Grade Computer



Check the appropriate button and enter all the fields up to at least Exam 1, with exam scores entered on a 0-100 scale:
Attendance bonus points YesNo
Participation score (0-4) %
MyLab score %
In-class joysheets done /
In-class joysheets given 		of     
Joysheet total /
max. joysheet total 		of     
Exams 1 and 2 % %
Exams 3 and final % %


Course average: %


For better than overall course average you need at least this grade on the next exam
90 average %
80 average %
70 average %
60 average %

The grade computer will give your current course average as well as what you need to get on the next exam in order to have a target course average. You may also play with entering as many hypothetical grades as you wish to see what effect they will have on the final grade.

Example on how to use: you have a participation score of 2, you have a MyMathLab score of 81, you have joysheet scores of 45, 31 and 52 (out of 60, 60 and 60), and you have two exam scores of 74 and 75 (assumed out of 100). Enter in the first four rows:

2 (put 2 here if you don't know your participation score)
81
128 and 180 (45+31+52 and 60+60+60)
74 and 75

"Course average" will tell you what grade you have based only on the elements earned so far. The fields under it give you the grade (on a 0-100 scale) you need on exam 3 in order to have a desired course average once exam 3 is included in the computation. If any of those numbers is higher than 100, the desired course average cannot be achieved. If you now enter the number from "80 average" into the (empty) exam 3 field and click "compute" again, the course average will be about 80% (allow for inexactness here because of rounding). You may enter hypothetical grades for exams 3 and further to explore what happens to the final grade.

Note 1: If you don't know your participation score, put in 2: that way, you are off by at most 2 points.

Note 2: You will need to provide all the fields up to at least exam 1 in order for the computer to work. The computer ignores any information after the first blank exam field (try it: if you enter just exams 1 and 3 you will see that nothing changes after you alter exam 3).

Note 3: If you enter four exam grades, the computer may report you need 0 points on the next exam (final) to have a particular grade, say 70. Since the final exam only replaces your weakest exam grade, if your grades before the final already support a 70, then you don't need any points on the final exam to make a 70 overall.

Note 4: The computer assumes the overall grade structure for the course also for any intermediate overall grade: exam scores are 76% of the grade,MyMathLab scores are 10% of the grade, joysheet scores are always 10% of the grade, and participation is 4% of the grade.

Disclaimer: This grade computer is for information purposes only. My records and computation are what will determine your final grade. Let me know if the computer acts in a suspicious way.