Capstone Project Grading & about all the electronic gradebooks

1. Regardless of what Blackboard says, the Capstone projects will be graded on a scale of FOUR points.

4 = Fairly close to perfect
3 = Some problems noted
2 = Some serious problems noted
1 = Your turned a file in, but there wasn't much there
0 = You turned nothing in.

When I see problems I'll add a note to to your entry. If you don't know where to find that, let me know and I'll demo it in class.

All of the original projects that were copied over to my sections were marked as being worth 3 points. I decided to make it a 4 point scale, but this was after several people had already done some of the Powerpoint projects. If I change the scoring on those projects, those people would lose their entries - and I thought it would be less hassle just to leave them alone. All of the projects beginning with Excel and later are marked as being worth 4 points.

Bottom line is that the Blackboard gradebook will say your score is 4 out of 3 - when it reality it would be 4 out of 4.

2. You've noticed, I'm sure, that there is a gradebook inside myITlab, AND one in Blackboard. Use these ONLY to keep track of your individual scores on an individual project. Pay no attention to the "averages", "final grade", etc. I am NOT using either gradebook.

"Real Soon Now" I will be posting to Blackboard an Excel spreadsheet for you to use to track your grades. It is MUCH easier for me to set that up compared to setting up either of the web-based gradebooks. I'll post a blog entry when that happens.