HOW TO FIGURE YOUR FINAL GRADE

You should check to make sure that your written HW, lab, quiz, 
and test averages have been figured correctly by my programs.
I will put the instructions for those checks in this location
as soon as all grades have been entered by the TAs.  In the
meantime, you should check to make sure that your grades in 
all of these categories have been entered correctly.  If you
find an error, show the corrected paper to the TA in question
and ask them to change your grade in the class gradebook.

                 Written HW<>Quiz<>Test<>Lab

Quizzes now complete:  Quiz average is the sum of your best 
                       6 quizzes divided by 6.

Written HWs now complete:  There turned out to be 9 written
                           HW's this year rather than 10.
                           Your HW average is the sum of your 
                           9 written HWs divided by 9.

Labs now complete:  Lab average is the sum of your best 10
                    labs, added to your lab final, then
                    divided by 11

Tests now complete:  Test average is the sum of your two
                     best test scores divided by two.

The averages that you find at the above pages should be the
same as you find for these categories on the Overall Grades
page.

Your CPS average will be your total CPS points divided by 90%
of the number of CPS points that are possible.  I will post
that number here after the last CPS question has been asked 
(on FR 4/27).  IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED YOUR CPS CLICKER
YOU WILL GET A ZERO FOR YOUR CPS GRADE.  Check to make sure
that your CPS grade is being recorded.

                       CPS Grades

CPS now complete:  There ended up being 89 counting CPS
                   questions for the semester; but only 
                   80 points, i.e. 90% of 89, are required 
                   for a perfect CPS score.  Your CPS 
                   average is your total CPS points 
                   divided by 8.0, with a maximum 
                   CPS average of 10.0.

There ended up being 10 ARIS homeworks each worth 50 points.
Your ARIS average will be your total ARIS points divided by 
450.  A total of 500 points were available for the 10 ARIS 
HW assignments, but you only have to get 450 out of the 500 
possible to get 100% ARIS credit.  To see what your total
ARIS points are, you can go into your ARIS Gradebook, visit
each assignment, and add up your point totals for that 
assignment.  

ARIS now complete:  Correct ARIS totals are now available on
                    our class web page.  If your ARIS average 
                    at the Overall Grades page is presently 
                    zero, it is because you have not entered
                    your External ID at the ARIS site.  The
                    instructions for fixing this are on our
                    ARIS totals webpage.

To check the calculation done by my program on any
mid-semester Overall Grades Page, 
do the following:

           Test Average * 0.45

         +  Lab Average * 0.2
 
         + Quiz Average * 1.0

         +  CPS Average * 1.0

         + ARIS Average * 0.1

         +   HW Average * 0.5
      ---------------------------

         =  Overall Average

To check the calculation done by my program on the
End-of-Year Overall Grades Page, do the following:

           Test Average * 0.30

         +  Lab Average * 0.2
 
         + Quiz Average * 1.0

         +  CPS Average * 1.0

         + ARIS Average * 0.1

         +   HW Average * 0.5

         +  Exam Score / 3.0
      ---------------------------

         =  Overall Average

To convert your overall average into a letter
grade, please see the May 9 histogram, or the 
final column of grades.  The final overall class 
average is available on the Class Average web page.
Thanks.  GBA