Make-up policy

The make-up of assignments is considered extensions and has the following requirements

• Extensions can be requested by sending an email in iCollege to Dr Hollier. Emails sent to Dr Hollier’s GSU email will be ignored with no reply given. Repeated emails to Dr Hollier’s GSU email will result in no extension(s) being granted when you finally do use the iCollege email system.
• In the email on iCollege, you must type up the list of assignments to be extended and the due date when you want the assignment(s) extending to. If the date you request is not reasonable, then Dr Hollier will set your due date.
• Attaching a screenshot is not acceptable as it takes me more time to work out what you want extended. Stating everything between a date range is not acceptable. I don’t carry the schedule around with me or have it memorized. This is why the dates are in the schedule. You want the extension and I am doing this as a benefit to you. If you don’t get an extension then it does not affect my grade. Don’t make my work harder than it needs to be. You are one person, I give extensions for all classes which have many students. The simple act of me having to work out what you want extending compounds when multiple students do this and wastes my limited time. I will ignore requests that do anything other than type up the assignment titles and due dates when making requests for extensions.
• If you do not include a due date in your email then it will be set to the Sunday after the date of your email for 11:59pm.
• Extensions are for assignments not completed and/or submitted. They are not do-overs where you get to take an assignment again to see if you can get a better grade. If you have started an assignment and something goes technically wrong, then do not submit the test. Email Dr Hollier and state the assignment has not been submitted and explain what happened. If you have completed an assignment and/or submitted an assignment, then it cannot be extended.
• You can only request extensions for work listed in the bullet point below. Items that have no course grade will not be extended. These must be completed in the designated time frame if you wish to use them studying from.
• Assignments that can be extended:
• Lecture:
• Chapter Tests
• Important Topics Extra Credit Tests
• Extra Credit for Chapter Tests
• Mastering Tutorials (if given in the course)
• Mastering Disease Cases (if given in the course)
• Short Quizzes
• Lab:
• Extra credit for the midterm exam
• Post-lab Homework assignments (if given in the course)
• Online quizzes (if given in the course)
• Histology Drawings (if given in the course)
• Lab Reports based on online activities (if given in the course)
• Assignments that cannot be extended:
• Lecture:
• Online Discussions of any type (if given in the course)
• Follow-Up Quizzes (if given in the course)
• Case Study (if given in the course)
• Any component of the Final exam grade (Online Multiple Choice / MultiSelect Final, Bonus Quiz, A.S.S., Proctored / In-Class Final)
• Online attendance
• In-class attendance
• Online discussions
• In-class discussions
• Lab:
• Midterm exam
• Final exam
• In-Class Quizzes (if given in the course)
• Pre-lab homework assignments (if given in the course)
• Lab Reports based on online activities (if given in the course)
• Unknown Report (Micro lab) (if given in the course)
• Extra Credit Assignment(s) in lab
• Online attendance
• In-class attendance
• Online discussions
• In-class discussions
• Extenuating circumstances: Extenuating circumstances supersede the list of what is and is not extendable.
• When requesting an extension, you must list ALL assignments by TITLE, and the due date you want it extending to.
• You can always complete tutorial assignments on Mastering before I have extended it, and when the extension is applied it will be regraded for you. This means you don’t have to wait for me to respond.
• For the syllabus quiz, roll verification quiz, cheating & plagiarism quiz, and lockdown browser test quiz, if you did not take these during the first week of classes, then you will have to email Dr Hollier in iCollege and request an extension. The latest these can be extended to is the end of the second week of classes. Failure to complete these within that time will result in you being entered as never attended under the roll verification policy.
• There are 2 deadlines for requesting extended work (excluding the syllabus quiz, roll verification quiz, cheating & plagiarism quiz, and lockdown browser test quiz):
• Before midpoint extension request date: This will be set approximately 1 week before midpoint. Assignments up to this date can be extended with a due date of no later than Sunday at11:59pm before the midpoint / last day to withdraw date. If you do not request an extension for an assignment in this time frame then you will not be able to extend it later in the course. If you do not complete it by the day before midpoint, it will not be extended again, even if this is your first extension request for this assignment
• Students must have sufficient information to make an informed decision about their course progress at midpoint. The due date of the Sunday before midpoint is the last possible extension date so that student receive those grades, Dr Hollier can grade any written answers / assignments, and Dr Hollier can post the weekly course average for the student that includes the grades from the extended assignments before midpoint.
• After midpoint extension request date: This will be set approximately 2 weeks before the last day of classes or the lab final exam. Assignments from the “before midpoint extension request date” until the “after midpoint extension request date” can be extended with a due date of no later than 1 week before the last day of classes / lab final exam. If you do not request an extension for an assignment in this time frame then you will not be able to extend it later in the course. If you do not complete it by the date of no later than 1 week before the last day of classes / lab final exam, it will not be extended again, even if this is your first extension request for this assignment. Assignments due after the second extension date cannot be extended. You will need to plan your time accordingly and get the work done by the due date.
• Extenuating circumstances: Extenuating circumstances supersede the above extension request dates.
• Not being aware of the dates for these deadlines is not an acceptable excuse. They are posted in the class schedule.
• Extenuating circumstances: For extenuating circumstances you must submit your documentation through the dean of students site to be approved ( https://deanofstudents.gsu.edu ) for an extension. Approval of the extenuating circumstances is made by the Dean of Students, not Dr Hollier.
• The deadline for extended work will be sent in a reply email. It is your responsibility to check your email for the due date and to ensure that you complete the work before that date.
• No assignment, other than the part(s) of the final exam, will be extended into final exam week. All assignments (excluding the final exam) mut be finished by the end of classes as listed in the official college calendar. Criteria for the before midpoint extension request date and after midpoint extension request date apply.
• Each assignment will only be extended a maximum of twice. Not completing assignment(s) within the time(s) that the assignment(s) has been extended for will result in no additional extensions for those assignments. Exceptions to this rule: (i) Work requested to be extended under the before midpoint extension request date category must be completed by the day before midpoint. If you do not complete it by the day before midpoint, it will not be extended again, even if this is your first extension request for this assignment. (ii) Work requested to be extended under the after midpoint extension request date category must be completed by the date of no later than 1 week before the last day of classes / lab final exam. If you do not complete it by the date of no later than 1 week before the last day of classes / lab final exam, it will not be extended again, even if this is your first extension request for this assignment
• Extension requests must be requested within 2 classes of your return to class, but no later than the official end of classes date. Extension requests will not be accepted after the official end of classes, except for the final exam.
• After completing online tests that have been extended, you must email Dr Hollier to let him know that it needs grading. When doing this, you must specify what test Dr Hollier needs to grade for you. Until you send this email and Dr Hollier has graded it, the test will show with a grade of zero. If you forget to inform Dr Hollier that it needs grading within a week of submitting the test then you may be stuck with a grade of zero.
• Work submitted late without requesting an extension according to the policy for requesting extensions results in a grade of zero.
• Discussions are not extendable. They require an interaction with either Dr Hollier and/or other students, and so all must be on the same schedule for that to work. Not being on the same schedule prevents discussions from achieving their academic goal. Thus, discussions cannot be extended as the academic goal cannot be achieved without the interaction.