1. Once in your desired Canvas course, browse to the grade book by clicking Grades on the left hand side

2. Navigate to the course assignment column and the row of the student you wish to exclude

3. Click in the area where you would enter a grade for that student, a little tab with an arrow will appear

4. Once you click the arrow tab, a section will appear on the right with the option to click Excused for that student

* Alternatively where you type in a grade, you can type EX and click enter



This is what it will look like in the end