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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All semester long one of my son’s classes was showing 0 missing assignments and to his knowledge he didn’t have any missing. Today(!) all of a sudden he is showing 1 missing. He is annoyed and so am I. He still has an A but this last minute grading and catching up can mess up some kids.  [/quote]

It'd almost as like your son should have know what his assignments were prior to the end of the semester.

Yeah, stop blaming everyone else when you really need to be looking in a mirror. [/quote]

Are you this nasty in real life or do you just like to be mean to strangers online?[/quote]

The message came across as nasty, but I agree with the previous poster.  We cannot blame everything on teachers.  We need to teach our kids how to be proactive if they're really grade conscious.  My son has developed the habit of checking his Canvas every week to see which ones are marked as not submitted.  I also check Parent Vue every week to see which work has not been graded, and I counter check it with my son's Canvas to make sure that he indeed submitted the work.  Never had the problem of last-minute notification of missing assignment.

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This assumes that a lot of teachers communicate in advance and run clear, organized and updated Canvas pages. I assure you thi sis not the case.

Stop defaulting to always assuming the teachers are blameless. A lot of teachers struggle or fail to offer insights and tools to allow students and parents to plan and manage without them.[/quote]

I agree. Canvas for certain teachers rarely seems to be updated. Our process for checking on assignments involves looking at Canvas AND asking the teacher if they have all assignments. Often the teacher shares that they have received assignments that aren’t yet reflected on Canvas or they can’t “see” an assignment that was electronically submitted multiple times. And this is towards the end of marking periods when you’d hope Canvas is relatively up to date.

I honestly wish they would go back to using paper and pencils because the multiple platforms the kids have to use to receive and submit assignments is horrifically complicated. [/quote]

+1
I complained about all of these multiple systems for tracking and follow ups needed three years ago when my kid was in middle school. Nothing changed. 
The person who cross checks with Canvas- I guess you’ve been incredibly fortunate that all assignments are actually IN Canvas for cross checking. In at least one or two classes per semester this has not been the case for my high schooler. And he thought he submitted it and had to verify through email, only to hear that it will be graded eventually. Then BOOM the grade comes out after quarter and if  it’s lower than expected- that’s always fun. [/quote]

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