Late Policy

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Late Policy API

Manage a course's late policy.

A LatePolicy object looks like:

{
  // the unique identifier for the late policy
  "id": 123,
  // the unique identifier for the course
  "course_id": 123,
  // whether to enable missing submission deductions
  "missing_submission_deduction_enabled": true,
  // amount of percentage points to deduct
  "missing_submission_deduction": 12.34,
  // whether to enable late submission deductions
  "late_submission_deduction_enabled": true,
  // amount of percentage points to deduct per late_submission_interval
  "late_submission_deduction": 12.34,
  // time interval for late submission deduction
  "late_submission_interval": "hour",
  // whether to enable late submission minimum percent
  "late_submission_minimum_percent_enabled": true,
  // the minimum score a submission can receive in percentage points
  "late_submission_minimum_percent": 12.34,
  // the time at which this late policy was originally created
  "created_at": "2012-07-01T23:59:00-06:00",
  // the time at which this late policy was last modified in any way
  "updated_at": "2012-07-01T23:59:00-06:00"
}

Get a late policy

LatePolicyController#show

GET /api/v1/courses/:id/late_policy

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:id/late_policy

Returns the late policy for a course.

Example Response:

{
  "late_policy": LatePolicy
}

Create a late policy

LatePolicyController#create

POST /api/v1/courses/:id/late_policy

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:id/late_policy

Create a late policy. If the course already has a late policy, a bad_request is returned since there can only be one late policy per course.

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
late_policy[missing_submission_deduction_enabled]	boolean	Whether to enable the missing submission deduction late policy.
late_policy[missing_submission_deduction]	number	How many percentage points to deduct from a missing submission.
late_policy[late_submission_deduction_enabled]	boolean	Whether to enable the late submission deduction late policy.
late_policy[late_submission_deduction]	number	How many percentage points to deduct per the late submission interval.
late_policy[late_submission_interval]	string	The interval for late policies.
late_policy[late_submission_minimum_percent_enabled]	boolean	Whether to enable the late submission minimum percent for a late policy.
late_policy[late_submission_minimum_percent]	number	The minimum grade a submissions can have in percentage points.

Example Response:

{
  "late_policy": LatePolicy
}

Patch a late policy

LatePolicyController#update

PATCH /api/v1/courses/:id/late_policy

Scope: url:PATCH|/api/v1/courses/:id/late_policy

Patch a late policy. No body is returned upon success.

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
late_policy[missing_submission_deduction_enabled]	boolean	Whether to enable the missing submission deduction late policy.
late_policy[missing_submission_deduction]	number	How many percentage points to deduct from a missing submission.
late_policy[late_submission_deduction_enabled]	boolean	Whether to enable the late submission deduction late policy.
late_policy[late_submission_deduction]	number	How many percentage points to deduct per the late submission interval.
late_policy[late_submission_interval]	string	The interval for late policies.
late_policy[late_submission_minimum_percent_enabled]	boolean	Whether to enable the late submission minimum percent for a late policy.
late_policy[late_submission_minimum_percent]	number	The minimum grade a submissions can have in percentage points.

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