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 for more information.
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.
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Navigate to a course and select Gradebook.
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Hover over the gradebook cell and click the flag icon.
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Select an exception. The corresponding icon will appear in the cell for the student's submission.
Persistence of flags disabled:
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Entering a score on a Collected item automatically clears the flag. For other exceptions, remove the flag before entering a score.
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If an exception is added after a score is entered, the score will be cleared.
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If Collected exception codes are unavailable for your district, contact PowerSchool Support to request them. These codes will mark the status as Submitted with a score of zero in some SIS integrations.
Persistence of flags enabled:
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Entering a score on a Collected item keeps the score and the flag.
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If an exception is added after a score is entered, both the score and the flag will be displayed.
Remove exceptions
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Navigate to a course and select Gradebook.
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Click the exception icon in the gradebook.
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Click the exception to clear it.
If schools opt in to use this feature, entering a score for an exempt, incomplete, collected, absent, or late item does not automatically remove the flag. Users must remove the flag manually with this feature option enabled.
Lock assignments
Lock an assignment to prevent students from making further submissions.
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Navigate to the course.
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Click the material’s gear icon and select Edit.
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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.