K-12 LMS gradebook setup for missing assignments

The gradebook got much easier to manage once I stopped using it as a plain score sheet. In a K-12 setting, the part that causes the most confusion is not the grade itself. It is the status around the grade: missing, excused, late, resubmitted, exempt from final calculation, or waiting on teacher review. In our LMS I set up a separate category for practice work, checks for understanding, and grade…