Fiddling

When I am fiddling around with grades in Webcourses, you might see points etc. disappear momentarily then reappear a few times during the day. It is normal. So do not panic when you see this.

Semester pointage is UP.

You can take a look at the "Total semester points" row of your My Grades page in Webcourses. It now includes all the exam points, including yesterday's final exam, plus all the bonus points you may have earned.

Side note on bonus points:

1. The Ch. 24 bonus came about through the average score of your Ch. 24 mini-quiz attempts.
   1. One bonus point if your avg. was 6.50 or higher;
   2. Two bonus points if your avg. was larger than 12.50
2. There are some bonus points embedded in your final exam score, which is why Webcourses considers it an 88 point exam. To see if you earned the bonus points here, just select the final exam's "View Submission" method from the Assessments page and view your attempt -- specifically, items 69-72. These bonus points are embedded in your final exam score and come into the "Total semester points" through the "Exams subtotal" row.

Later this week, after giving final exams to my lecture sections, I will start posting your semester grades. But for right now you can get a good idea from your "Total semester points" figure.

FINAL EXAM TODAY

The final exam is ready for 1:00 PM launch. Everything else will go off the air at that time.

Create questions for the final exam.

The Discussions area for creating final exam questions is now open. You can earn two bonus points if your question is good enough to use on the final.

Bonus learning module

If you want to shoot for some bonus points, try the bonus learning module for this week, covering a few of the concepts in chapter 24 on the wave theory of the electron. It opens at 8:30 AM today, will close at 12:30 PM on Saturday.

Read carefully!

ALSO: there is a new mini-podcast on electrons and protons, in the iTunes U area.