Grading

My Grading Practice

Course grades are an attempt to measure what you have learned this semester related to our key learning goals. Learning is a process that involves collaboration, struggle, and mistakes that culminates in a performance; therefore, some of the grade is based on low-stakes opportunities that value teamwork, communication, and risk-taking. Other parts of the grade are based on formal assessments of your achievement of the learning goals for the course.

Most of the assignments on Canvas are automatically graded. However, some quizzes and all of the peer-reviewed assignments require instructor grading. I will grade many but not all of these assignments. The ungraded assignments will count as practice work and will not affect your grade. You will not know in advance which assignments will be graded so please do your best on each task.

How Grades Will Be Weighted

- - Interactive Reading & Quizzes: 15%
  - Module Checkpoints: 15%
  - Unit Checkpoints: 15%
  - Labs & Other: 15%
  - Unit Projects: 20%
  - Final Project: 20%

The grading scale will be as follows: A = 90% and above, B = 80-89%,

C = 70-79%, D = 60-69%, F = below 60%.

I know that getting good grades can sometimes be stressful. To help reduce that stress and improve the likelihood of getting your best grades, allow yourself the time and space you need to do your best work. Don't procrastinate, and if you get stuck on an assignment, reach out to me or one of your peers. I welcome your questions and I'm happy to help you think through your ideas so you can successfully complete an assignment.

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