The four heights
The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.
Execute — do the immediate task
+Add a file upload question to Dr. Mensah's survey for student artwork submissions. Prompt text:…
Execute — do the immediate task
+Add a file upload question to Dr. Mensah's survey for student artwork submissions. Prompt text: Upload your final project file here. Allow only one file per student, accept image and PDF types, and limit uploads to 50 MB. Make the upload required and include the note: Files must be named Lastname_Firstname_Project1.
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Improve — make it easier to accept
+Before I put the upload question live, make it hard to mess up: show allowed file types and max…
Improve — make it easier to accept
+Before I put the upload question live, make it hard to mess up: show allowed file types and max size in the prompt, require a filename pattern by instructing students to name files Lastname_Firstname_Project1, add a short troubleshooting note about browser limits and mobile uploads, and flag if the course has students with limited bandwidth so we might accept lower-res images.
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Decide — diagnose the stuck moment
+I added a required file upload question for the art project, but last term dozens of students…
Decide — diagnose the stuck moment
+Instructor wants uploads but students had issues last term.
I added a required file upload question for the art project, but last term dozens of students failed to upload because their phones compressed files or browsers rejected large uploads. I don't know how many students will try mobile vs desktop. What's the most likely cause of failed uploads this term and the single best mitigation I can implement before the deadline?
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Become — change the pattern
+Over three semesters file upload questions produce either missing submissions or files with wrong…
Become — change the pattern
+File upload questions keep producing missing or unusable submissions.
Over three semesters file upload questions produce either missing submissions or files with wrong formats and unreadable resolution. Is the recurring problem teacher instructions, platform limits, or student tech, and what one change to my course survey template will cut unusable uploads by the largest margin?
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