Use Excuse/Include Grade exclude a student grade for a specific Gradebook item or component of the course. This is a helpful method of not penalizing students who have been excused from an assignment. An item can be added back in the grade calculation by again selecting Excuse/Include Grade from the cell's dropdown menu.
Go to Gradebook.

Select Gradebook from the siteTool Menu.
Select the arrow icon and then Excuse/Include Grade.
- Select the arrow icon to reveal dropdown menu.
- Select option Excuse/Include Grade.