Final Grades

The final grades have been submitted to Banner.  Below are some notes that may be of interest.

Percentages for Components

The percentages used for the components were:

• Assignments 43%
• Discussions 23%
• Attendance 16%
• Take Home Assessment 18%

Attendance

• Each student was allowed three “free” attendance misses without affecting your grade.

Discussion Grade

• The lowest discussion grade was not included in the calculation.

Laboratory Grades

• The lowest two laboratory grades were not included in the calculation
• Note that we dropped one additional lab grade beyond what was promised.  This was in recognition of the delayed return of labs.  It raised some student’s term grades significantly.

Letter Grades

• The assignment of a letter grade followed the syllabus.
• We rounded upwards

Grade Distribution

The grade distribution overall was:

Range	Count	Letter Grades
90-100	50	A’s
80-89	33	B’s
70-79	10	C’s
55-69	8	D’s
<55	1	F

 

Why a grade may have dropped from the “Cumulative Grade” shown during the term.

The cumulative grade during the term was a “running total” that did not include in calculations items that had not yet been graded, or turned in at all.  At the end of the term any missing grades (labs or discussions or the final assessment not submitted) turned to a zero and was included in the calculation of the term grade.

Student who turned in everything will probably have seen an increase in their term grade because the two lowest labs were dropped in that calculation, whereas only one was dropped in the “Cumulative Grade”.