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> Before you submit homework it asks if you're sure. If you're not sure, click NO. Remember you can also click "save draft" and come back to your homework later. This totally eliminates the need for a mandatory editing period.
> 80-90% of peer grading goes well. If you don't agree with a grade you've gotten, you can always file a complaint and the AT and Teacher will still look at it.
> Teachers and ATs will have the final say if regular grading doesn't add up or if a student complains about their grade.
Overall, all of these things are basically not that big of a problem.
I was just about to write a post about this, but saw this one so I'm going to up this, 10 months after it's posted. As someone who puts lots of effort into their homework, it's rather discouraging to grade homework which is just three sentences answering the required questions and "sources: imagination" as "Outstanding" while I wrote a 500+ words long, creative RPG or essay including pictures and references and also working on my character development and got the exact same grade. The Creativity Reward would definitely be encouraging, especially because of the "Creativity will be rewarded" sentence most teachers put into their lesson plan.
I agree with this 100%. Most of the feedback I get is a variation of "all requirements met, well done" and if I'm exceptionally lucky, someone tells me I also "mentioned sources, great job!". As someone who takes time & energy to write elaborate and nice homework pieces, sometimes with pictures, it's often a little bit demotivating to receive standardised feedback. I always try to have a minimum of 50 words, mention what I liked, what could be better, and sometimes highlight some parts that I thought were exceptionally funny/creative et cetera. So, yeah, I definitely think 50-100 words could be a great requirement so we can actually get helpful (or at least motivating) feedback instead of standard replies that you get tired of.
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I agree with Kayte/Angela. First off, it's usually not your own picture, it's from the internet, so it's weird to tell people they can't use a picture they found online just because you also found it. Second, yes, you have a staff job, but that doesn't mean you're inherently better than people who don't have staff jobs, and it certainly doesn't mean your entitled to having a faceclaim no one else can use. And like the above commenter, what if you change your faceclaim to one another user already has? Do they have to change it just because you have a staff job so you get to choose which faceclaims people can or can't have? I just think that would be unfair.