Timeline for Is it unreasonable to set assignment deadlines on Saturday/Sunday?
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| Sep 8, 2020 at 15:44 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | In the case in this question, there is no physical handing in of homework. The students are required to submit it though the learning management system. | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 19:55 | history | edited | Kat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 22, 2018 at 19:37 | comment | added | Kat | @beldaz so what happens if students physically hand in their homework at the beginning of the next class? I maintain that artificially moving up your deadlines so you can give "extensions" instead of giving everyone more time is absurd and obviously against the spirit of the requirement of extra time, but I'll grant you that bureaucracy sometimes creates absurd situations. I don't think I will recommend that strategy in my answer, though. | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 5:07 | comment | added | beldaz | @Kat the example of death in family is just an extreme one I've encountered a couple of times, so don't get hung up on it. But it's pretty common to be required to grant ~1 day extension for students with disabilities (I get about 5 a year of those). So my point is to avoid making a submission policy that is so rigid that you create problems for yourself. Personally I prefer setting an earlier deadline, which I can then extend if many of my students say they are struggling to meet. | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 1:42 | comment | added | Kat | @beldaz are you proposing the deadline artificially be moved up so there's a period where assignments can be late and not cause any problems? Because I don't see how that would be helpful. If someone is supposed to get more time for homework, that doesn't mean you shorten the time for everyone else. If someone has a death in the family just before your earlier "soft" deadline, they're probably not going to get over it and get their homework done before class. Maybe I'm missing your point? | |
| Feb 21, 2018 at 21:14 | comment | added | beldaz | I'd add the caveat that your deadlines need to take into account that some some submissions will be late. An example of where this matters is when you intend to release solutions in the next class. A deadline just before the class will run into problems when some students submit late. (And there's always a valid reason - death in family, institution-mandated extension due to disabilities, etc.) | |
| Feb 21, 2018 at 14:44 | comment | added | NeutronStar | This all the way. There is no possible way you could anticipate what time would be most convenient for all students, since there are so many things factoring into that (course schedules, work schedules, family needs, religious observances, social engagements, ...). Let the students manage their own schedules. | |
| Feb 20, 2018 at 12:38 | vote | accept | I Like to Code | ||
| Feb 19, 2018 at 20:37 | history | answered | Kat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |