It looks like Chris Avenir gets to continue his studies at Ryerson. As I had previously stated in another post, all Avenir should have received is a grade of 0 on the assignment itself and maybe a reprimand by the university. It looks like all he received was the grade of 0 on the assignment which formed 10% of his grade. At the end of the day, his overall grade in the class should allow him to pass the course.

Ryerson's only interest here seems to be deterrence from using technology as a means to exchange answers and water-down the learning process. I believe that the message that Ryerson was trying send was made loud and clear. The student union doesn't seem to be very happy with the ruling on Avenir, but it's really a case of Avenir bringing it onto himself by inviting people to post solutions. I don't believe that Avenir is a dishonest student but simply that he made a bad decision by wording the invitation wrong.

It's his decision on whether he wishes to appeal Ryerson's ruling, but it may be in his interests to just consider it a lesson learned and focus on his upcoming exams rather than pursuing this matter on principle.

        

 

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