You can exempt a learner from a content item (a quiz, an activity, or a topic) from within the Content tool or from a grade item.

Setting an exemption for a learner from the Content tool

Exemptions can only be set on the following topic types:

• File topics
• LTI links
• Checklists
• Assignments
• Discussions
• Quizzes
• Surveys
• Self-Assessments

To set an exemption for a learner:

1. In Content, on the context menu of the activity you want to exempt a learner from, select Edit Properties In-Place.
2. Click Add dates and restrictions....
3. Under Exemptions, click Manage Exemptions.
4. Search for and select the learners you want to exempt from the activity.
5. Click Exempt.
6. Click X to exit the Manage Exemptions page.
7. Click Update to save the restrictions.

Note: When activities are exempted, any associated release conditions on these exempted activities must still be met.

Setting an exemption for a learner from the grade book

1. From the Grade Item page, select the check box beside the learner's name.
2. Above or below the table, click Exempt.
3. Click Save and Close.

Removing an exemption for a learner

1. From the Grade Item page, select the check box beside the learner's name.
2. Above or below the table, click Unexempt.
3. Click Save and Close.

Setting multiple grade item exemptions for a learner

1. On the Enter Grades page, click on the learner's name.
2. From the context menu of the learner's name, select Bulk edit exemptions.Note: You can also launch the Bulk edit exemptions page from the Grade item and the Grade Category pages.
3. On the Edit Grade Exemptions page for the learner, select the check boxes of the grade items that you want to exempt the learner from.
4. Click Save and Close.

Watch how to create grade exemptions

How grade exemptions affect calculations

Grade exemptions affect any calculation that depends on the values of the constituent grade items.

Category scores that include exemptions

For category scores, grade exemptions affect the scores as follows:

• Exempted grade items are excluded from the calculation of category scores. The grade item is treated as though it does not exist within the category.
• In a category with drop rules, exempted items are removed before the specified number of grade items are dropped. Then, the category is calculated with the remaining items.
• If all the items in a category are exempted, there are not grade item scores to use in calculating a category score. In this case, the category does not have a score.
• In a weighted grade book, the exemption of a category item results in the remaining item weights not reaching 100%. Connect automatically scales the weights of the remaining items proportionally to each other.

Calculated grade items that include exemptions

For calculated grade item scores, grade exemptions affect the scores as follows:

• Exempted items are excluded from the calculated score.
• If all items in a calculated grade item are exempted, the item does not have a calculated score.

Formula grade items that include exemptions

For formula grade items, grade exemptions affect the scores as follows:

• Formulas treat exemptions as empty (null) grades; however, the Treat ungraded as 0 setting is ignored. If a learner is exempted from a grade, then the exemption and its cascading results are treated as null.
• If a formula grade item used in another formula and the former is empty (null), then it is treated as though it were exempted during the formula calculation.

The following table describes the updated evaluation rules for formulas:

Final Grades that include exemptions

For final grade items, grade exemptions affect the scores as follows:

• Exempted items are excluded from the calculation. These grade items are treated as empty grades, not as 0 if Treat Ungraded Items as 0 is turned on.
• If all items are exempted, there are no grades to use to calculate a final grade. The final grade will not have a score.

Viewing grade item statistics that include exemptions

Grade item exemptions appear in class statistics and are removed from statistic calculations.

• On the Class Statistics tab, the number of submitted grades is reduced (the exempted learner is not included); calculations, such as minimum and maximum, do not include the exempted learner; and the grade distribution excludes the students with the exempted grade item.
• On the User Statistics tab, Exempt displays in the grade column for learners with grade exemptions.

Viewing grade category statistics that include exemptions

On the Class Statistics tab, learners who are exempted from all item in a category are handled as follows:

• The number of grades submitted is reduced from the maximum number of learner who can submit.
• Calculations such as minimum and maximum do not include the exempted learner.
• Grade distribution does not include exempted learners.

When exempted from all items in a category, the learner appears as Exempt on the User Statistics page. Otherwise, the category reflects the appropriate calculations which account for the exemptions.

How grade exemptions affect release conditions

Instructors can set release conditions to release new content to learners after a grade item is complete. Since grade exemptions do not count as a completed grade item nor do they count as an incomplete grade item, there are two release conditions that are effected by exemptions:

• Grade Value on grade item
• No grade received

These release items respect the exemption and do not trigger on the presence of a grade exemption. For example, if a Grade Value on grade item condition is set on a content item, a user who is exempt from the grade item listed in the release condition will not have access to the content.