Use exceptions in the gradebook

Overview

You can add an exception to any assignment, discussion, assessment, test, or quiz in your Schoology gradebook to denote that a student's submission is absent, collected, exempt, incomplete, missing, or late. Review the Exception type details table more more information.

Exception type details

Exception type	Description	Gradebook impact
Absent	The student was absent during the submission	No impact
Exempt	The student was excused from the assignment	No impact
Incomplete	The student submitted incomplete work	No impact
Late	The student submitted the assignment late	No impact
Missing	The student did not submit the assignment	Treated as a zero
Collected	Submitted but not yet graded	No score is recorded until graded

Course administrators can disable the scoring of missing assignments as zeros by changing the Disable automatic scoring of missing exceptions as 0 setting in Grade Setup.
If you change this setting after grades are entered for a course, it will affect all graded assignments for that course that have been marked as Missing.

Exceptions with overdue items

Absent, exempt, late, and collected exceptions remove the item from a student's overdue notifications.
Incomplete does not remove overdue notifications.

Possible scenarios

Scenario	Exception type	Student impact
I accept late submissions but don’t want them reflected in the student’s grade.	Incomplete	The student will continue to receive overdue notifications but no grade penalty.
I do not accept late submissions.	Missing	The student will receive a zero grade and no longer receive overdue notifications.
I no longer accept submissions but don’t want it reflected in the student’s grade.	Excempt	The student will continue to receive overdue notifications but no grade impact.

Add exceptions

Students can still make submissions to an item with an exception code entered. You will continue to receive the same new assignment notifications.

Navigate to a course and select Gradebook.
Hover over the gradebook cell and click the flag icon.
Select an exception. The corresponding icon will appear in the cell for the student's submission.

Entering a score on a Collected item automatically clears the flag. For other exceptions, remove the flag before entering a score.
If an exception is added after a score is entered, the score will be cleared.
If Collected exception codes are unavailable for your district, contact Support to request them. These codes will mark the status as Submitted with a score of zero in some SIS integrations.

Remove exceptions

Navigate to a course and select Gradebook.
Click the exception icon in the gradebook.
Click the exception to clear it.

If entering a score for an exempt, incomplete, collected, absent, or late item, the flag is automatically removed.

Lock assignments

Lock an assignment to prevent students from making further submissions.

Navigate to the course.
Click the material’s gear icon and select Edit.
From Advanced, click the lock icon to prevent future submissions.

Exceptions with auto-graded tests and quizzes

If a student completes an auto-graded test or quiz after an exception was added, accept the auto-generated grade and override the exception directly from the grade book cell. A test with an override available is noted in the grade book cell with a black dot on the test icon.

To clear the exception and accept the test score, click the test icon. Then, select Update Grade. Select Keep Override to clear the new grade and remove the black dot from the test.

Select View Submission to open a new browser tab and review the student's test.

Exempt exception with student completion (enterprise)

Use the Exempt exception to bypass materials on which you have set up student completion requirements. For example, if a student is absent and makes up a required assignment with a different make-up project, or a student is new to class and doesn't need to start at the beginning of a folder with completion rules.

Sync exceptions to my SIS gradebook (enterprise)

Collected assignments only pass back the Collected exception if supported by your SIS integration; otherwise, they will pass back an empty column with no grades.
To ensure your students' grades in Schoology match your SIS, configure your SIS to treat blank cells as null values, not zeros.
For SIS apps using the IMS Global OneRoster standard, each SIS handles OneRoster statuses differently. Contact your SIS support for details on how it works in your system.

SIS	Exempt	Incomplete	Missing	Collected	Absent	Late
PowerSchool	Pass back to the PowerTeacher gradebook with the Exempt flag and no score. The PowerTeacher gradebook does not penalize students for blank cells. It treats Excempt exceptions the same way as Schoology.	Pass back to the PowerTeacher gradebook with the Incomplete flag and no score. The PowerTeacher gradebook does not penalize students for blank cells. It treats Incomplete exceptions the same way as Schoology.	Pass back to the PowerTeacher gradebook with the Missing flag and a score of zero.	Pass back to PowerTeacher Pro gradebook with a Collected flag and no score.	Pass back to PowerTeacher Pro gradebook with an Absent flag and no score.	Pass back to PowerTeacher Pro gradebook with a Late flag and no score.
eSchoolPLUS	Pass back as blank cells. For the eSchoolPlus gradebook to treat the Exempt exception the same as Schoology, you must select Exclude missing scores from average in your eSchoolPlus TAC.	Pass back as blank cells. For the eSchoolPlus gradebook to treat the Incomplete exception the same as Schoology, you must select Exclude missing scores from average in your eSchoolPlus TAC.	Pass back with a score of zero. The exception status is not synced over.	Pass back with a Collected status. Scores entered in the Schoology grade book pass back to the TAC.	Pass back as blank cells	Pass back as blank cells
Skyward	Pass back as blank cells. For the Skyward gradebook to treat the Exempt exception the same as Schoology, clear the Mark unscored as 0 and Missing option. This ensures that null values passed from Schoology as a result of the Exempt exceptions do not count against student grades.	Pass back as blank cells. For the Skyward gradebook to treat the Incomplete exception the same as Schoology, clear the Mark unscored as 0 and Missing option. This ensures that null values passed from Schoology as a result of the Incomplete exceptions do not count against student grades.	Pass back with a score of zero and the corresponding Missing exception flag is checked.	Pass back as blank cells.	Pass back as blank cells.	Pass back as blank cells.
Infinite Campus	Pass back with a Dropped status.	Do not pass back.	Pass back with a Missing status.	Pass the status of Submitted with a score of zero for the material for some SIS integrations.	Pass back a score of zero.	Pass back a score of zero.
Aeries	Pass back with an Exempt status.	Do not pass back.	Pass back with a score of zero.	Pass the status of Submitted with a score of zero for the material for some SIS integrations.	Do not pass back.	Do not pass back.
SIS Connect	Pass back to the SIS gradebook with an Exempt status and a score of zero.	Pass back to the SIS gradebook with a Partially Graded status and a score of zero.	Pass back to the SIS gradebook with a Not Submitted status.	Pass the status of Submitted with a score of zero for the material for some SIS integrations.	Pass back a score of zero to the SIS gradebook.	Pass back a score of zero to the SIS gradebook.