Your final exam scores are on moodle ...
The final course grade posted is basically correct, but subject to an audit of my master spreadsheet. Very few were on a grade boundary (either +/- or a full grade) as it turns out, so probably nothing will change, but I want to be on the safe side and check everything a few more times.
Now is a good time to check that your HW, lab, and quiz grades seem correct. If you are curious about what grades you are missing (e.g., HW not turned in), send me an email.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Final exam breakdown
Individual final exam scores will be on Moodle imminently. Must make one more check of grading ...Final course grades will be posted sometime tomorrow afternoon. I need to do a thorough review of everything before I'm willing to posit final final grades, and carefully audit everything. You can calculate from Moodle what you should receive, and there is a 99% chance you will be correct. Keep in mind Moodle does not include random bonus points I have given over the semester, for instance, and for this and other reasons the Moodle grades are not 'official.'
Incidentally, the overall course grade is a very complicated case. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous. Mostly when you are on the narrow borderline between grades ... there are often some very tough calls to make.
Let it suffice to say that I usually err on your side if there is a chance for ambiguity, but it is rarely (rarely) necessary. Strictly by the numbers in the end.
e-homework chaos
A nice post about how having emailed homework can suck.
Pretty much everything she mentions has happened this semester, and then some ... but it all worked out in the end.
Also, she missed a lot of other chaos-inducing problems, like email addresses that give no hint as to the sender's address coupled with no discernable name within the attachment. Thanks to what I think is better-than-average handwriting recognition on my part and good email search capabilities, this was not much of an issue this semester.
In other news, the finals are graded. I have not tabulated the results yet ... probably in another couple of hours, I will post here when I have results for you to see.
Pretty much everything she mentions has happened this semester, and then some ... but it all worked out in the end.
Also, she missed a lot of other chaos-inducing problems, like email addresses that give no hint as to the sender's address coupled with no discernable name within the attachment. Thanks to what I think is better-than-average handwriting recognition on my part and good email search capabilities, this was not much of an issue this semester.
In other news, the finals are graded. I have not tabulated the results yet ... probably in another couple of hours, I will post here when I have results for you to see.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Final Exam
Your final exam is here, if you want to look back at it ...
Also, moodle is now up to date with everything except the final exam. Labs 9, 10, and 11 were from the rocket competition:
L9 = competition performance
L10 = quality / correctness / cleverness of code
L11 = quality / cleverness of the physical setup and measurement system
FYI, the grading breakdown (weighting, number dropped, etc.) can be found here.
Also, moodle is now up to date with everything except the final exam. Labs 9, 10, and 11 were from the rocket competition:
L9 = competition performance
L10 = quality / correctness / cleverness of code
L11 = quality / cleverness of the physical setup and measurement system
FYI, the grading breakdown (weighting, number dropped, etc.) can be found here.
Moodle
HW 12 grades are now up on Moodle. The only grades missing are from the rocket launcher project, which counts as 3 lab grades.
Excepting the 3 rocket grades, you have 8 lab grades in so far. I will add in the 3 rocket grades (performance, code, and hardware) and drop the lowest 2 grades overall (for a total of 11 lab grades). I should have this done late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
After you finish the final exam tomorrow, you can check with me to see that your grade distribution is accurate - e.g., missing homeworks and labs. If you don't see this in time, send me a short email and I'll let you know what grades I'm missing from you to make sure everything seems to be correct.
I will probably have final grades done by Friday; I'll post here when I have everything finished.
Excepting the 3 rocket grades, you have 8 lab grades in so far. I will add in the 3 rocket grades (performance, code, and hardware) and drop the lowest 2 grades overall (for a total of 11 lab grades). I should have this done late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
After you finish the final exam tomorrow, you can check with me to see that your grade distribution is accurate - e.g., missing homeworks and labs. If you don't see this in time, send me a short email and I'll let you know what grades I'm missing from you to make sure everything seems to be correct.
I will probably have final grades done by Friday; I'll post here when I have everything finished.
Monday, May 4, 2009
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