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Introduction
If you would like to enable dropping assignments within a category in your gradebook, you must set this up through your assignments tab in the navigation menu. Canvas "ignores" the grade, rather than “dropping.” Therefore, from here on out, “ignore” will be used.
Ignore Grades from an Assignment Category
- Select the Assignment Group Options drop-down menu (marker 1)
- click Edit (marker 2)
- A popup box will appear for you to enter the number of lowest scores you would like to ignore.
Why might you want to ignore the highest scores: You also have the option to ignore the highest scores. Though ignoring the highest score would decrease a student’s overall grade, if you ignore the lowest and highest score, you could potentially remove any outliers and, instead, create an assignment group grade based on the student’s middle scores, better reflecting an average grade.
Keep Assignments While Ignore is in Place
Depending on what type of assignments you want to keep within a category, there may be an assignment or two you want to make sure is never dropped. For example, you may have an assignment within a category necessary for accreditation. To make sure that this grade is not dropped (even if it is a student's lowest grade).
In the same popup box for you to enter the number of lowest (and highest) scores you would like to ignore, keep a specific assignment by selecting the link labeled: add an assignment. Add as many assignments as you need to never drop from that category by selecting the plus symbol.
Note: The assignment needs to already be created so that you can select it from your list. Add as many assignments as you need to never drop from that category by selecting the plus symbol.
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