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Late Policy API
Manage a course's late policy.
A LatePolicy object looks like:
{
  // the unique identifier for the late policy
  "id": 123,
  // the unique identifier for the course
  "course_id": 123,
  // whether to enable missing submission deductions
  "missing_submission_deduction_enabled": true,
  // amount of percentage points to deduct
  "missing_submission_deduction": 12.34,
  // whether to enable late submission deductions
  "late_submission_deduction_enabled": true,
  // amount of percentage points to deduct per late_submission_interval
  "late_submission_deduction": 12.34,
  // time interval for late submission deduction
  "late_submission_interval": "hour",
  // whether to enable late submission minimum percent
  "late_submission_minimum_percent_enabled": true,
  // the minimum score a submission can receive in percentage points
  "late_submission_minimum_percent": 12.34,
  // the time at which this late policy was originally created
  "created_at": "2012-07-01T23:59:00-06:00",
  // the time at which this late policy was last modified in any way
  "updated_at": "2012-07-01T23:59:00-06:00"
}Get a late policy LatePolicyController#show
GET /api/v1/courses/:id/late_policy
url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:id/late_policy
  Returns the late policy for a course.
Example Response:
{
  "late_policy": LatePolicy
}Create a late policy LatePolicyController#create
POST /api/v1/courses/:id/late_policy
url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:id/late_policy
  Create a late policy. If the course already has a late policy, a bad_request is returned since there can only be one late policy per course.
Request Parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| late_policy[missing_submission_deduction_enabled] | boolean | Whether to enable the missing submission deduction late policy. | |
| late_policy[missing_submission_deduction] | number | How many percentage points to deduct from a missing submission. | |
| late_policy[late_submission_deduction_enabled] | boolean | Whether to enable the late submission deduction late policy. | |
| late_policy[late_submission_deduction] | number | How many percentage points to deduct per the late submission interval. | |
| late_policy[late_submission_interval] | string | The interval for late policies. | |
| late_policy[late_submission_minimum_percent_enabled] | boolean | Whether to enable the late submission minimum percent for a late policy. | |
| late_policy[late_submission_minimum_percent] | number | The minimum grade a submissions can have in percentage points. | 
Example Response:
{
  "late_policy": LatePolicy
}Patch a late policy LatePolicyController#update
PATCH /api/v1/courses/:id/late_policy
url:PATCH|/api/v1/courses/:id/late_policy
  Patch a late policy. No body is returned upon success.
Request Parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| late_policy[missing_submission_deduction_enabled] | boolean | Whether to enable the missing submission deduction late policy. | |
| late_policy[missing_submission_deduction] | number | How many percentage points to deduct from a missing submission. | |
| late_policy[late_submission_deduction_enabled] | boolean | Whether to enable the late submission deduction late policy. | |
| late_policy[late_submission_deduction] | number | How many percentage points to deduct per the late submission interval. | |
| late_policy[late_submission_interval] | string | The interval for late policies. | |
| late_policy[late_submission_minimum_percent_enabled] | boolean | Whether to enable the late submission minimum percent for a late policy. | |
| late_policy[late_submission_minimum_percent] | number | The minimum grade a submissions can have in percentage points. |