Presenting Problem: some students do not complete assignments on time. We want them to complete the assignments as soon as possible. Another related issue is that of providing ever-more-accurate and timely feedback on student performance. Let’s focus first on simply Missing assignments: Let’s define them as Assignments not received by the previously-specified due-date. The assignments and their due-dates were duly registered in Renweb. The teacher has marked the assignments in the (Renweb) gradebook with a grade of “M”. (In the case of a Moodle assignment, the moodle-interface will not automatically place any letter, but it will automatically update the cell when the teacher marks a numeric grade on that student’s assignment record. ) What can we do to reduce the number of missing assignments; to get students to complete work on time? Our goal is of course for all students to do all work on time, to the best of their abilities. In truth, most teachers regularly experi...
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