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Excusing absences without taking them off of the total number absences

Question asked by Kelsey Harper on Aug 31, 2018
Latest reply on Mar 19, 2019 by Kelsey Harper

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Hello,

I have a policy in my class where students are allowed two absences per semester. I record absences using Roll Call Attendance and I haven't found this feature. How can I make certain absences not count toward the final grade without changing it to "Present?" In other words, I want it recorded on Canvas that the student was indeed gone that day but I don't want that particular absence to negatively affect their grade.

Also, is there a way to write a note next to the absences/tardies? I teach a 2.5 hour class and it would be nice to make a note about if the student was 5 minutes late vs. 45 minutes late...

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rogrant@nmsu.edu

Jan 24, 2019 8:21 AM

Kelsey,

First, I want to apologize for your question sitting in the community for so long without a response.

Second, it looks like you have stumped the Canvas Community. Were you able to find an answer to your question? I am going to go ahead and mark this question as answered because there hasn't been any more activity in a while so I assume that you have the information that you need. If you still have a question about this or if you have information that you would like to share with the community, by all means, please do come back and leave a comment.

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Leslie Crenna Mar 19, 2019 11:02 AM

Not sure why Canvas would assume this question has been answered. I have the same exact question and the guides do not answer it. It is very basic to able to excuse an absence and not have it impact a student's grade. Please respond with a solution.

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Kelsey Harper @ Leslie Crenna on Mar 19, 2019 11:15 AM

Thanks, Leslie. I still have not found a way to mark an absence as excused. One unsatisfying caveat is to add tags to the student's absence (One of my tags is "Emailed- Sick.") However, this still requires me to manually enter each tag and go back at the end of the semester and tally them all up. I am aware that low scores (absences) can also be dropped from Roll-call as an assignment, but this is still not quite the feature I need.

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Leslie Crenna @ Kelsey Harper on Mar 19, 2019 11:40 AM

Thanks Kelsey for YOUR timely response! I don't quite understand your last sentence. I do see in the [Assignment Settings] page that you can mark the entire assignment to not count towards the final grade, but that sounds like all rolls for all students ("Do not count this assignment towards the final grade"). Is that what you mean? Obviously, we need the ability to excuse individual students for individual absences. So very basic. I feel your pain!

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Leslie Crenna @ Leslie Crenna on Mar 19, 2019 11:43 AM

And I do not think marking the student present and erasing our record of actual attendance is any kind of reasonable solution but this is what the phone support staff advised me to do.

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Kelsey Harper @ Leslie Crenna on Mar 19, 2019 12:58 PM

Yes, that's what I meant. It would be taking ALL students into account (not a real solution.)

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rogrant@nmsu.edu Jan 24, 2019 8:21 AM
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Kelsey,

First, I want to apologize for your question sitting in the community for so long without a response.

Second, it looks like you have stumped the Canvas Community. Were you able to find an answer to your question? I am going to go ahead and mark this question as answered because there hasn't been any more activity in a while so I assume that you have the information that you need. If you still have a question about this or if you have information that you would like to share with the community, by all means, please do come back and leave a comment.
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Leslie Crenna Mar 19, 2019 11:02 AM
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Not sure why Canvas would assume this question has been answered. I have the same exact question and the guides do not answer it. It is very basic to able to excuse an absence and not have it impact a student's grade. Please respond with a solution.
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- Kelsey Harper @ Leslie Crenna on Mar 19, 2019 11:15 AM
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  Thanks, Leslie. I still have not found a way to mark an absence as excused. One unsatisfying caveat is to add tags to the student's absence (One of my tags is "Emailed- Sick.") However, this still requires me to manually enter each tag and go back at the end of the semester and tally them all up. I am aware that low scores (absences) can also be dropped from Roll-call as an assignment, but this is still not quite the feature I need.
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  - Leslie Crenna @ Kelsey Harper on Mar 19, 2019 11:40 AM
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    Thanks Kelsey for YOUR timely response! I don't quite understand your last sentence. I do see in the [Assignment Settings] page that you can mark the entire assignment to not count towards the final grade, but that sounds like all rolls for all students ("Do not count this assignment towards the final grade"). Is that what you mean? Obviously, we need the ability to excuse individual students for individual absences. So very basic. I feel your pain!
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    - Leslie Crenna @ Leslie Crenna on Mar 19, 2019 11:43 AM
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      And I do not think marking the student present and erasing our record of actual attendance is any kind of reasonable solution but this is what the phone support staff advised me to do.
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    - Kelsey Harper @ Leslie Crenna on Mar 19, 2019 12:58 PM
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      Yes, that's what I meant. It would be taking ALL students into account (not a real solution.)
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