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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no idea when the MCPS grading system is correct.  I just looked, here an array of things going on:
- One classes states no missing assignment. Yet has zero for three assignments.  I assume the teacher just hasn’t graded those but don’t understand why the grade is just not pending.  Or if it’s missing why it isn’t reflected.
- One class shows missing assignments of which each noted as missing has a grade.  If you go in Canvas you can see these are paper assignments.  So why is the assignment noted as missing?
- One class has an assignment that is not due until January and in fact hasn’t even been given to students but yet the grade reflects 50%.

Maybe if Admin set and enforced a standard grading timeline and way Canvas is supposed to operate families could spend less time focusing on this and more time focused on the class content.  I won’t even get into the need for meaningful feedback and grading for excellence.[/quote]

I’m not a MCPS teacher, but I do use Canvas. It’s easy to use, but keep in mind the sheer amount of work on the teacher’s side. I am usually entering 300-450 grades at once for my 140ish students. Teachers make mistakes, especially since many of us are up past midnight trying to get this work done.

I’m grading a lot this week, and since I’m on winter break I can work more leisurely. Not only am I marking things, I’m leaving tons of comments in the gradebook for students and parents, too… requests for revisions, reminders of extension deadlines, etc.

Imagine what I could get done if I actually had time during the workweek to do it instead of frantically rushing through things between my own kids’ bedtime and 1am.[/quote]

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