When You Upload the Wrong File at College
I need some help delight. I accidentally submitted the wrong file type (.zippo) file to Turnitin. This was because the assignment cursory asked us too upload presentation slides, presentation notes and an informal presentation report. It did not country to include information technology in 1 certificate and every bit I was doing my dissertation at the time, I didn't think about it.
Any how, my university take just emailed me telling me that they can open up the file, read the contents and can run into that the written report was uploaded in time. Nonetheless, they accept to fail me and mark me as a 'Assignment Non Submitted' due to the file type.
I will therefore likely become a 2:i instead of a kickoff because I uploaded the wrong file type. I have asked if I can resubmit the report as a unmarried document, that I fabricated an honest mistake and that I was also writing my dissertation at the same time but they will not budge. Does this sound right? Surely if they can run across that the written report was submitted on time and the contents of the study, a simple resubmission would suffice.
Shall I look a complaints or potentially a lawsuit, I am curious for advise. Thank you lot in advance!
(Original post by connorrjones)
Shall I look a complaints or potentially a lawsuit, I am curious for propose. Thank yous in accelerate!
Why do y'all people always seem to remember of the most overdramatic remedy the moment something goes wrong? A lawsuit - seriously?!
Anyway...
The get-go port of phone call should exist to engage in the university'southward complaint procedure - it commonly comprises an informal and formal path - and you need to exhaust each in plow in order to have your complaint properly heard. Your tutor/manager of studies will exist able to help y'all initiate this.
However, yous do need to be sure of your facts earlier you practise this - are yous certain that no-where in your class regs, on the upload site for coursework or elsewhere there isn't a notation to say which file types are accepted? In that location commonly is - and information technology would be embarrassing for you to enter into a formal complaints process merely to take this pointed out to y'all in adequately curt order.
I appreciate that you think it's unfair, but a lot of people also retrieve it's unfair to accept their work capped at xl for submitting information technology 5 seconds tardily. It'south sort of the same affair. If in that location genuinely isn't a note anywhere regarding accepted file types, then I think you've got a case. However, if in that location is (and I suspect there volition be somewhere), and then I don't run into how y'all can argue it.
Last edited by Reality Check; 2 years ago
(Original mail by connorrjones)
I need some help delight. I accidentally submitted the wrong file type (.zip) file to Turnitin. This was because the consignment cursory asked us too upload presentation slides, presentation notes and an informal presentation study. It did non state to include information technology in one certificate and as I was doing my dissertation at the time, I didn't think about it.
Whatever how, my academy accept just emailed me telling me that they tin can open up the file, read the contents and tin can run across that the report was uploaded in time. Notwithstanding, they have to fail me and marker me equally a 'Assignment Not Submitted' due to the file type.
I will therefore likely get a 2:1 instead of a showtime because I uploaded the wrong file type. I take asked if I can resubmit the written report as a unmarried certificate, that I made an honest mistake and that I was also writing my dissertation at the same fourth dimension but they will not budge. Does this audio right? Surely if they can see that the study was submitted on time and the contents of the study, a simple resubmission would suffice.
Shall I look a complaints or potentially a lawsuit, I am curious for advise. Thanks in accelerate!
1. What do the rules say about file formats?
2. How come anybody else was able to manage information technology? What format did they apply?
3. Appeal or mutter.
It would announced you lot broke the rules, but I think they are being a bit unreasonable. I still wonder near how anybody else managed to comply with the rules?
Firstly, thank y'all for your suggest. Here is my point, if I submitted the written report tardily, I would be fine with a forty. I am an older pupil, have years of practical work and life feel and I sympathise that if I do not do something correctly, it is fair to face the consequences. In this case all the same, the tutor tin can read the files that I submitted and has told me that they can encounter that the file was submitted in time. This in plow means that really I would have been better off submitting the file tardily and receiving a forty rather than submitting it in fourth dimension but in the wrong file type, which will come across me beingness rewarded a zippo. This seems unfair to me.
Also, it is non overdramatic in my opinion to seek a potential legal route. Equally the file type of upload is not specified anywhere in the brief that I or my tutor can find, the fact that I will be rewarded a 0 will result in a lower degree and loss of future earnings. I did the piece of work, submitted it on fourth dimension but made a simple fault.
Why do you people ever seem to think of the most overdramatic remedy the moment something goes wrong? A lawsuit - seriously?!
Anyway...
The beginning port of phone call should be to engage in the university'south complaint process - it commonly comprises an informal and formal path - and you demand to exhaust each in plow in order to have your complaint properly heard. Your tutor/manager of studies volition be able to help you initiate this.
All the same, you do need to be sure of your facts before y'all do this - are you sure that no-where in your grade regs, on the upload site for coursework or elsewhere at that place isn't a note to say which file types are accepted? There usually is - and it would be embarrassing for yous to enter into a formal complaints process only to have this pointed out to you in fairly short order.
I appreciate that you lot recall information technology's unfair, merely a lot of people also recall information technology's unfair to take their work capped at 40 for submitting it 5 seconds belatedly. It's sort of the same thing. If there genuinely isn't a note anywhere regarding accepted file types, and so I think you've got a case. Yet, if there is (and I suspect there will be somewhere), then I don't see how you lot tin argue information technology.
(Original post by connorrjones)
I need some help delight. I accidentally submitted the wrong file type (.zip) file to Turnitin. This was because the assignment brief asked usa too upload presentation slides, presentation notes and an informal presentation report. It did not state to include information technology in ane document and as I was doing my dissertation at the time, I didn't think most it.
Any how, my university accept only emailed me telling me that they can open up the file, read the contents and can see that the report was uploaded in time. However, they have to fail me and mark me as a 'Consignment Non Submitted' due to the file type.
I will therefore likely become a two:1 instead of a first considering I uploaded the wrong file type. I accept asked if I can resubmit the report as a single certificate, that I made an honest mistake and that I was also writing my dissertation at the aforementioned fourth dimension but they volition not budge. Does this sound correct? Surely if they can meet that the report was submitted on time and the contents of the study, a simple resubmission would suffice.
Shall I look a complaints or potentially a lawsuit, I am curious for advise. Thank you in advance!
Accept them to courtroom. If they desire to magnify the issue, and so y'all should play by their rules and teach them a lesson.
(Original post past connorrjones)
I need some help please. I accidentally submitted the wrong file type (.cypher) file to Turnitin. This was because the assignment brief asked us too upload presentation slides, presentation notes and an informal presentation written report. Information technology did not state to include it in one document and as I was doing my dissertation at the fourth dimension, I didn't think well-nigh it.
Any how, my university have only emailed me telling me that they can open the file, read the contents and tin can encounter that the report was uploaded in time. All the same, they accept to fail me and mark me as a 'Consignment Non Submitted' due to the file type.
I will therefore likely get a 2:1 instead of a get-go because I uploaded the wrong file type. I have asked if I can resubmit the written report as a unmarried document, that I made an honest mistake and that I was likewise writing my dissertation at the same time but they will not budge. Does this sound right? Surely if they can see that the report was submitted on time and the contents of the report, a simple resubmission would suffice.
Shall I await a complaints or potentially a lawsuit, I am curious for advise. Give thanks y'all in advance!
I would check the coursework/assignment brief, does it state what file type? .zip is a fairly normal file type equally long as they tin unzip it & it doesn't violate the cursory it should be no problem.
If the brief stated information technology should exist .pptx or .pdf etc its your fault, harsh punishment... but still your responsibility
Before you start annihilation I would thoroughly check the assignment brief and your module handbook if applicative as I knew someone in a like state of affairs and the file type had been specified in the handbook and then the pupil was at fault, also check the university policy as at mine if you fail a component you must resist capped at 40 then you yet have the opportunity to gain the 40 marks
Hello,
Thank you for your reply. I really don't know any particular students in this module well plenty to ask. As I was preoccupied with my dissertation, I made the error of uploading the wrong file. I take offered to reupload the file in the format that they request providing that I do not alter any of the report so that the content is the same (which would take twenty seconds) but they are not having whatsoever of it.
I have also asked if I tin reupload and they marking me equally uploading late work. I empathize that I uploaded in time but simply uploaded the wrong file blazon and that this was a elementary mistake but at this point a twoscore is better than a 0. They are also uninterested in this route. Their lack of being reasonable / having common sense to overcome issues is astonishing to me.
(Original postal service by 999tigger)
1. What exercise the rules say about file formats?
two. How come everyone else was able to manage it? What format did they utilize?
iii. Appeal or complain.
It would announced you broke the rules, but I recall they are being a scrap unreasonable. I still wonder about how everyone else managed to comply with the rules?
Or the file type may be in your marking rubric or presentation guidelines
Thanks for your reply. Non only have they opened the file but the tutor has told me that they have downloaded and read over the work and seen that information technology is all correct and looks good. Information technology is simply the incorrect file type and this warrants a 0.
Believe me, I intend on contesting.
(Original post by ltsmith)
This sounds unreasonable and very stringent. It'south not hard to right click and printing unzip.
This should exist contested
(Original post past connorrjones)
Hullo,
Thanks for your reply. I really don't know whatsoever particular students in this module well plenty to ask. Equally I was preoccupied with my dissertation, I made the error of uploading the wrong file. I have offered to reupload the file in the format that they request providing that I practice not change any of the report then that the content is the same (which would take twenty seconds) simply they are not having whatsoever of it.
I accept also asked if I can reupload and they mark me as uploading tardily work. I understand that I uploaded in time but but uploaded the wrong file blazon and that this was a unproblematic mistake but at this point a 40 is improve than a 0. They are too uninterested in this route. Their lack of being reasonable / having common sense to overcome problems is astonishing to me.
Become over their heads, go to the head of school or caput of faculty sit and calmly explicate the situation, and ask for assistance. If they are not capable of opening a .zippo their not fit to be a lecturer
I would only similar to country that I accept read over the brief religiously.
At that place is nothing on the file blazon. It asks for the initial presentation (.pptx), presentation notes (.docx) and an informal 1000 word presentation written report (.docx) to be uploaded. As you tin can only upload i item to Turnitin, I automatically thought that including them in all file would be adequate and did not think anything of information technology. Information technology does not country in the brief that the files are to be merged into one .docx certificate otherwise I would have washed so.
(Original post by connorrjones)
Firstly, thank you for your advise. Here is my point, if I submitted the study late, I would exist fine with a 40. I am an older student, have years of applied work and life experience and I understand that if I do non exercise something correctly, it is fair to confront the consequences. In this case however, the tutor tin can read the files that I submitted and has told me that they tin can see that the file was submitted in fourth dimension. This in turn means that actually I would have been better off submitting the file belatedly and receiving a xl rather than submitting it in fourth dimension but in the wrong file type, which volition come across me being rewarded a zero. This seems unfair to me.
Yep, I appreciate what you lot are maxim but I tin can't hold with the reasoning. Y'all're saying that you'd exist happy to take the consequences of the piece of work existence capped/zero if you'd submitted it late, merely you're not happy to accept the consequences because the work has been submitted in the wrong file format? This doesn't seem rational to me - both of these are examples of not adhering to the requirements of the assessment, merely you would accept one but non the other? Again, I capeesh your saying that you can't find details of what file types are accepted 'on the brief' just that doesn't mean that there isn't an indication elsewhere (more generic) of which files types are accepted for upload. As I said in my first post, I really struggle to believe that there is absolutely no mention of this - otherwise you could end upwards with students submitting any one-time type of unreadable content. This is why I was exhorting you to cheque everything, not merely the specific brief for this consignment.
Also, it is non overdramatic in my opinion to seek a potential legal road. As the file type of upload is not specified anywhere in the brief that I or my tutor can discover, the fact that I will exist rewarded a 0 will effect in a lower caste and loss of future earnings. I did the work, submitted information technology on time but fabricated a simple error.
Equally I've said, you won't be awarded zero - yous'd certainly go the chance to resubmit the work. And, every bit you lot will know as a mature student, even simple mistakes can have serious consequences, and that's life. Please note that I'k not trying to be deliberately obstructive or hectoring hither - I really have peachy sympathy for your situation. But in that location's no bespeak my doing the whole cheerleading thing for you when I retrieve in that location could actually be some problems with making a case for this. There'south plenty of other people on TSR who'll do the whole 'go team' thing, but I'grand trying to play devil's abet here and make sure you've got all your ducks in a row before moving forrard into the complaints procedure. So, again, I'd exhort y'all to make admittedly sure that at that place are no generic instructions equally to acceptable file type when submitting electronic assessments.
EDIT - I've just read your notation regarding file types. At that place is clear guidance here as to which files types are acceptable, then I'm struggling to empathize why you've been saying that there was categorically no indication in your other posts. If you were expected to submit three split up documents just you lot could upload just i to Turnitin, what were the instructions for doing this? And how did all the other candidates in the cohort manage to successfully negotiate this? Again, these are questions which will need answers if your complaint is to have any take chances of success.
Last edited by Reality Check; ii years ago
(Original post by connorrjones)
Hello,
Cheers for your answer. I actually don't know any particular students in this module well enough to ask. As I was preoccupied with my dissertation, I made the error of uploading the wrong file. I have offered to reupload the file in the format that they asking providing that I practice not change any of the study then that the content is the same (which would have xx seconds) but they are not having any of it.
I have also asked if I can reupload and they mark me equally uploading late work. I understand that I uploaded in fourth dimension but merely uploaded the wrong file blazon and that this was a unproblematic mistake but at this signal a xl is better than a 0. They are also uninterested in this route. Their lack of beingness reasonable / having common sense to overcome problems is astonishing to me.
On the basis you bankrupt the rules by declining to comply with the criteria, then information technology seems like you are in breach.
Offering to reupload is exterior the borderline.
As you say its your mistake and not theirs.
Again uploading it belatedly is likely to be futile every bit well-nigh essays are marked naught or at such a penalty charge per unit if more a few days have passed it will be given aught. Anybody else follows the rules and they are set out clearly.
I practice call back they are being unreasonable, but I would have checked with them and followed the rules exactly, other students managed it.
Again other students in your year and previous have managed to follow instructions successfully.
Hello,
I am not looking for cheerleading and I am really very grateful for your propose. I accept been looking for several hours for whatever piece of information that indicates the type of files that can be uploaded and I cannot observe any. Again, I do not desire to create a model of myself as perfect and I will throw my easily upwards in the air if I shouldn't have fabricated the mistake. I feel similar it is unrealistic to presume that when a brief indicates that they crave iii different documents (1 x .pptx, two x .docx file's), the student should look through various bureaucratic documents on Academy Policy pages to see if what file type they crave. If the assignment required the iii files to be combined into one report, then I hope that we can agree that brief should have explicitly mentioned information technology. Which it honestly doesn't.
(Original post by Reality Bank check)
Yeah, I appreciate what you are proverb but I tin can't agree with the reasoning. You're saying that you'd be happy to accept the consequences of the work existence capped/zero if yous'd submitted it late, but you're not happy to accept the consequences because the work has been submitted in the incorrect file format? This doesn't seem rational to me - both of these are examples of not adhering to the requirements of the assessment, but you would accept one simply non the other? Once again, I appreciate your saying that you can't find details of what file types are accepted 'on the brief' but that doesn't mean that at that place isn't an indication elsewhere (more generic) of which files types are accepted for upload. Equally I said in my first post, I actually struggle to believe that at that place is absolutely no mention of this - otherwise y'all could end up with students submitting any old type of unreadable content. This is why I was exhorting you to cheque everything, not just the specific brief for this assignment.
As I've said, yous won't be awarded zero - you'd certainly get the chance to resubmit the work. And, as yous volition know as a mature student, even unproblematic mistakes tin have serious consequences, and that's life. Please note that I'm not trying to be deliberately obstructive or hectoring here - I actually have keen sympathy for your situation. But there's no point my doing the whole cheerleading thing for you when I recollect at that place could actually be some problems with making a case for this. There's plenty of other people on TSR who'll do the whole 'go team' thing, but I'm trying to play devil'due south advocate here and make sure you've got all your ducks in a row earlier moving forward into the complaints process. So, again, I'd exhort you to make absolutely certain that there are no generic instructions equally to adequate file blazon when submitting electronic assessments.
Honestly based on that I would have assumed that the PowerPoint would need to be loaded into the give-and-take certificate peradventure if you provide A re-create of the brief or the presentation department even if you merely type information technology out to avoid identification people may be of more help, and again you are expected to read the full handbook which oft has guides on presentation for that module as I know all mine do
(Original postal service past connorrjones)
Hello,
I am not looking for cheerleading and I am actually very grateful for your advise. I have been looking for several hours for any slice of information that indicates the type of files that tin can be uploaded and I cannot find whatever. Again, I do not desire to create a model of myself as perfect and I will throw my hands upward in the air if I shouldn't take made the fault. I feel similar it is unrealistic to assume that when a brief indicates that they require three different documents (1 ten .pptx, two x .docx file's), the student should wait through diverse bureaucratic documents on Academy Policy pages to see if what file type they crave. If the assignment required the three files to exist combined into one report, and then I promise that we can concord that brief should have explicitly mentioned it. Which it honestly doesn't.
That's good so - and y'all're welcome 
OK - you've conspicuously stated the two file types the documents needed to exist in when submitting them: .pptx and .doc This leaves the following questions for me:
1 - Did all three pieces of work have to run through Turnitin?
two - If yeah to (ane), then what were the instructions regarding this? Were the files to be uploaded separately or combined into i file?
3 - If they were to be combined, were there any farther instructions regarding the acceptable file type for combination purposes?
4 - If there weren't further instructions, and there was a need to combine three files into one for the purposes of Turnitin, and then I call up information technology's reasonable that, in the absence of farther educational activity, the original instructions regarding file types remained valid and by not adhering to this you are at fault.
Hello anybody!
So I had to get in and present my case to Senior Lecturers at the academy and they agreed that the brief was ambiguous in relation to the bf description of the file upload. Although nosotros all agreed that it was somewhat mutual noesis to put everything in a single certificate, they understood that someone who was writing 3 reports at the aforementioned fourth dimension could make the elementary error of putting all of the files into ane singular file format. Therefore, the file is to be marked as normal and they will specifically add in next years brief, to add the documents into a atypical word file.
Thank you all for your advise, if it wasn't for a few comments hither, I wouldn't have requested to take it to the senior lecturer'south and therefore would still exist in the situation that I was in earlier this thread.
Give thanks you all for your help
Turnitin wouldn't open a cypher file type. Information technology volition be quite conspicuously stated that they wanted pdf or doc. You did a boo-boo and information technology'southward your fault.
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