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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I admit I don’t use the Z in my gradebook.  To my knowledge the Z is supposed to be a placeholder that says a student didn’t turn in an assignment but still can until the deadline.  I avoid that by not syncing my grades until the deadline passes.  If you did it the grade shows, if you didn’t its a zero.  I basically sync the grades from canvas to synergy every week using this because there is always an assignment that reached its deadline every week.  Longest you ever wait to see your grade is one week after you hopefully turned it in.  [/quote]

As a parent trying to help my kids learn to manage all the assignments across all their classes, the teachers that don’t post grades until after the deadline are the most frustrating. I can’t help my kids stay on top of assignments if I don’t even know they exist. Why only post the grade after the deadline, when there is no longer a chance to complete the assignment?[/quote]

+1 Exactly! And many times it has nothing to do with the parent being involved at all. It’s a specific communication that the student can see in synergy so they know the teacher didn’t receive their submission and can sort it out before the deadline. Examples of times this has happened were a paper assignment was given when kid was on a field trip so it wasn’t in canvas, kid was verbally excused from a particular task but teacher forgot, a technical glitch prevented the electronic submission from reaching the teacher even though the kid had clicked submit, kid did paper assignment after absence and turned it in but teacher hadn’t put it in the original pile, etc. Numerous other examples. The teachers who promptly sync the grades are supportive and helpful. Many of these kids are actually trying their best not to miss due dates and deadlines. I encourage the teacher on here who waits until it’s too late to reconsider. [/quote]

Technically I have one week(5 school days) to even grade the assignments in the first place.  The Deadline is one week(5 school days) after the due date.  I am not required, nor expected to have assignments graded by the next day or two.  If you want to be really by the book, I am 100% in compliance to wait until the deadline to sync grades.  It's not me being negligent or waiting too late.  [/quote]

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