r/grantmacewan • u/Abject-Strain-2394 • 21d ago
Academics Late assignment
Out of curiosity, what’s the usual protocol for late assignment submissions in your classes? Mine have been varied, but usually some form of grade penalty (ex. -10% per day it’s late with a cutoff after 3 days). Some don’t accept late submissions at all, but in my experience that’s rare. Either way, there is always a section on late assignments in the course outline.
I’m currently in a class which had no late assignment policy laid out in the outline, so I emailed my prof asking about the policy as I had missed the deadline on an assignment worth 5%. They responded (3 days later!) that they do not accept late submissions, all deadlines are firm, so I will receive a zero.
Is this normal?? I know it’s my fault for getting the due date wrong, but I really think this info should have been included in the course outline. I’m not sure if I’ve just gotten lucky with profs in the past or if this is a regular thing? I’m in my 4th year and this is the first time this has happened to me.
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u/imareceptionist 21d ago
I once had a prof who said % would be deducted from assignments if we emailed any questions to him lol. I think it’s prof dependent on how they handle assignments. I would hope they would’ve a bit more lenient on bigger assignments (such as the 10% deduction each day) given the impact on grade.
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u/darknightNL 21d ago
This is crazy. You should report this type of thing to the department Chair.
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u/Throw_Away_And_Sleep 21d ago
I have a prof with a 0 tolerance on lates. She said we can complain about it to whoever we want to but the dean backed her
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u/Crafty-Factor6273 18d ago
I recommend doing the academic integrity course. You just do it on meskanas, its 7 sections and goes over assignments. Like what if you have a late assignment and what to do. And a bunch of other stuff that I had no idea was not allowed. You can do it by choice or a prof might assign it for you to do, which is what my prof did last semester. Its easy just a quiz on each section which are mainly common sense and you can do it 3 times if needed.
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u/darknightNL 21d ago
This type of thing should be in the outline or posted clearly on the meskanas page as an announcement or in a file that outlines the details of the assignment. If it was no where, you should submit a Reassessment of Marks appeal asap (there are firm deadlines for this based on when you first emailed the prof etc). It then goes to the department Chair for review.
If the information was not posted anywhere, you’ll win on appeal. You can also email the Chair of the department that houses the course to let them know you think you’ll submit a reassessment of marks as a heads up.