I assume the coders for the assignment default grade tool limited input to numeric values rather than allowing alphanumeric characters to allow for status as well as a score. But, if entering Ex is al...

Thanks for the suggestion. What I meant about the default grade was that I went into the Gradebook Settings in Canvas and enabled the 'Automatically apply a grade for missing assignments' opti...

Your solution works in the case of a quiz that everyone will eventually take, but I want to give everyone excused for a series of assignments that are optional unless they choose to complete them for ...

I assume the coders for the assignment default grade tool limited input to numeric values rather than allowing alphanumeric characters to allow for status as well as a score. But, if entering Ex is al...

Thanks for the suggestion. What I meant about the default grade was that I went into the Gradebook Settings in Canvas and enabled the 'Automatically apply a grade for missing assignments' opti...

Your solution works in the case of a quiz that everyone will eventually take, but I want to give everyone excused for a series of assignments that are optional unless they choose to complete them for ...