Grading

Learning Assignments

Groupwork - 10%

Warming up. This will be your first try on a topic.

During class time, you will be working on problems in your group. I will collect these problems, on Canvas or in person, at least once per week. The only goal for grading these is to ensure your group is working on the material. So, I will grade these on a completed, not completed basis.

Late group work not be accepted but you can make-up 4 groupwork assignments during study hours.

Canvas Exercises & Discussion Boards - 15%

Heating up! This will be your second try on a topic. You are getting comfortable.

After covering a topic in class, there will be homework and possibly discussion boards on those concepts. The homework is broken up into just a few problems at a time after reading an example and will be labeled as “Did I Get This?” quizzes. You are allowed three attempts at each quiz. The questions do not change between attempts, so feel free to review your previous answers. Also, there is feedback on most questions to guide you if you did not answer correctly.

Late homework is allowed, a penalty of 10% per day is automatically applied. A maximum penalty of 50% is applied. I will also drop your 7 lowest homework scores.

Canvas Checkpoint Quizzes - 10%

Sizzling! This is your third try on a topic. Now you are becoming good.

There is a Checkpoint quiz for each module and one for each Unit. These quizzes are meant to reinforce the homework and ask more than one topic at once. You again have three attempts at each Checkpoint quiz. The questions may change, but the topic will not. There is again feedback for most questions.

The late rules are the same for the homework section. I will drop your 3 lowest Checkpoints.

Doing Assignments

Labs and Mini-Projects- 10%

Scorching! This is your last assignment before an exam. You're close to an expert.

You will have one assignment per Unit that will help prepare you for an exam. This will be a mini-project, presentation, or a written based assignment. These will be a mix of group and individual assignments.

Late group work will not be accepted but I will drop your lowest lab/project score.

Exams - 30% (10% each)

Blazing! Time to show off those skills. You're an expert now.

We have three exams in our class each worth 10% of your overall grade. Exams will be during our normal class time over Zoom, you will need access to video for these days. Exams will resemble the Checkpoint quizzes and I will provide a study guide module for each exam. If your final exam score is higher than your lowest exam, I will replace that exam score with the score from the final.

Final Exam - 25%

It's an Inferno now! Time to show off all of your skills.

This exam will be similar to previous exams but will cover most of the material in the course (cumulative).

Phew! I know that was a lot. I will remind you of the grading system as we go through the semester.

Letter Grades

Grades are calculated as a weighted average, with the usual percentage marks for each letter grade. In other words, an A is 90% or better; a B is 80% or higher but less than 90%; a C is 70% or higher but less than 80%. A grade of C is required for transfer credit or credit for an Associates Degree.

Code of Conduct

Please review the Student Code of Conduct in the College Catalog. Cheating, plagiarism, copying, fraud, and/or lying may result in a grade of “F” for the assignment/test with no make-up work permitted. This also includes the use of homework resources such as Chegg. Any of these infractions may also result in formal disciplinary action by the Associate Dean of Student Affairs as described in the Student Code of Conduct.