Quote from: FishProf on April 29, 2024, 09:53:58 AMSame old story. Online course, all materials available on Day 1, all due next monday. Final is 40% of grade.
1/3 cannot pass, 1/3 will likely not pass, and 1/3 would have to fail the final to not pass.
Every damn semester.
I just sent out the pre-emptive "no extensions, no incompletes*" email.
*technically: no incompletes if they aren't passing at the time of the request.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 28, 2024, 11:21:31 PMWell, I got the call. I'm giving too many As and failing too few students.
My numbers are very skewed by the one upper-level course I taught this year, where everyone did very well because of a generous concentration of points in low-stakes assessments--definitely too generous for a group who's actually going to regularly do the work.
But even so. Guess I have to be a hardass for the next few semesters.
Quote from: RatGuy on April 26, 2024, 04:22:45 PMI'd like to bang colleague's head.
Student submits final essay with 98% similarity. Student emails "I matched with myself. I asked my English professor if I could turn in the same paper I wrote for you to him too. He said it was ok." Stu forwards email exchange confirming. The English prof said something like "welp, it looks like you got lucky that the essay you'd write for him works for my prompt. Go ahead. [Ratguy] won't mind."
In what world is this ok?