Laurie, When such a situation comes up I talk with the student individually and review the work that has been submitted. Then I tell him/her that I want to commend them for their work and in order to do so I need the follow things from them. Then I outline the specifics of what it takes for successful project completion, knowing they already know this but I review it with them one more time. Then I set deadlines for segments of the work to be completed. This way I can coach them at different stages so when they are through with the project there should be a quality of work that I can complement them on. This all depends of course on their willingness to put forth the effort to be successful. Gary