The grading thread

[sinenomine]

Still waiting on one student who asked for an extension, and news of another who's in the hospital (he'll get an Incomplete if I don't get a status update). Then, after the submission deadline, I get to chase down those faculty who didn't post their grades...

[AmLitHist]

FINISHED! (Later than I'd hoped, but still nearly 3 full days before the deadline--I'll take it!)

[ergative]

Does that mean you're done?

;--》

My note: for all those who despair of students who don't read the syllabus....

   https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/18/us/tennessee-professor-syllabus-money-trnd/index.html

M.

I saw this when it was going around on twitter. But, to be honest, the note in the syllabus wasn't terribly enticing. It gave the locker number and combination, but didn't tell me whether it would be worth my time to track it down. Also, it was a parenthetical in the middle of an unrelated sentence, so it looks an awful lot like an accidental copy-paste error. I can easily imagine students looking at that weird parenthetical, and shaking their heads and moving on.

[Parasaurolophus]

Done, but for a few stragglers with a hard deadline of 08h00 tomorrow. And then I can finally submit them all.

[Parasaurolophus]

Submitted. Now I'm on parental leave, so everyone can bugger off while I clean out the inbox!

[Wahoo Redux]

Been playing Whac-a-Mole with late assignments and groveling emails all day.  Due tomorrow.  It's odd, but usually my students are scrambling for the "A," but this year they are content with their "B"s and "C"s.  They are just letting easy assignment points and rewrites languish.  Not sure what has changed.  Probably COVID, but I don't quite know why.

[Parasaurolophus]

Been playing Whac-a-Mole with late assignments and groveling emails all day.  Due tomorrow.  It's odd, but usually my students are scrambling for the "A," but this year they are content with their "B"s and "C"s.  They are just letting easy assignment points and rewrites languish.  Not sure what has changed.  Probably COVID, but I don't quite know why.

Yeah, I've had a few who got to a passing grade before the exam and just didn't write the exam--even after I wrote to them to extend the time period.

I also have a lot who forwent two pretty much free 10% components.

[filologos]

• Class 1 § 1 -- DONE
• Class 1 § 2 -- DONE
• Class 1 § 3 -- DONE
• Class 2


• written exams graded
• final grades calculated
• final grades submitted
• Class 3  -- DONE
• Theses


• Thesis #1 graded
• Thesis #2 graded
• Thesis #3 graded

[the_geneticist]

And I'm back with a "can you double-check this please" email.
Not from the student, but from financial aid advising.  Apparently if you fail ALL of your classes, they check to see if you attended/attempted most of the course.

[Wahoo Redux]

I made a major mistake on two combined classes of about 50 students.  Oops.  I thanked the student who pointed it out to me.  My bad only affects about a dozen students, but I guess grade grubbing and "I don't understand" emails serve a purpose.  I emailed both classes and apologized, explained that some of their grades will change.  Argh.  I am getting weary...

[mahagonny]

Who's being extra forgiving out of pity for those poor young'uns who have to go through things we didn't, not as much? (pub lic health crisis, inflation, etc)

[mahagonny]

Who's being extra forgiving out of pity for those poor young'uns who have to go through things we didn't, not as much? (pub lic health crisis, inflation, etc)

...I admit to struggling to find the right balance at this time.

[FishProf]

Today is the final day to take the final exam WITHOUT WHICH STUDENTS CANNOT PASS MY COURSE.

Less than 50% have taken it thus far.

[ciao_yall]

Today is the final day to take the final exam WITHOUT WHICH STUDENTS CANNOT PASS MY COURSE.

Less than 50% have taken it thus far.

Yep. Gave a lot of Incompletes to students who never did the final exam. Let's see if the big I on their transcript is the 999th reminder that they need...

[secundem_artem]

The class decided we now live in a "Pick your own due date" world.  It took a surprising amount of pleading to get everything submitted at all.... forget about on time.  But grade them I did and the grades have all been uploaded to the appropriate server.

And, mirabile dictu, not a single complaint about "Can't you just please add N points so I get an A?".  Those who got a B should be on their knees thanking the deity of their choice I took pity and did not penalize those who submitted (waaaaaayyy) late. I know some had Covid issues and being all rigorous and sh!t seemed a bit unkind.