Assignment Submission, Deadlines, Late Work, and Extensions

Electronic Submission Default

Unless the syllabus or assignment instructions state otherwise, graded work must be submitted through the designated Brightspace assignment, quiz, or examination area. A message or file sent through Discord does not count as a submission unless Professor Wandt expressly authorizes that method for the specific work.

File and Submission Responsibility

Students are responsible for submitting the correct work, in the required format, before the deadline. Students should confirm that the upload is complete, readable, and not corrupted and should retain the submission receipt or confirmation.

A blank file, wrong assignment, inaccessible link, corrupted file, or unusable format may be treated as not submitted. A student who discovers a submission problem should report it immediately through Discord and preserve the relevant Brightspace confirmation, screenshot, timestamp, and original file metadata.

Default Due Time

Unless the syllabus or assignment instructions state otherwise, assignments are due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the listed due date.

Late Work

Late work may receive reduced credit, no credit, or another consequence stated in the syllabus, assignment instructions, or rubric. A missing assignment earns a zero unless an approved extension, accommodation, or exception applies.

As a general rule, Professor Wandt does not accept work submitted after the deadline unless he granted an extension before the work became late. A student who expects not to meet a deadline must contact Professor Wandt by private Discord message before the assignment is due and request an extension. Unless a syllabus, assignment, or rubric expressly establishes a different late-work consequence, work submitted late without an extension approved in advance will not be accepted and will earn a zero.

Professor Wandt generally takes a generous approach to reasonable extension requests made before the deadline. He is correspondingly strict about late work for which the student never requested and received an extension. Waiting until after the deadline to explain a foreseeable problem does not convert late work into work submitted under an extension.

Extension Requests

A student who anticipates being unable to meet a deadline must request an extension before the deadline when a legitimate academic, professional, medical, family, technical, or emergency circumstance interferes with timely completion. Routine requests should not be delayed until the due date when the need could reasonably have been anticipated.

The request should be sent by private Discord message and should include:

• the student’s name and course;
• the assignment name and current due date;
• the requested new due date;
• the current status of the work; and
• a concise explanation of the need for additional time.

An extension exists only after Professor Wandt approves it. Sending a request does not by itself extend or pause the deadline. Students should continue working while awaiting a response whenever reasonably possible.

Professor Wandt generally does not require personal documentation for routine extension requests. If documentation is needed, do not send protected medical, disability, employment, or family records through Discord; Professor Wandt will identify the appropriate official channel.

Emergencies and Accommodations

This policy does not limit approved accommodations, controlling College procedures, or reasonable handling of genuine emergencies. When advance notice is impossible, the student should communicate as soon as practicable.

Technical Problems

Technology problems are a normal and foreseeable part of academic and professional work. Part of the skill set developed in Professor Wandt’s courses is the ability to anticipate that technology will fail, think critically about available alternatives, build in enough time to respond, and still meet the deadline.

Students should begin early, keep current backups, confirm file integrity, test unfamiliar systems, preserve submission confirmations, and identify reasonable alternatives such as another device, browser, network, file format, or campus resource. A technical problem does not automatically excuse late work merely because it occurred. When a problem threatens timely submission despite reasonable preparation, the student must report it through Discord before the deadline whenever possible, preserve screenshots, timestamps, error messages, and relevant file metadata, and request an extension if additional time is needed. Prompt reporting and evidence will be considered, but a technical problem first reported after the deadline will ordinarily not justify accepting unapproved late work.