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Mark changing

  • 06-12-2013 04:00PM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 103 ✭✭


    Hi everyone,

    Just wondering if I can do anything if a lecturer changes the mark allocation of assignments AFTER I'd already submitted it.

    i.e. If the class was told that the marking scheme was->

    Assignment A [10%]
    Assignment B [40%]

    And then, a month after everyone had submitted the Assignment A (and 2 days before deadline of Assignment B), he decided to change the marking scheme to:

    Assignment A [20%]
    Assignment B [20%]

    Can I complain about this? I submitted work that was below par because we were explicitly told (I have the lecture slide) that it was 10%. (no typo- she also discussed it in class). So I worked harder on Assignment B instead, and now they're suddenly equal and my grade will suffer.

    Is the lecturer allowed to do this, and can I complain to anyone?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    blucey
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 261 ✭✭blucey


    whatever is on the blackboard website is law. check that.


  • #3
    bscm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭bscm


    If the change wasn't mentioned in lectures or communicated with the class, then I think you can ask the class rep to talk to the lecturer.


  • #4
    languagenerd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭languagenerd


    Talk to your class rep first and if that doesn't get you anywhere, take it to either your tutor or the S.U. education officer.

    Same thing happened to me a few years back, but considering it meant we had no exam in that module (originally we were told 50% essays, 50% exams and then they called off that exam and put extra essays instead), nobody was complaining :o

    If it was mentioned in your course handbook or on Blackboard (not every department uses Blackboard - neither of mine did), you definitely have grounds for complaint.


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