How do I allow a student to finish an Incomplete in a course?
You will learn how to arrange your course which has already finished to allow one particular student who has an Incomplete to complete the needed assignments or activities.
Options for you to choose from:
If you have a section of the course running in the current term, you can manually enroll the student and they can take the exams or assignments on the same dates as the current students.
Follow this guide to manually enroll a student in your course.
Follow these steps to change your course end date. Changing the end date will allow all of your students to access the course.
1. Enter your course.
2. Click on Settings in the Course Navigation.
3. Scroll down to the Participation section.
4. Adjust the End date as desired.
Alert: If your course's Participation field is set for "Term" instead of "Course", you will need to change it to "Course" before you can change the course end date.
5. Scroll down and click on Update Course Details.
You have now adjusted the course End Date. This should allow all of your students to access the course. However, you may still need to adjust due dates for any assignments or quizzes which the student with the incomplete needs to submit.
Additional guides
Adding a new section, adding the student with the Incomplete to the new section, and then changing the assignment/quiz availability/due dates for that section will allow only that one student to take the needed quizzes or assignments. Other students would not be allowed to submit those assignments or quizzes.
Warning: You will only be allowed to add the student to a new section if the original course is still open. So, you may need to change the course end date first.
1. Enter your course.
2. Click on Settings in the Course Navigation.
3. Click on the Settings tab.
4. Type a name for the new section.
Tip: you can make the name reflect the purpose of the section as a reminder for you as to why you have a second section in your course.
5. Click on + Section.
The new section has now been created. Now, it is time to add the student to that new section.
6. Click on the People link.
7. Click on the + People button.
8. Type the student's email address.
9. Select the new section you just created from the Section dropdown menu.
10. Click on the Next button.
11. Click on the Add Users button.
12. That one student is now listed in both sections.
You now have a second section for the course with the desired student. The next step is to add an "Assign to" for that new section for each Assignment or Quiz or other dated activity.
1. Click on the Assignment or Quiz.
2. Click on Edit.
3. Scroll down to the Assign section and click on +Add.
4. Select the new section in the Assign to dropdown menu.
If you want to add the Due date or availability dates, you can do that now before clicking on the Save button.
5. Click on Save.
You have now set up a second section, enrolled the student, and set the assignment or quiz, so that only that one student can submit.
Follow these steps to create a new course, copy your assignment or activities from the original course, and enroll the desired student into that new course.
1. Create a new course.
Follow this guide to create a new course.
2. Import your exam or assignment into the new course.
Follow this guide to import content into your new course. Then, set due dates if desired.
3. Enroll the desired student into your new course.
Follow this guide to enroll a student into your new course.
You have now created a new course, imported selected content, and enrolled a student.
Article Summary
You have now learned how to set up your course or create a new one, so that your student who has an Incomplete can submit the required missing Assignments or Quizzes.