Straighterline won't allow me to fail?

[Thorne]

You have to meet the assignment requirements. There's no bending these rules typically. The amount of time spent on this thread could have been used to complete the extra 3 minutes.

Some courses go by parameters, you have to meet the parameters to advance or complete a course, even if you already know the course in its entirety, if you do not complete some tasks according to the parameters it will be marked incomplete. Just follow the instructions and make them happy, you already know you passed. It is just 3 minutes.

For real, right?

Playing devil's advocate, however, these rules actually shouldn't matter nor apply. Straighterline says the following for their written assignments (which, when I was enrolled, included verbal assignments) policy:

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All written assignments, with the exception of Lab Experiments, are formatted consistently throughout our courses. Written assignments share the following characteristics:

1. Location: Assignments are located within your course topics. Some assignments (like most drafts) may be indicated as optional, while others are required.
   
   
2. Submissions: Unless otherwise noted, you have one (1) submission only for written assignments.
   
   
3. Format of submission: Instructions for file type, file naming and any specific details for the assignment are located in the assignment instructions.
   
   
4. Grading: Assignments are graded individually in the order in which they are received. Grades are posted to your assignment along with any specific feedback through TurnItIn.
   

They go further to say:

1. Clearly state your First and Last Name on your assignment. Your name must be listed exactly the way it is documented in your StraighterLine account? (e.g., if your middle initial is in the system, is it on your paper?)
   
   
2. Confirm that you properly cited external sources. Plagiarized submissions will be flagged by the grader and you will need to resubmit a revised version to receive a grade.
   
   
3. Save your assignment in an acceptable file format
   
   
4. Check to make sure you are uploading the correct assignment (this might sound like a no-brainer, but it happens all the time!)
   

There is, as stated, no requirement which demands that a student submits a quality assignment or even one that meets the parameters, so long as they submit an assignment and recognize the limitations of:
* One submission
* Correct file type
* Fname Lname on assignment
* No plagiariasm

If they do not explicitly state otherwise in the course syllabus, they should have just offered to give OP the grade.

That being said, OP, just do a 6 minute assignment and don't die on a hill for some stupid argument that you won't win anyway. It's literally 6 minutes of your life, almost as much time as it took me to write this post.