Can't find option to "Exclude empty grades" in grade book setup

Can't find option to "Exclude empty grades" in grade book setup

by Ron Belisle -
Number of replies: 5

Can't find option to "Exclude empty grades" in grade book setup.

I'm able to do step 1 and 2 below, but then I'm not seeing the "Exclude empty grades" check option in step 4. It's not there. Please advise.

  1. Go to Course administration > Gradebook setup.
  2. At the top line there is a folder icon and an edit icon on the right, click the edit icon
  3. You'll then see the title "Grade category." Click "Show more..."
  4. In the expanded view, the 3rd item is "Exclude empty grades."
  5. Uncheck this.
  6. Save
In reply to Ron Belisle

Re: Can't find option to "Exclude empty grades" in grade book setup

by Helen Foster -
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Hi Ron,

It sounds as though "Exclude empty grades" has been forced by a site admin in 'Grade category settings' in the Site administration (along with "Hide forced settings" being ticked).

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Re: Can't find option to "Exclude empty grades" in grade book setup

by Ron Belisle -
The "Exclude empty grades" option is already checked in our Site admin settings as you show in your screen shot. However, some of our courses still do not have the option to "Exclude empty grades" at the course level. This is very strange and frustrating. When we go into Grade settings  at the course level and make a new category, some of the new categories show the option and some do not. We are not sure what's happening, but in many of our course grade books we cannot exclude empty grades in the grade book.
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Re: Can't find option to "Exclude empty grades" in grade book setup

by Emma Richardson -
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Can you show us screenshots of a category that has it and one that doesn't?

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Re: Can't find option to "Exclude empty grades" in grade book setup

by Ron Belisle -

Here's a course with that option.

Here's a course without that option.

Thanks for all your help.


Ron

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Re: Can't find option to "Exclude empty grades" in grade book setup

by Patrick Viney -

Hi,

I've just stumbled across the same problem.


It seems that once you've added a formula in the "edit calculation" of your "course total", this option becomes unavailable. Try to erase the formula and you'll find that the "exclude empty grades" reappears.

Anyway, I don't know how to make this option work with a custom course total calculation...


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