If you need to excuse a student for completing a graded activity in your Blackboard Ultra course (so that it does not impact the student's overall grade), you can Exempt a graded activity. This feature may also be useful if you provide alternative methods for completing assignments in your course (e.g. students choose to complete a written activity or a video submission).

Note that exemptions are different from exceptions, where instructors can give an individual student an exception on a specific test or assignment. An exception includes additional attempts, rescheduled due dates, or extended access, even if the assessment is hidden from other students.

For more information on exceptions, please see Create an Assignment or Test Exception

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Navigate to your Gradebook and ensure you are in the Gradable Items view.
Click the item you need to exempt for select students.
Next to the student you need to exempt, click the ellipsis menu and select Add or Edit Exemptions.
Select the Exempt Grade checkbox, and click Save.

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This feature was added to Blackboard in the February 2023 Release 3900.58. For more information on this release, please see the Release Notes here.