Accommodations, Exceptions and Exemptions
Accommodations
Sometimes students encounter circumstances that make it difficult or impossible to undertake an assessment, such as submitting coursework or taking a test. Depending on the circumstances, you may need to extend the assessment due date, grant an additional attempt, or excuse them from the assessment altogether. College Late Submission of Assessments (Extensions) Policy outlines the procedures, expectations, and consequences for submitting assessments after the designated deadline. Students who have a Learning Educational Needs Summary (LENS) report with flexible assessment deadlines are automatically granted a reasonable accommodation of a one-week extension, if practical.
Grant Exceptions and Exemptions
Exceptions
An exception can be granted to one student for one assignment, e.g., if the student is sick, an extension can be granted, or multiple attempts at a test can be allowed.
To add an exception:
Ensure you have set the Conditional Availability for the assessment and entered the relevant dates.
You can add an exception for an individual student or a group on the assessment's Submissions page. You can also add exceptions from the grading page when grading a student's submission.
-
From an assessment's Submissions page: open the menu in a student's row and select Add or edit exceptions. The Exceptions panel opens. To help you verify the accuracy of an exception, the Exceptions panel displays relevant information, including the module, assessment and student name. You can change the Show on and Hide after dates and times, and allow additional attempts. You can also select a new due date.
-
From the gradebook Marks view: Select the student's assessment cell to display the options menu. Then, choose Add or edit exceptions and the Exceptions panel opens.
Exceptions vs. accommodations
Exceptions are different from the accommodations. An accommodation applies to all due dates or time limits in your module for an individual student. Exceptions are allowed only for the Show on and Hide after dates and for additional attempts.
Exemptions
There are times when you may need to exempt a student from an assessment or course activity due to life circumstances beyond the student’s control.
You can excuse a student from an assessed activity by giving them an exemption. When exempted, the student’s overall calculation will be adjusted to ensure they are not put at a disadvantage compared to their peers.
You can exempt a student from a given task in three ways:
- From an assessment's Submissions page, open the menu in a student's row and select Add or edit exemptions. This will open the exemptions panel.
- In the Student view, select the menu for the relevant assessment, then choose Add or edit exemptions.
- In the Gradebook Marks view, select the student’s assessment cell to open a menu. Then, select Add or edit exemptions.
When exempting an item, the item won't be:
- Included in the overall grade calculation,
- Marked late for students who don't submit,
- Assigned an automatic zero.
Exemptions and exceptions in anonymous assessments
Anonymous grading helps to reduce grading bias. You can add exemptions for anonymous tests and assignments.
From the student drill-down view, select the anonymous assessment menu, then choose either Add or edit exceptions or Add or edit exemptions to open the corresponding panel.
To keep students' details anonymous, the accommodations, exemptions and exceptions indicators are displayed only in the student drill-down, Marks view, and Students view.