If you miss the first post deadline, can you receive partial credit for submitting your two response posts on time?

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

Because discussion rubrics commonly allocate separate points to the initial post and the response posts, you can still earn some credit from the responses even if the first post is missed.

1) Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Many course discussion grading schemes split total discussion points among an initial (original) post and two or more response posts.  
- Meeting each component’s deadline typically determines eligibility for that component’s points.  
- “Partial credit” means earning some—but not all—of the total possible points when one component is missed.

2) Complete reasoning process step by step
- Identify the components: initial post (component A) and two response posts (components B and C).  
- If the initial post deadline is missed, component A’s points are usually forfeited, but B and C can still be earned if submitted on time.  
- Therefore, you can accumulate points from B and C even though A is 0, which constitutes partial credit of the total discussion grade.

3) Calculations with intermediate steps (example)
- Suppose total discussion = 10 points: initial post = 6 points, each response = 2 points.  
- Miss initial: 0 points from initial.  
- Submit both responses on time: 2 + 2 = 4 points.  
- Final score = 4/10 = 40% → this is partial credit (not full credit).

4) Why the correct answer is correct
- The key is that grading is component-based. Missing the initial post removes those points but does not erase the possibility of earning the points allocated to the response posts if they meet their deadlines. That results in partial credit rather than no credit at all.

5) Why other options are incorrect
- “No” is incorrect because it ignores the separate allocation of points to responses.  
- The humorous options involving celestial alignments are irrelevant to grading policy.

6) Conclusion
- Given the component-based grading structure and the ability to earn points for timely response posts even after missing the first post, the correct answer is: Yes.

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