RULES and PROCEDURES
for QUIZZES and FINAL
YOU MUST READ THIS BEFORE THE FIRST QUIZ
From poorest to best performance, each student's quizzes will count 6%, 9%, 12%, and 18%, respectively, of their course grade.
Students excused by the Institute under section IV.B.3 of the
Student Rules and Regulations must make alternative quiz-taking arrangements at least
a week in advance. Students whose presence elsewhere is required by a court of law, or for whom
accommodation for an absence is requested by the Office of the Dean of Students, must substitute
their final exam grade for the grade of the missed quiz. Note that the Office of the Dean
of Students will not make such a request for routine matters such as short-term illness,
doctor appointments, wedding attendance … job interviews, and the like.
Formula Sheets
This standardized formula sheet will be provided for the quizzes and final exam (PDF format). Students may print it ahead of time to have available.
Calculator Policy
Calculators that cannot store text may be used on the quizzes and final exam. Note that if your calculator keypad includes a complete alphabet, that's a very good sign that it cannot be used. Our expectations for your work on the free response problems are the same good problem-solving practices you should be using on the homework, anyway.
- Units should be shown with any value that has a unit
- Algebraic manipulations should be performed with symbols, not values
- Consider, but do not obsess over, significant figures
You may find an example helpful.
Quiz Day Protocol
- You will receive an invitation to a WebEx meeting from your proctor. If possible, please join a few minutes before 6:30 to show your proctor that you have an appropriate calculator, a reasonably clear workspace, and have no extra notes on the formula sheet.
- Quizzes will become available in Gradescope at 6:30.
- All work you want evaluated must be done on the quiz form. Box your answers to free-response questions. Multiple-choice questions will be answered directly in Gradescope.
- If you finish before 7:45, notify your proctor through private chat that you are ready to begin scanning your free-response work and uploading it to Gradescope.
- You must stop working on your quiz at 7:45. You'll then have 20 min to scan your free-response work and uploading it to Gradescope. This does not mean that if you are confident of scanning quickly, you may take extra time to work the quiz!
- Please check your files before uploading them. Re-scan corrupt files. Be careful not to upload files from a previous quiz.
- You may leave the meeting when you are finished.
Academic Issues
- You should not round off intermediate results. Store them in your calculator if you can. If you must write them down, keep extra significant figures.
- Don't waste time on a problem if you get stuck: come back to it later if you have time. Partial credit will be awarded on the free-response questions, based on the work shown. There is no penalty for guessing on multiple-choice questions.
- Clarifications and corrections may be announced during the test.
- Your scores will be in the Canvas gradebook.
- Quiz grades become final when the next quiz is given. Notify Dr. Murray as soon as possible if there is a problem.