Class & Homework System

Classes are an OPTIONAL system in Hogwarts.io. Classes grant the player access to certain spells, grant House Points in exchange for good grades, and add depth to the RP setting. 

Classes automatically open up to users once they have:

1. Been on the site for 10 full days (for some this may be closer to 11 days depending on timezone)
2. Have 20 on site posts. We do have some forum games you are free to join, but please know that making a single thread and typing 1 in the first post, 2 in the second post, 3 in the third and so on to reach the 20 is cheating and not allowed. We do expect players to interface with community members through roleplay or at the very least forum games.

After these two conditions are met, you can find classes in one of two places:

1. In the area that the class is being held. There will be a button near the top of the forum area that invites you to take a look at a class.
   
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2. By clicking on your profile picture on the top right hand side of the screen. The drop down menu has the option for a report card. Click on this and you will be able to see all of the classes we have available (once this is available to you) as well as your grades and what classes have lessons that you have not yet completed. By navigating this screen you can also complete your lessons.
   
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Classes are how you learn spells and potions. More information on spells can be found here. More information on potions can be found here.

Players also earn house points based on their grade. House points are tracked on our main page and reset monthly on the first of the month at midnight GMT+2. The winning house and top students for the month are celebrated on our splash page and often receive a reward. More information on house points and rewards can be found here. Note: You will only earn house points for homework of your current year. If you are doing homework from a previous year, you will not receive house points.

How to Do Homework

After you have navigated to a homework assignment using the above steps, you'll be taken to a screen that shows the lesson. We will use Charms Year 1 Lesson 1 as an example here. The first part you will see is the lecture/lesson written by the professor. (Note: As we do have turnover, you may see old professor names in this section, but rest assured that the current professor is the person listed on the left of the homework!)



After you scroll past the lecture/lesson section, you will find part two - the actual homework. Here is where professors will have their specific rules (it's important to read them as you may get docked points otherwise!). And under the rules will be the actual homework with questions.




And finally you will see at the bottom an empty space for you to complete the homework. Follow the professor instructions and answer all the questions in this space, then hit submit!



Homework is anonymous - after you hit submit, the homework is submitted to the professors team WITHOUT your name. This allows for fair grading, so make sure you don't user your name in the answer space!

Tips for Getting Good Grades:

• Read the lesson carefully.
• Read the homework instructions carefully.
• Respect confidentiality - meaning use a moniker if you are asked to provide a roleplay and find using first, second or third person without name use too difficult. IF you use a moniker, clearly state that you are using a moniker (that is a different name in place of your own). Also use a different moniker each time you do a homework, even across different subjects, particularly if you choose to use very unique names. We may recognize the pseudonyms if you choose to repeat them. Please choose different names in EVERY piece of homework to avoid breaking anonymity, if you wish to add a name at all.
• Do not plagiarize your answers. This is something that can get you into a lot of trouble and you may either get a bad grade or your homework sent back.
• Do not use AI. Repeated use of AI can result in a ban from the community.

  Tip: translators and grammar checkers that change sentence structure use generative AI. We are not looking to penalize people from using AI in this manner. If you need to use a translator or a grammar checker, provide us a copy of your original post in a reducio. We can run the original through an AI-checker.

• Do not copy your answers from a previous assignment. For players that have made a new character, you do need to write things again in your own words. Copy-pasting your old work will result in it being sent back.
• Do not give out the answers, do the assignments for other players or ask the staff/other players for the answers to assignments. This may result in the loss of your ability to participate in our lesson system.
• Do not have other players make posts for you (aka do your homework for you). This may result in losing the points you earned, the loss of the ability to do homework, failure, loss of spells earned, etc. It may even result in banning. Please do not have others post for you.
• Seek clarification as needed. Nobody should give you the answers, but if you do not understand what is being asked please bring up your question.
• When you answer a question, review your answer and make sure that it satisfies the following: did it answer the question completely and correctly, if the question requires a word count did you meet it, is the answer in your own words (do not copy and paste because that is plagiarism and you will be docked for it).
• If you are writing a role-play make sure that you have a disclaimer about the pseudonym you are using. Failure to do so, or actually using your name will result in docked points. If you do not use a name and only use he/she/they you do not need a disclaimer, but be careful that you do not use other descriptors (Specialty Race, House, etc) because that also break anonymity.
• If you do not understand a question or you do not have access to certain resources that would make it possible for you to answer a question, please ask your Professor about it. There are Q&A threads in every Professor's classroom area. You can also owl the Professor for clarification. Please remember that your Professor is a person too, do not talk to them in a condescending manner -- asking questions out of character is you asking the question not your character so using your character as an excuse for rudeness will not be accepted and will be considered flaming or baiting.
• All classes are confidential, meaning a Professor will not know it is you when they are grading your paper. Your good/bad grade is not based on like or dislike for you but rather the work that is submitted.

Note to Players Regarding Grading -- Professors try the best they can to grade everything by the end of the month, please remember you had a whole month to submit an assignment. Expecting them to have the last day of the month free for last minute submissions is not a realistic expectation. If you submit something the last few days of the month, there is a very good chance that the homework might not be graded. For those that want a concrete statement of how long -- within the last week there is no promises. While most try for within the last day that is not a promise, that is them giving their best effort. Subsequent statements by Professors stating promises that contradict this (ie. 24hours exactly, 12 hours, etc.) is a promise from them for their grading which they have the right to later withdraw and does not automatically pass on like a double lifetime warrantee to the next Professor that takes over their role. They can not speak for the staff as an aggregate only what their abilities are in terms of grading. We will not (and can not) retroactively add the points you earned in the next month to the previous month to make you the top 3, 10, etc. Those points are added by the system for the next month.

Edit Log
April 2, 2021 -- Note to Players Link