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Michael Murphy
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Professional astrophysicist, amateur human.
Science fan, renewables groupie, political malcontent.

Professor at Swinburne University of Technology. Opinions my own.
OK, that’s weird then. It’s possible that the verification of an extension is distinct from the place where the system is told to have a different deadline for it. I think that’s the case in Canvas, for example, but I would have to check it specifically. Anyway, they should set it straight!
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
…may not even look at it 'coz of this. So, definitely just contact the grader, or person who initially emailed, and they'll sort it out.
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
…entered into the system. Then the same grader (who has forgotten the email interaction, because they're dealing with possibly dozens of other, similar situations) will just be shown a late assignment and, most likely, the system will have labelled it with "0" automatically – the grader …
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It will have been easy for them to make a mistake, given the "unintuitiveness" of most online assessment systems (e.g. Blackboard, Canvas etc.) and lack of actual, allocated time to deal with individual cases. All it takes is for an extension request to be approved but not manually …
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I feel like I've heard this story before, somewhere…
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I just checked and my institution has stopped using twitter. In September, apparently. Took a long time, but at least it's done.
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Reposted by Michael Murphy
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October 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
FUN = Fecal–Oral Norovirus, if you're a bit sloppy with the details*, which they most certainly are.

(*From "The Thick Of It")
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"Looks a bit elongated. Must be aliens."
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM