TL;DR Why does attempt 1 grade get re-sent to gradebook when student submits attempt 2 (overwriting manually entered grade in gradebook) even though the attempt 2 grade is not published?
The quiz is all Written Response questions and auto-publish attempt results is not checked. Synchronize to grade book on publish is checked. Calculation method is set to Highest Attempt.
- Student submits quiz attempt 1.
- Instructor manually grades the WR questions and publishes the attempt results. Grades are automatically sent to the gradebook. Student has 29/30 in gradebook.
- Instructor later manually changes quiz grade in the gradebook to 0. Student now has 0/30 in gradebook.
- Student submits quiz attempt 2. Even though this attempt grade is NOT published, D2L automatically sends the attempt 1 grade to the gradebook again overwriting the manually entered 0. Student reverts back to 29/30 in gradebook.
The timestamps for submitting attempt 2 and the attempt 1 grade syncing to the gradebook are identical. I understand that attempt 1 is still the highest among published scores, but why is it being sent to the gradebook again? (I also tried with Last Attempt selected and it did the same thing.)
Why does D2L automatically sync the attempt 1 grade to the gradebook when the 2nd attempt is submitted but NOT published? Does "on publish" in the explanation of "Synchronize to grade book on publish" refer to any attempt grades being (or having already been) published?
Is the assumption that any manual grading in the gradebook would not be done until after ALL attempts have been submitted? Is the recommendation to only manually change grades on the quiz itself?
