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Posted Grades

This page provides a place for posting grades and comments pertaining to the grading of the assignments. For details on grading policies, please see the Policies page. For details on the requirements for individual assignments, please see the links to the assignments on the Assignments page.

The codes used to list the grades are those provided to me in Assignment #1. If you neglected to specify one at that point, or if you wish to change the code I am using, simply send an e-mail to mike.gildersleeve@unh.edu indicating a new code.

Alias A4 A4 Comments
bolano 70
GunDream 68 4/6 unique CSS properties
arsenal 67 Absolute URL used for local resource
baseball4 67 Absolute URL used for local resource
Koolaid 66 No <dfn> element; no <cite> element
Chinchilla 65 5/6 unique CSS properties; 1/2 id selectors; no descendant selector
SpecialAgentBob 64 3/5 headings; 4/6 unique CSS properties; no descendant selector
Yakuza 64 Absolute URL used for local resource; 3/6 unique CSS properties
asthenosphere 64 No <dfn> element; no <cite> element; no descendant selector
CuDi 63 Absolute URL used for local resource; 4/6 unique CSS properties; no descendant selector
Tiki 63 No <q> elenent; no class selectors
M@v4!cK 62 No <acronym> element; no <abbr> element; 1/2 unique class selectors; no descendant selector
9700007 57 Invalid URL in <img />; no nested list; no <dfn> element; no <cite> element; 3/6 unique CSS properties
FISH 56 Absolute URL used for local resource; 4/5 headings; no <dfn> element; no <cite> element; 3/6 unique CSS properties; classes not applied to elements; ids not applied to elements
Slim Charles 55 CSS validation errors; no id selectors; no descendant selector; late
ryanx25 54 Whitespace in URL; no <dfn> element; no <cite> element; 1/3 unique character entities; 5/6 unique CSS properties; no class selectors; 1/2 unique id selectors
Big Willy 53 5/6 unique CSS properties; selector not applied to any element; 1/2 class selectors; no  id selectors; no descendant selector; no grouped selector
Wildcat3 52 CSS validation errors; no <dfn> element; no character entities; no id selectors; no descendant selector
miketyson 52 XHTML validation errors; no <cite> element; 2/3 unique character entities; class not applied to any element; 1/2 unique id selectors; no descendant selector
susckeeper 51 CSS validation errors; no <dfn> element; no character entities; 5/6 unique CSS properties; no id selectors; no descendant selector
MarioKart64 45 4/5 headings; no <dfn> element; 5/6 unique CSS properties; no class selectors; no id selectors; no descendant selector; no grouped selector; late
cak10 40 XHTML validation errors; absolute URL used for local resource; no <dfn> element; 3/6 unique CSS properties; no class selectors; no id selectors; no descendant selector
Gizmo 37 XHTML validation errors; no <dfn> element; no <cite> element; 2/3 unique character entities; 2/6 unique CSS properties; no class selectors; no id selectors; no descendant selector; no grouped selector
Germany 31 No nested list; no <blockquote>, <acronym>. <abbr>, <dfn>, <cite> or <sub> elements; 1/3 unique character entities; 3/6 unique CSS properties; no class, id, descendant or grouped selectors
DFTBA 0 No apparent change since A#3
High 70
Low 0
Average 55
Available 70

 

Alias A3 A3 Comments
CuDi 40
susckeeper 40
bolano 40
FISH 40
MarioKart64 40
M@v4!cK 40
Koolaid 40
Slim Charles 40
cak10 40
asthenosphere 40
GunDream 40
baseball4 40
Chinchilla 40
Tiki 40
Wildcat3 40
DFTBA 40
miketyson 40
Yakuza 37 0/2 <br /> elements
9700007 35 0/2 <br /> elements; no <strong> element
(none) 35 Validation error
Germany 35 Validation error
arsenal 25 Validation errors
SpecialAgentBob 25 Validation errors
Big Willy 25 Validation errors
Gizmo
High 40
Low 25
Average 37
Available 40
Alias A2 A2 Comments
arsenal 40
SpecialAgentBob 40
bolano 40
FISH 40
Yakuza 40
M@v4!cK 40
Koolaid 40
Slim Charles 40
cak10 40
asthenosphere 40
GunDream 40
Chinchilla 40
Wildcat3 40
CuDi 39 Missing an <author> element
Tiki 39 Missing an <author> element
MarioKart64 38 Missing <link> elements
susckeeper 36 Missing <link> and <author> elements
Big Willy 36 Missing <link> and <author> elements
9700007 35 Validation error
baseball4 35 Validation error
(none) 35 No <guid> elements
DFTBA 33 No <docs> element, no <author> elements
Gizmo 33 Validation error; no <docs> element
Germany 30 3/4 items in feed; no <author> elements
miketyson 30 3/4 items in feed; no <guid> elements
bosox2004 0 Unavailable for grading
High 40
Low 0
Average 36
Available 40

 

Alias A1 A1 Comments
(none) 20
(none) 20
9700007 20
arsenal 20
asthenosphere 20
baseball4 20
Big Willy 20
bolano 20
bosox2004 20
Chinchilla 20
CuDi 20
DFTBA 20
FISH 20
Germany 20
Gizmo 20
GunDream 20
Koolaid 20
M@v4!cK 20
MarioKart64 20
miketyson 20
Slim Charles 20
SpecialAgentBob 20
susckeeper 20
Tiki 20
Wildcat3 20
Yakuza 20
High 20
Low 20
Average 20
Available 20

 

A Note on Final Grades

Throughout the semester, you will receive grades for the work that you submit. As the semester progresses, these grades will be posted above. At the end of the semester, I will use these grades to determine the actual letter grade you earned for the semester.

Although you will undoubtedly hear me describe it several times in class, the method which I use to accomplish the assignment of letter grades seems to cause students a great deal of confusion. Therefore, in the interest of full disclosure, I will lay out the entire process here and hope that this helps to eliminate some of the surprises.

First, however, I need to dispel some common misconceptions:

So, in short, when I assign final letter grades, I do so by considering the grades you have earned throughout the semester; no more, no less.

The first step is to calculate a numeric average for each student in the section. This average is calculated by applying the weightings described on the Policies page to the recorded grades for the semester.

Next, I sort the section roster into descending order based upon the students’ semester averages and calculate the average of these averages to give me the section average.

Using the section average, I decide where to place the dividing line between those students who will receive a B- and those who will receive a C+. In general, I will use the class average as this dividing line.

Once the dividing line is established between B- and C+, I look at the students whose averages place them at the top of the ranking and decide what grade I feel they have earned. Generally, this will be an A, but it may be an A- or even a B+ if I feel circumstances warrant.

Then, I look at the students whose averages place them at the bottom of the ranking and decide what grade I feel they have earned. The hardest decision I must make for these students is whether or not to assign an F. According to the University grading guidelines an F is intended to indicate academic performance so deficient in quality as to be unacceptable for credit. Therefore, when deciding whether or not a particular grade should be an F, I must ask myself the question:

Do the objective measures I have of this student’s performance (that is, their numerical grades) demonstrate a level of mastery of the course material that I feel justifies their receiving credit for the course?

And if the answer to that question is no, then I am obligated to assign a grade of F. While it is never pleasant to assign a failing grade, as an educator I have a responsibility to a larger community that takes precedence over individual situations, and when I assign grades I must fulfill that responsibility.

If the answer to the question is yes, then I must decide what level of passing grade the student has earned. Generally, this will be something in the D range for those students who pass at the bottom of the ranking.

Having established these three milestones at the top, bottom, and middle of the ranking, I work through the list looking for logical places to establish the other dividing lines. Whenever possible, I try to establish these dividing lines in places where they will not separate students whose performance differs negligibly.

In general, I find that while this approach does not always result in every student getting the grade for which they had been hoping, it does result in an allocation of grades that is well-distributed and fair. And while it may not always seem that the grade you receive is fair to you as an individual, I am confident that the grades I assign using this method are fair to you in the bigger picture as a member of the section and the University community as a whole.