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Welcome to PHYS 2211 A & B!

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Apr 29

Course Grades
Course Grades are available available in the Canvas PostEm Tool. If you think your grade is erroneous, please contact Dr. Murray. On the other hand, if you just wish your grade were different, please do not contact Dr. Murray! Grades are determined by the same standards for all students, and all possible consideration has already been given.

Apr 29

Final Exam Solutions and Results
Final Exam grades are available available in the Canvas Gradebook, and details of your Exam have been released. Solutions have been posted. Contact Dr. Murray if you have any questions.

Apr 28

Lab Averages
Final Lab Averages Lab Avg are available in the Canvas lecture Gradebook. Each student's poorest lab grade was dropped. If your lab grade seems surprisingly low, don't forget the penalty for excessive absences. Contact Dr. Murray if you think your posted Lab Average is in error.

Apr 24

Quiz #4 Rescored
We've discovered that there were two ways to arrive at an answer of 84° in Quiz #4 problem II. One involved a minor error, and one involved a major error. We weren't aware of the minor error route, and so issued partial credit based on the major error. However, our policy whenever we were aware of two paths to a particular result is to issue partial credit based on the less-serious error. Quiz #4 has been rescored. Students who chose 84° should see a higher grade in the Canvas gradebook, now.

Apr 24

Breakout Averages
Breakout Averages are available in the Canvas lecture gradebook. Each student's poorest Breakout grade was dropped. Contact Dr. Murray if you think your posted Breakout Average is in error.

Apr 24

Extra Credit
Extra credit for the Diagnostic and Concept Tests has been calculated and is available in the Canvas gradebook as "XC Points". If you wish to verify the calculation, divide the sum of your points by 188 (each had 47 points, for a maximum total of 94, so dividing by 188 yields a value betwen zero and 0.5). Then add 0.25 for each one you earned a score greater than zero on. The resulting total, between zero and one point, will be added to your course average.

Apr 19

"Other" Points
"Other" Points have been calculated and are available in the Canvas gradebook. Recall that "Other" consists of these items, the average for each of which is available under PostEm in Canvas:

	Weight in Course
Regular Homework	6+2%
Practice Homework	5%
Class Participation	5%
Reading Questions	3%
Public Lectures	2 points

If you wish to verify the calculation,

1. If your Regular Homework average exceeds 100% due to working it on a daily, rather than weekly, basis, temporarily treat it as 100%.
2. Multiply each component of the "other" grade by the weight above (with Regular Homework at 6%). (Note that the posted Public Lecture score is already in points, rather than a percent. There's no need to multiply it by a weight.)
3. If the sum of those weighted components exceeds 10 points, discard the excess
4. If your Regular Homework average was 100% or less, this weighted sum should match the value in the Canvas Gradebook
5. If your Regular Homework average was more than 100%, divide the excess by 0.2 and add it to the weighted sum. For example, if your Regular homework average was 110%, the amount exceeding 100% is 10%, or 0.1. Then 0.1/0.2 = 0.5, so the value in the Canvas Gradebook should be 0.5 points greater than the weighted sum.

The greatest possible "other" score, therefore, is 12 out of 10. The average "other" score is 10.7! Drs. Darnton and Murray would like to thank the students who put such serious effort into the course.

Contact Dr. Murray if you have any questions.

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