Frequently asked questions

Question: Where are my student's assignments?

Answer: All assignments are located under the "Classwork" tab in Google Classroom.

Question: My Guardian Email Summary shows that all of my student's assignments are turned in. Why is work showing up as missing on Infinite Campus?

Answer: An inconsistency between Infinite Campus and Google Classroom can happen for two reasons: 1) The instructor (me) has not yet entered grades for an assignment and/or 2) The student submitted the assignment without completing the work. I aim to provide feedback to students in a timely manner, so if Infinite Campus continues to show an assignment as missing, please ask your student to show you evidence of the completed work. Please contact me with any concerns.

Question: My student says his/her assignment was deleted. What should we do?

Answer: One of the most exciting aspects of the Google Suite for Education (Docs, Forms, Sheets, etc.) is its ability to automatically save and track changes. All documents are automatically saved with changes. If your student thinks an assignment was deleted, he/she can hit the back arrow, or go to "version history" to restore the document to a previous version.

Question: We don't have internet. How can my student access his/her assignments?

Answer: Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides can be worked on offline.

Question: My student has a poor grade. Can he/she have extra credit?

Answer: The goal of the course is for students to meet or exceed the grade-level expectations delineated by the Colorado Academic Standards for Reading, Writing, and Communicating. With that, students can redo or revise any assignment for full credit. Therefore, extra credit is not offered.

Question: I'm not noticing many actual grades on my student's writing. What's going on?

Answer: Extensive research has shown that feedback, rather than grades, helps to grow student learning.

Question: My student says he/she doesn't have any work. Is this true?

Answer: Rest assured, your student has plenty of standards-aligned, relevant, and meaningful work to improve his/her reading and writing. If your students says everything is "done", he/she can ALWAYS read more or write more! Engaging in reading and writing is the only way we become better readers and writers.