A quiz was due last night, but in your town there was a power outage all day and night yesterday and you couldn't access Canvas, so you didn't get to submit any answers. What's the policy on this?

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A quiz was due last night, but in your town there was a power outage all day and night yesterday and you couldn't access Canvas, so you didn't get to submit any answers.  What's the policy on this?

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

When evaluating policies about missed quizzes due to a power outage, we must compare each option to typical course policy constructs and the information provided in the prompt.
Option 1: 'There are no due dates for the quizzes. As long as they are completed by the last day of class you can get credit.' This claim contradicts common course policies that tie credit to submission by a due date and often do not permit flexible credit regardless of circumstances. It also ignores the scenario of a power outage causing an inability to submit, which would typically be handled within missed-work or accommodations processes, not by blanket no-deadline credit.
Option 2: 'You get a zero for this quiz. Thankfully, the lowest quiz grade is dropped. Also if your quiz grade is lower than your final exam grade, then your whole quiz grade weight gets shifted to the final exam. Also, after the due date you will still have access to the practice quizzes, with the same questions, for study purposes. Next time consider submitting earlier just in case something like this happens again.' This aligns closely with the provided answer text and reflects a policy that imposes a zero for late submission but includes a mitigating adjustment (dropping the lowest quiz) and potential grade weight transfer if the quiz grade is weaker than the final. It also mentions continued access to practice quizzes for study, which is a plausible accommodation. The inclusion of a cautionary note about future submissions is typical in policy communications.
Option 3: 'Since the power outage was (hopefully) out of your control, this constitutes a valid basis for getting an extension.' While it would be reasonable to consider an extension due to an outage, many courses do not guarantee extensions automatically and require a formal request or accommodation process. Without a stated policy granting extensions, this option presumes a mechanism that the prompt does not confirm, making it an incomplete or uncertain policy description.
Option 4: 'You can still submit the quiz within one week, it will just get 10% deducted for being late.' This describes a late-submission penalty that is not present in the provided answer text. It also implies a fixed one-week window for makeups with a strict 10% deduction, which may not reflect the actual policy, especially since the prompt’s answer highlights a different approach (zero with grade-weight adjustments and practice access).
In summary, Option 2 faithfully mirrors the policy content given in the answer field, including the zero for the missed quiz, the dropping of the lowest quiz grade, the potential weight shift to the final exam if the quiz underperforms, and continued access to practice quizzes for study purposes. The other options introduce policies (no due dates, automatic extension, or a late-grade penalty) that conflict with the stated approach or rely on assumptions not supported by the prompt.

A quiz was due last night, but in your town there was a power outage all day and night yesterday and you couldn't access Canvas, so you didn't get to submit any answers. What's the policy on this?Single choice

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