Lumen One: Managing Past Due Assignments in Canvas

This article contains information on two ways to manually manage past due assignments using Lumen One in Canvas.

The feature built in to the Canvas Grades area to apply automatic zeros does not currently work for External Tool assignments (like Lumen One), however if you would like, you can up-vote the feature request with Canvas here.


In the meantime, you must manually manage past-due work in Canvas, we recommend doing that at a few key points during the course - like before a mid-term check or finals, or after a few weeks of module work. 

Here are two ways to manage past due work in Canvas:

By Group

By default, all Lumen assignments are placed in the “Assignments” group, further grouping can be done if desired. To apply zeros to assignments past the due date, navigate to the Grades area, and scroll to the “Assignments” group heading (if you’ve placed your Lumen assignments into a different group, you can find that group instead). 


Select the option to “Apply Score to Ungraded” making sure to select only those artifacts past due and submit. It’s recommended you do this at various times during the semester to keep student grades current.

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*Important Note! If you don’t see the option to Apply Score to Ungraded, contact your Canvas Administrator.  The setting called “Apply Score to Ungraded” can be enabled by the Canvas Administrator from the “Feature Options” area of their administrative tools. 

By Assignment

Some teachers prefer to manage this by assignment once due dates have passed, as a method of checking in with students as due dates pass.

To do this, navigate to the Grades area and find the assignment. 

Next, select the option for “Set Default Grade” and make sure you do not select to override any existing grades! This will apply a 0 only to students with “-” as a grade.

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