Is it fair to give a student a zero if the file /paper they turned in , prior to due date, would not open on professors end?

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I turned in a report a week prior to due date and received a grade for it yesterday. Firstly, in the assignment submission area my professor stated that I never turned in an assignment. But also in the assignment tab my report was RIGHT THERE AND COULD BE VIEWED/OPENED. So I emailed him and he responds with the fact that I got a zero was that it couldn’t be opened.. so you give me a zero??? I asked if I should email him my report ,bc I for one refuse to accept a zero, and still receive credit bc I DID turn it in wayyy early. He told me I had to speak to the director and was no help at all🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m so annoyed that these people are playin with my grade 😤 and that I have to commute to campus on my off day to handle some bs

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He should’ve communicated with you that he couldn’t open it. I dealt with something similar the other day, and it was 3 days before my final was due. I had to ask my teacher if we got feedback on our 20 page rough drafts, well I was lucky that he was able to work with me or else I would’ve got a 0.

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I believe so. My professors explicitly say in their syllabus that if they can’t open the file then you will not get credit.

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Your school should have a policy for technical issues. If you can show you did what you were supposed too then your professor is just being a dick. Bring  the issue to the Dean

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Thats fucked up. If you haven’t made any changes to the document, it should have the date that it was last edited on it. I would send him that. Plus, if you submitted in advance, it doesn’t make sense for him to have not seen it sooner or to have at least asked you about it when he was grading, but I get that that might be a lot to ask with professors who just lecture and don’t have relationships with their students. Honestly, I would send screenshots of the assignment being submitted on your end and the submission itself. If it’s an essay on blackboard, the essay should be visible and the date on there won’t lie.

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You should check your syllabus/assignment instructions to see if they listed exactly how/what type of file you need to upload to receive credit first and then check and make sure you did as was instructed. Technically if they informed you on how they want you to submit your assignment and you didn’t follow their directions he doesn’t have to accept it. Still kind of a jerk move, especially with you turning it in early but it’s within his authority. Either way you should still talk to whoever he suggested but if you didn’t do as he instructed there’s a chance you might not have much of a case. Idk they could be cool about it I guess but all you can do is ask 🤷‍♀️ sorry that happened to you that must be super upsetting..

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You turned it in a whole week early. He couldn’t be bothered to tell you that he couldn’t open it BEFORE the due date??? Asshole

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Yes because I’ve heard from some professors that some people will turn papers in and corrupt the file on purpose just to get extra time. Plus they do have certain rules on how things should be turned in so that things like this don’t happen so it would be your fault if you didn’t submit the assignment properly

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He should have told you that it couldn’t be opened. However, sometimes they require it to be in a certain format, and if wouldn’t open because it wasn’t the right format, it is fair for them to give you a zero. I sit in the front of my classes and way too many people come and complain about getting bad grades because it was in the wrong format. Other times they might state in the syllabus that if something can’t be accessed then you don’t get credit. Don’t ask me why; I don’t know

Is it fair to give a student a zero if the file /paper they turned in , prior to due date, would not open on professors end?

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