Hi Virginia: John Lennon said "Life is the thing that gets in the way of your plans". I think under certain circumstances, some leeway should be given to students for ligitmate reasons. For me, that'd be limited to a family death, hospitalization or severe illness, or maybe a significant childcare issue. But leeway should be along the order of grace to turn in assignments late without (too much) penalty. Giving additional assignments to substitute for regular assignments is not fair to classmates. And it may lead to measuring their class performance inaccurately. So, as a policy, in my opinion, no extra credit. Regards, Barry