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Usually, delays lead to logistical difficulties. Until every copy of an assignment is submitted, you can't release solutions, assign grades, talk about the prob
by knzhou 7y ago
Usually, delays lead to logistical difficulties. Until every copy of an assignment is submitted, you can't release solutions, assign grades, talk about the problems in lectures or recitations, or really give any feedback whatsoever. I've had excellent courses that ran on your system, but in those cases they had it completely standardized from year to year, and even automated grading systems.
- Dylan16807 7y agoIf you're just trying to solve the bad feelings caused by a really hard deadline, you could do something as simple as "due at midnight, 80% credit from midnight to 6am". Then everyone's still done by class.
- lonelappde 7y agoThis issue only comes up if you have a low caliber class where homework is nontrivial part of the grade.
- knzhou 7y agoMy graduate classes were 100% homework-based almost without exception. When you're doing hard enough physics, it doesn't make sense to demand people do anything nontrivial in an hour, like in a typical exam. Real problems take at least whole days of thought.