I am facing issues with the “Deep Learning Specialization” on Coursera. I have completed all courses and assessments except for one final assessment in Course 5, Week 3 (Assessment Number 2).
When I submit this assessment, the grading process takes an unusually long time and eventually results in an error message indicating that the grading has failed. Could you please help me understand what might be causing this issue? Is there a specific problem with the assessment or the system?
I have attached a screenshot of the error message for your reference. I would appreciate your assistance in resolving this issue so that I can complete the specialization and receive my certification.
Thank you for your support. I look forward to your response.
hi @AyeshaAmeen
Did you pass all the tests in the assignment?
Make sure you haven’t added any extra cells, or too many print statements, remove or deleted any part of codes from grade cells.
You are only suppose to mentions codes between markers ###START AND END CODE HERE###.
In case restarting kernel, doesn’t resolve, get a fresh copy of assignment by updating the lab, then re-do the assignment by only writing codes between the markers ###START AND END CODE HERE### and avoiding any deleting of other codes mentioned already.
Let us know, if your issue persists!!!
Regards
DP
If you passed all the tests in the notebook, then there’s another thing to try:
Kernel -> Restart and Clear Output
Save
Submit to the grader again
The point is that the grader does not need to see your generated output: it only needs to call your functions and check the return values. Running the notebook can expand the memory footprint quite a bit, so the above sequence submits your code with the minimal memory footprint.
If it still fails after that, then there are two more possibilities I can think of:
The grader servers are just bogged down and you need to try again later.
Or maybe you’ve got a bug in your code that causes an infinite loop in some cases, e.g. if the grader’s test cases are different. This may be a litte far-fetched.
Try the above and let us know if that helps or not.
yes i didn’t added anything extra and passed all the cells except one, that cell seems to be having issues.
like it keeps running and running , but no output
I tried restarting and doing it all over again, but couldn’t resolve it.
But I will try to get a fresh copy of assignment now.
can you tell me how do I do that?
Looking forward to your response!
Thanks
okay thanks you so much for guidance.
I will try these solutions.
hi @AyeshaAmeen
first make sure you have a saved copy of your assignment file in your system.
Click file, then select open. You will find all the files related to the assignment. Here if you have saved a copy of your notebook with renaming other than what was mentioned. Then go ahead and delete the assignment notebook by selecting the particular notebook.
Once deleted, you will find 404 not found image on your browser. Then close the browser.
Open the assignment page again, when you open you will find 404 not found.
At this time, click 
on the right hand top corner Before Grades, where you will find Reboot. Click reboot.
Then click the same on the right hand top corner, then click Get latest version and then Update lab.
You have a fresh copy now, but make sure this time you only write codes between ###START AND END CODE HERE## markers without removing any sections or adding any extra code statements
Let me know if you issue persists
Regards
DP
it worked.
thank you for all the tips.
i earned my specialization finally.
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