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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve received a few e-mails today about not tuning in quiz 2 for being ill, forgetting to do so, having it not upload<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">properly, etc. I also had someone thinking their quiz didn’t upload because their score was only 5/20.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We won’t accept late quizzes. You have 30 hours to get them done and submitted. That’s plenty of time to do<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the quiz, check it, make corrections and get it in. You shouldn’t wait until the last minute to submit it. If you<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">do, you might run into problems of some sort that might prevent you from submitting. This past weekend you<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">got a few extra hours to submit (I’m not counting the wee hours of the morning). That was because I forgot to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">publish the module with the link for the quiz. That was only about a 1.5 hour delay.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You need to check to make sure your file was uploaded properly and the file isn’t corrupted and can be viewed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Once you submit you can download it to make sure. This was in an e-mail I sent on Sept 6.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We don’t accept quizzes via e-mail, only via Carmen.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If your score was low today it means nothing. The TAs haven’t graded anything yet. I just sent them the answer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">key. I sent an e-mail about how the quizzes are graded and when to look at your scores. This was sent on Sept. 7.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please find it and read it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We don’t have make-up quizzes. We drop the 3 lowest activity scores. If you miss a quiz for any reason (sick, other<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">emergency, etc.) the activity associated with this quiz will likely be one of your lower scores. Remember, the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">activity score for a week consists of attendance (5 pts) and a quiz (15 pts). The quiz makes up the majority of your<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">activity score for a week. Normally, I give quizzes in recitation and drop only 1 quiz score. I also don’t usually have<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">quizzes the weeks of midterms. We have 14 activities this semester which meant having quizzes the weeks of<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">midterms. That was so we could drop the 3 lowest scores to account for the possibility that people could miss<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">multiple activities due to COVID. Since these quizzes are “take-home” quizzes you should always attempt them<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">unless you absolutely can’t do it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Even if ill, unless really ill, you can still attend the Zoom recitations. I’ve spoken to the TAs and they’ve told me<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">they’ve generally been at only about 75% attendance.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of the problems with remote learning is making yourself stay on task because you don’t necessarily have that<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">push to have to do something. I don’t take attendance for the Zoom lectures. I’ve never taken attendance. I<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">want to treat you as adults which means you have to realize you need to take responsibility for your education<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and learning. Part of this is going to class, just like you would have to do if you had a job. This is a job, maybe<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the hardest one you’ll have during your lifetime (at least one which seems to never end, hour after hour, day<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">after day, with little time off). I know I have the pre-recorded lectures you can watch whenever you want.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I can see how many times these have been accessed and it looks like not everyone has been viewing these.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The same for the Zoom lectures. Very few of you have been looking at these and there’s probably some overlap<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">with those watching the pre-recorded lectures.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The first midterm is coming up a week from tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Zellmer<o:p></o:p></p>
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