I have never had a mark change, I think it's a CYA situation (Cover Your Ass), just in case something comes to light they still have the option of changing your grade. It could also be that it takes time to look into things like cheating or marking sometimes, esp if its a number of students.

Originally Posted by spyder83

thats more the answer i was looking for....

i dont think you understood my question completely...i dont think my assignment is marked yet as its not posted on the course website (everything else is as soon as its marked)..if the assignment isnt marked yet then i obviously wont be able to get that mark going into the exam which leaves me wondering where my mark is at...since that assignment isnt even marked yet then that means i have to wait for that to be graded, and then he'll mark the exam.

My point is since its taken him 2 months to get around to STARTING to mark the assignment does this mean that he can take until February to mark the exam and then have the marks posted in April or is there a due date for first term marks being submitted that is somewhere before that final April deadline?

I guess I'll just keep waiting for a reply to the e-mails i sent a week or two ago.

Leaving everything until the end of term (especially with 2-5 classes) just makes everything a pain in the ass for the prof, especially with exam marking to do. I doubt that they would have held off marking things until December.

It's quite possible that they just haven't posted the grades on the course website. The prof may not know how -- some faculties have a tech person who does all of the posting for them...and if they were busy doing other things posting assignment grades isn't a priority.

No, profs have a certain date to submit exam marks by. I assume that the last day would have been the last day the school was open (the 22nd-ish).

I have ordered transcripts for my marks after this exam period, and they are supposed to be ready as of January 12th. They take 5-7 business days to prepare, which means that all grades would have been completed/submitted by January 7th at the latest.

You all forget too -- just because grades aren't posted doesn't mean that marking hasn't been completed and grades submitted. All of these things take time. BE PATIENT.

Remember you have until the Term II exam period to get your grade sorted out.

Originally Posted by jimmyjones

In reference to finalized marks, how would something like incorrect marking come to light or let alone cheating, is there a constant inquiry or is this just technical talk? Has any mark changed over the course of the second semester? How does this all work

I have had a mark change.

I was absent for a midterm due to illness, so I was supposed to have that percentage re-distributed over the second midterm and the final. However, the prof said she never got the notification (which was b.s....but anyways). Because I got a zero on the first midterm for not attending (according to her) I failed the class.

So once all of the notification stuff got sorted out (which took 2 months because she was an incompetant prof from U of T...) my mark was changed during the APRIL grade report.

How does it work? I don't know exactly. She had to re-mark all of my stuff and re-submit my final grade. That's all I really know.