People have been asking for this for years and it would be simple to add. The answer is that someone at Canvas doesn't agree that we should curve like this and is being a jerk about it. 

Does this not also curve people who skipped the exam and got a zero? 

Exactly. 

It seems they don't think about much. What were they thinking when they implemented a forced bell curve that reduces some student's grades as the only curving option? Who uses that? 

Yes, I tell my students to turn it on at the beginning of the term. Otherwise, since I drop one exam and several quizzes they always assume that they are doing better than they are at the end of the t...

Does this not also curve people who skipped the exam and got a zero? 

People have been asking for this for years and it would be simple to add. The answer is that someone at Canvas doesn't agree that we should curve like this and is being a jerk about it. 

Exactly. 

It seems they don't think about much. What were they thinking when they implemented a forced bell curve that reduces some student's grades as the only curving option? Who uses that? 

Yes, I tell my students to turn it on at the beginning of the term. Otherwise, since I drop one exam and several quizzes they always assume that they are doing better than they are at the end of the t...