Disabling Automatic Zeros

Summary

This article will show you how to disable automatic zeros for work past the due date.

Body

Watch the how-to video

1. Navigate to the course Gradebook:

The left red arrow is pointing to the Gradebook tab in the course top navigation.

2. On the Gradable Item or Grades view, click the settings gear icon on the right:

The right red arrow is pointing to the Gradable Items tab.

OR

The right red arrow is pointing to the Grades tab.

3. The Grade Settings panel will appear. Under Automatic Zeros, turn off “Assign automatic zeros for past due work”:

Below the Automatic Zeros section, the Assign automatic zeros for pasts due work is turned off.

4. In the popup window, select one of the radial buttons to keep or clear existing automatic zeros and click “Confirm”:

confirm removal of automatic zeros window appears with the Keep existing automatic zeros is turned on at the moment. The other option is Clear existing automatic zeros. The red border is around the black box with the white text Confirm.

Your selection is now saved. You may close the Grade Settings panel.

Details

Article ID: 155119

Created

Tue 10/24/23 9:56 AM

Modified

Thu 2/5/26 3:49 PM