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Grading Criteria: Grade Recorder GB2 (face-to-face class), Spring 2012.

x You may PRINT this page and use it to record your grades. (Save trees, don't print unless you are going to use it, and try to reduce the number of pages used.) Note that the instructor will not post grades. Some assignments are graded by Blackboard and are automatically posted in "My Grades". Also note the following about the "new" My Grades on the new Blackboard Learn platform: When the class shell was transferred from the old shell by the Blackboard people, the resulting transferred course shell came out with a "bug" -- some old assignment no longer used in class cannot be removed from My Grades with the normal method. Just ignore. For the list of class assignment you have to do this semester look at and pay attention to the "Grading Criteria".

x To get the grade compare the statistics with the numbers given for these assignments in the Grading Criteria on the Class Hub page. Add the numbers together -- a perfect score is 100, minimum 90 is an A, minimum 80 is a B, and so on. If you don't wish to fill in the Grade Recorder, you could still use it as a LIST OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS, and keep an eye on the list as you progress through the semester...

x The due date for the assignment is also given (as date, or pending a later update). The due dates can also be obtained in the Semester Calendar on the Class Hub page.

xYour final course grade will be reported as a letter grade to STC at a date required by the college at the end of the semester, and will not be posted by the instructor. (Most students get their final course grade on JAG-net.)



All Assignments (100p):

Category I. Introduction and Reading Assignments (total 13p)


__________ (1p) -- Student Contract. Opens: January 17, 2012. Deadline: January 29, 2012 -- 10:59 PM

(You cannot start the class until the contract is submitted, so most students submit it the first week.)

__________ (1p) -- Introduction post. Opens: January 17, 2012. Deadline: January 30, 2012 -- 10:59 PM

__________ (4p) -- Textbook Figure Discussions Opens: January 20, 2012. and Help Desk posts. Opens: January 17, 2012.

Deadline (both fig. disc. and help desk posts): May 01, 2012 -- 10:59 PM

x Textbook Figure Discussions are to help students become familar with the textbook. Grades are not posted. To fill in this category student should make sure they have an original post and the required replies to other students in the assigned bulletin boards -- then do a self-grading following the grading criteria and/or the assignment (you know if you have posted, right, so if you post according to the instructions (see the Grading Criteria) -- you earn 100). (For some discussions you may earn a zero if your don't spell correctly or do not post the minimum number of words required.)

__________ (5p) -- Evolution "Worksheet" Quiz. Opens: Pending. Deadline: Tuesday, April 10, 2012.

__________ (2p) -- Class Discussion "Key" Quiz. Opens: Pending. Deadline: Sunday, March 11, 2012, 10:59 PM.

x The Evolution Worksheet Quiz, and the Class Discussion Key Quiz are both submitted on the Town Hall course shell and graded by Blackboard -- see "My Grades" on the Town hall. The minimum passing grade for the Evolution Worksheet Quiz is 90 (which will earn you 100 percent). A grade below 90 will earn you a 0 (zero). The minimum passing grade for the Class Discussion Key Quiz is 100. (You cannot participate in the General Class Discussion without a passing grade for the Class Discussion Key Quiz, and you cannot participate in the Town Hall Meeting without a passing grade for the Evolution Worksheet Quiz.


Category I total (max 13p): __________




Category II. Exams (total 15p)


Worksheet Exam 1 (Ch. 31, 32-42 (selected text), Ch. 19, Ch. 20, 1p): _______

Available for printing out: January 30, 2012. Deadline: March 07, 2012.


Worksheet Exam 2 (Ch. 21 - 28, Ch. 18, 1p): _______

Available for printing out: February 27, 2012. Deadline: April 11, 2012.


Worksheet Exam 3 (Ch. 44 - 47, 1p): _______

Available for printing out: March 26, 2012. Deadline: April 25, 2012.


Lab Practicum (ID test, 10p): _______, (lab attendance, home work / Pop Quizzes, 2p): _______

Practicum Date: April 16, 2012 (Book/notes allowed).


x The Worksheet Exams are open book worksheets to be taken outside of the classroom and answers submitted on a scantron form. Details about the Lab Practicum will be discussed in class... .

Category II total (max 15p): __________



Category III. Investigations (Microscope Virtual Lab) (total 8p)


1. Microscope Parts Quiz (30p):__________

2. Microscope Slideshow Quiz (20p): __________

3. Virtual Microscope Quiz (20p): __________

4. Pending setup (10p): __________

5. Collaboration Assignment Bulletin Board for the MICROSCOPE virtual lab (20p): __________

Total: __________ (100 = 8 points. Example: If your total is 80. 80/100 x 8 = 6.4 points. Fill in that number above -- in the empty slot for the grade above.)
Opens: March 26, 2012. Deadline: April 09, 2012 -- 11:00 AM


Category III total (max 8p): __________




Category IV. Field Lab Project (total 10p)


Opens: January 30, 2012 if submitted on Blackboard. Deadline: April 04, 2012 -- 10:59 PM if submitted on Blackboard. If submitted in the classroom, April 02, 2012. NOTE: If submitted in the classroom it can ONLY be submitted on April 02, 20123. If you wish to submit it earlier -- "to get it out of the way" -- then it must be submitted on Blackboard.

Note: All projects (Environmental Detective, or Wildlife Refuge Visit, or Palm Valley Animal Shelter Dog Walk) are due the date indicated, however, since the Dog Walk is for the purpose to help abandoned dogs and the Palm Valley Animal Shelter -- the deadline for ONLY that project has been extended to April 14, 2012, 10:59 PM (for submission online only).

x Grade will not be posted. To fill in this category student must do a self-grading following the grading criteria and/or the assignment instruction page. All required items must be submitted -- on time -- for points. If all items have not been submitted the project will not be graded -- but the instructor MAY in some cases give an incomplete project a 40 (not graded, but given to separate it from students not turning in anything).

Category IV total (max 10p): __________




Category V. Memorization Quizzes (total 10p)


Memorization Quiz 1 (Biol. Organizat., 4p): _______

Opens (first attempt): January 30, 2012. Deadline (last attempt): March 05, 2012


Memorization Quiz 2 (Domain/Kingdoms, 2p): _______

Opens (first attempt): February 27, 2012. Deadline (last attempt): April 23, 2012


Memorization Quiz 3 (Primate Evolutionary Tree, 4p): _______

Opens (first attempt): March 19, 2012. Deadline (last attempt): April 23, 2012


x The Memorization Quizzes are to be taken in the lab.


Category V total (max 10p): __________



Category VI. General Class Discussions (total 11p)



Minimum Posting Category I (2 p):__________ (endsession)

Minimum Posting Category II, midsession, minimum 10 messages (3p): __________ Opening Day Post (1p): __________

Minimum Posting Category II, endsession, minimum 25 messages (5p): __________

Opens: March 02, 2012, 8.00AM. Deadline: March 30, 2012, 10:59 PM. Minimum 25 posts due. (NOTE: There is also a "mid-session" due date -- see Semester Calendar -- even though there is a due date in the calendar, the assignment requires participation throughout the discussion session.)

x Your discussion progress is posted on Blackboard, however, it is probably best to keep track of your own messages yourself without depending on Blackboard telling you how much you have posted. To fill in this category you must do a self-grading following the grading criteria and/or the assignment instruction page.

Category VI total (max 11p): __________



Category VII. Town Hall Meeting (total 11p)


Minimum Posting Category I (2 p):__________ (endsession)

Minimum Posting Category II, midsession, minimum 10 messages (3p): __________ Opening Day Post (1p): __________

Minimum Posting Category II, endsession, minimum 25 messages (5p): __________

Opens: April 02, 2012, 8.00AM. Deadline: Friday, April 27, 2012, 10:59 PM. Minimum 25 posts due. (NOTE: There is also a "mid-session" due date -- see Semester Calendar -- even though there is a due date in the calendar, the assignment requires participation throughout the discussion session.)

x Your discussion progress is posted on Blackboard, however, it is probably best to keep track of your own messages yourself without depending on Blackboard telling you how much you have posted. To fill in this category you must do a self-grading following the grading criteria and/or the assignment instruction page.

Category VII total (max 11p): __________




Category VIII. Endterm (Final) Exam (total 12p)


Endterm (Final) Exam number grade: __________ (between 0 - 100 percent, or 0 - 10 points)

Opens: Variable Exam Date: May, 02, 2012, in the classroom.

x Your Endterm Exam grade will be sent via Blackboard e-mail.

Category VIII total (max 12p): __________



Category IX. Learning Self-Assessment (total 10p)

Opens: May 03, 2012, if submitted on Blackboard. No specific opening date if submitted in the classroom. Deadline: May, 09, 2012 -- 10:59 PM, on Blackboard. If submitted in the classroom, due May 02, 2012.

x Grade will not be posted. To fill in this category student must do a self-grading following the grading criteria and/or the assignment instruction page. All students following the instructions will EARN 100. The required format must be followed for points. If all required assignment categories have not been submitted the project will not be graded -- but the instructor MAY in some cases give an incomplete Learning Self-Assessment a 40 (not graded, but given to separate it from students not turning in the assignment).

Category IX total (max 10p): __________





Semester Number Grade: __________ (max 100p)


Letter Grade reported to STC: __________ (Number grade above 90 = A, number grade above 80 = B, and so on...)

The grading criteria for a particular class may be changed due to unforeseen circumstances to meet the needs of a particular class. The instructor therefore reserves the right to alter (add, delete, or revise) any items of the above, online or via verbal instructions in class. The student is responsible for taking note of any such changes and acting accordingly.