Online office hours; learning module C

Learning module C is ready for you to work on.

We will have online office hours next week, Monday night and Wednesday night, to prepare for Exam 1 on 1/30. Here are the basic specs:

Online office hours, using Adobe Connect
1/27/14, 9:00 PM	Monday, Jan. 27 PM Summary: Reviews and queries prior to Exam 1 on Thursday. Start Time: 01/27/2014 9:00 PM Duration: 90 minutes
1/29/14, 9:00 PM	Last chance office hours, 1/29/14 Summary: Last chance for queries and review for Exam 1 on Thursday. Start Time: 01/29/2014 9:00 PM Duration: 90 minutes

I published the URL and password for each session in Webcourses.

Mini-quiz B is UP.

I made a few modifications to mini-quiz B, and it is ready for your study now.

Participation points UP

I just racked up your "participation points" from mini-quiz A. Look in your Grades page.

If you missed today's deadline, you will be able to use the mini-quiz to study with, but you won't get the points.

I will publish Learning Module B maybe on Friday afternoon or Saturday AM.

Syllabus, textbook, grades etc.

The exam schedule is already up, and now the full syllabus is activated. It shows you the schedule of the various point-earning events for the semester:

1. exams
2. participation points from mini-quizzes

Also, the grade scales and various other instructions are there.

Note: Because there is a lot of turnover of enrollment during the first week, the actual work due this week is light: the Getting Started module.

Final exam now running, must be completed by 10 PM.

Final Exam today

available 10:05 AM - 10:00 PM

83 questions, 96 regular points plus three bonus point questions, so you can actually earn 99/96 if you crush this final. You must finish by 10:00 PM.

Regular participation points are now up to date.

Your semester grade is based on

1. 144 points from three midterms,
2. 48 points participation (i.e., making the mini-quiz deadline)
3. 96 points on the final exam, Dec. 7

Your regular participation points are now up to date, from mini-quizzes A - K. Therefore, items (i) and (ii) are on the books.

Note: your participation pointage from mini-quiz O are bonus points. That deadline is tomorrow, Nov. 27!

Your big grade ahead is the final exam, on Saturday, Dec. 7. It is 96 points, double the size of a midterm, but you get almost three hours to complete it. Check the syllabus handout page. It is cumulative.

THe final exam is mandatory, and no one may take it early or late, only during the free period on Saturday, Dec. 7, 10:05 AM - 10:00 PM. Be sure to schedule your Saturday carefully to leave a three-hour block of time between 10 AM and 10 PM. Clear everything NOW with your boss at work: academics has priority!