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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]

Jerk move. Teachers who do this are trying to lighten their load by having fewer late assignments come in. This is why no one respects teaching anymore.[/quote]

OR... kids could turn in assignments on the due date.  Teachers should not be expected to continue going back and grading things and updating the gradebook because we are too lame to hold kids accountable.  What do you think kids did in the 70s?[/quote]

I agree that we shouldn't have so many exceptions and handholding but... Kids also have more assignments now than ever before due to not wanting to "stress them out" with fewer, higher stake assignments (IMO stress has moslty just become different now, possibly worse). It's really a lot. It can also be a lot to keep track of it all. For instance, at my kid's school, all humanities teachers (so English, foreign language, history) decided the due date is the same as the deadline for AT assignments. However, if something is marked "late" by the system due to being submitted after the due date and the grades are synched, it gets temporarily autograded as a 0, even if it's before the deadline. I temporarily freaked out seeing a massive grade drop and a 0, but I was reassured that the assignment did get submitted, but this makes it hard to know what exactly is going on. However, for PP, you have to submit by the due date or you get a 0. So there's a bunch of different rules and interpretations between teachers, types of assignments, subjects etc.[/quote]

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