Excuse a Student from an Assignment
Use this procedure to excuse a student from an assignment. When a student does not get a score for an assignment and the due date for the assignment has passed, the assignment is considered a missing assignment. When you define the categories you use and specify how you want IPR and/or Report Card averages to be calculated, you can select whether a missing assignment should count as if the student got a 0 (zero) or if the assignment should be excluded from the average.
Excuse a Student Using an Alpha Score
If there are situations where you want to be able to indicate that the student does not need to have a score, you can enter an alpha score for the assignment. Your district defines the available alpha scores.
- From Gradebook, select Entry to display the Gradebook Entry page.
- If you are in SBGB Summary Mode, click for GB Entry mode or for SBGB Detail mode on the mode selector .
- If you need to update the class or marking period, click Change to make your selections.
- If the assignment is not displayed on the assignment header, select the appropriate category or mark type in the Competencies and Marks filters or the Categories and Marks filter.
- On the Gradebook Entry page, double-click on a score field to display the list of alpha scores.
- Click on the desired alpha score.
- When finished:
- If you've enabled Auto Saving, you're done. For more information about Auto Saving, refer to the Settings topic in the online help system.
- Otherwise, click Save.
Your district can define alpha scores to:
- Exclude an assignment from the student's average. For example, your district may define a code of NA to indicate that a score is not applicable for the student and, thus, should be excluded from the average. To select a score that excludes an assignment, double-click on a score field and select a score that displays Excluded in the Percent column.
- Give the student a percentage score based on the possible points. For example, a score of A might be 100% of the possible points or a score of INC (for incomplete) might be 0% or 0 points for the student. To select a percentage score, double-click on a score field and select the score with the appropriate score in the Percent column.