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Description

courses.courseWork.studentSubmissions classifies Excused submissions from students as a RETURNED grade of 0. There doesn't appear to be any other flags indicating that this is specifically an Excused submission, making it indistinguishable from actual submissions with a returned grade of 0.

The Submission History field is a logical place to look for this information, but it does not have an EXCUSED type. Upon excusing a submission, the corresponding gradeChangeType is DRAFT_GRADE_POINTS_EARNED_CHANGE, which is also impossible to distinguish from real draft grade changes.

Impact

Any programs that use this API to get a snapshot of a students' grades will be unable to determine if a submission is excused or if it's a grade of 0.