WebCT Grade Book
7 10 2009
If you’ve been checking your grades on the WebCT gradebook, you will have seen a change recently. I changed from a percentage system to a points system, since a lot of students have told me they find it easier to keep track.
I changed the value of your Mann score to reflect the 240 point value of that assignment. I also just added the first of 3 class participation [CP] grades, based on a 65 point score. so 58.5 or higher [90% of 65] would be an A for class participation.
Heres the grading table from the syllabus, updated to show the new point system.
| Major Assignments | Percent value | Point value |
| Class participation in 3 installments of 65 pts each | 10% | 195 |
| On-line quizzes | 10% | 200 |
| Take-home exam over lectures and Mann, 1491 | 12% | 240 |
| Take-home exam over lectures and Restall, Seven Myths | 15% | 300 |
| Take-home exam over lectures and Furtado, Chica da Silva | 20% | 400 |
| Technology or Museum Project | 13% | 260 |
| Independence Project | 20% | 400 |
| TOTAL | 1.00% | 2000 |
