Final Class Tonight: Would you give a student extra marks for going the Extra Mile?

THIS actually happened to me 48+ hours before the last class!

   by  cactusbones 

 

Ok…I know you are not supposed to leave things until the last minute but I thought 3 days before the assignment was giving me enough time…turns out – this is what happened

Sunday 9am	Working on gathering pictures for my presentation and deciding how I will make my video interesting and funny!
Sunday 3pm	Going to start recording my presentation on Movie Maker.  It is recording audio but no video.  Or, only video and no audio.  Great!  Tried to shut down and re-start, etc.  No luck!
Sunday 6pm	Going to try download a new version of Movie Maker from website.  Turns out I downloaded a version from a website that had malware (advertising).  It basically stalled out my computer.  Ads were popping up all over the screen.
Sunday 8pm	Shut down the computer.  Turn to completing my script for the presentation.
Monday 8am	Goto IT dept and explain the issue.  They decide to re-image my computer.
Monday 12 noon	Get my computer back.  Working fine.  Movie Maker not appearing.  He said they re-installed it.
Monday 1pm	Take computer back down to re-install Movie Maker.
Monday 3pm	Confirmation that Movie Maker installed.  Pick up computer but ask him to show me that it is installed and working.  He turns computer on and it turn to a black screen.  He tries logging in again and it won’t turn on – it only reboots, over and over again.
Monday 4:30	He says, “sorry, our day is done.  I think your hard drive is shot!  I will have to look at it tomorrow!"
Monday 4:40	I beg him to give me a spare computer in place of the old one.  He gives me an old computer that they could spare for a couple of days.  Nothing is loaded on the computer so I have to do it all on my own.
Monday evening	I’m freaking out because I have someone else’s computer…I don’t have the things I need on this computer.  I had everything saved on my “favorites” so I can’t remember anything about our class!  Stressed!
Monday evening	Continue working on my script for the presentation until midnight
Tuesday 5am	Wake up early & continue working on project.
Tuesday 8am	Take muffins for the guys in IT because I feel bad that I was bothering them so much on Monday…plus I want my old computer back today!
Tuesday 8am	Realize that computer will not be ready so I have to just do a Powerpoint presentation – it’s not going to be as good as Movie Maker but it will have to do at this hour!
Tuesday 3pm	Receive email that my computer is ready!  He says he did not have to replace the hard drive – they re-imaged computer again because they ran a scan and everything seems to be ok…for now…
Tuesday 4pm	Start recording my voice over top of powerpoint presentation using Screencast for the first time ever!
Tuesday 6:30	It’s taken me about 12 re-takes…I’m out of time!  This last “take” is going to have to be good enough!
Tuesday 6:40	I blast out of the office and fly down the stairs…running to my car.  Hoping that I can make it to the University in time for our 7pm class!
Tuesday 6:45	Rip out of the parking lot to the University!
Tuesday 6:59	Find a parking spot and put $2 in the meter.  It says 30 minutes!  I look, oh, it’s only a 30 minute parking spot!  Nice.  Hope I have enough change for the next meter!
Tuesday 7pm	Run into the Education Bldg.
Tuesday 7:02pm	I see smiling faces and a wonderful table of pizza (heavenly!  I’m starving and my voice is raw from recording my audio for the last 2 hours!).  Smile and nod...nobody knows what I've just gone through in the past 48 hours!
Tuesday 7:15	A great evening of great food and conversation.  Thank you Alec for your generosity in buying us pizza!  This is greatly appreciated.