it is nice to have a clear identifier when they need to re-do an assignment.

Thank you Canvas!!

[JerriannGarcia]

The options for SpeedGrader are helpful.

None

Late

Missing

Excused

I would like to suggest another option  - Incomplete. I find myself entering that in the comments quite frequently and know that other teachers do as well.

Thank you,

Jerriann Garcia

Centennial High School

Las Cruces, NM

[asmith34]

This is definitely needed as an extra option to help clarify for students the status of their assignment.

[KimGeorge]

I think this is a related concern: I'm grading everything complete/ incomplete. When I assign a score of incomplete the missing icon disappears. 

But some assignments get submitted but they're incomplete. Other assignments are missing and that's why they're incomplete. I'm not sure why the icon can't stay regardless of whether the grade is entered. (It should only disappear when something is submitted.)

Now I have students emailing me to "get a list of missing assignments" because they're so used to that icon. 

I tried going through and manually adding "Missing" via the Grade detail tray, but this is way to labor intensive at this point.  

[SherryeBiglow]

I totally agree.  Some of my assignments are completed in Canvas but the students' grades are there and I would love to let them know that the work is incomplete.

[gmoralesbbns]

Is there a way for us to add our own statuses? I think that would be easier. Either allow an admin to create a global list of statuses or allow teachers to edit the statuses and name it whatever they want. 

[ProductPanda]

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