Chuck Norris mega-review

You can now view the Chuck Norris Mega-Review data from lecture session yesterday:

1. the handout, all 24 questions, from class,
2. the solution set, and
3. how the calculation went for #24, the heat-melt-heat example.

All of them are in PDF. I will be converting your performance to bonus points later this week.

GO! GO! GO!

We must crush the final exam with impunity! BAM!

Bonus points opportunity

You can contribute a multiple choice question for Exam 4 in out newly opened discussion area, "Bonus question for midterm 4."

TA Chloee' and I will eyeball your questions, maybe suggest an amendment or correction. If your question is good enough to use on Exam 4, you will have earned a bonus point for your semester grade. On Exam 3, I used several, so give it a shot for this exam!

Bonus points question opportunity

For those of you that would like to try to earn another bonus point, the discussion area for that is now open in Webcourses. If your questions is good enough to include on Exam 3, then you will earn a bonus point.

9, incredible!

WHOA!

It's incredible! I used nine of the student contributed questions on Exam 2. Usually, I only find one or two worth using.

Those bonus points are now UP in Webcourses.

Bonus

Bonus point opportunity for Exam 2 is now open for business in Discussions. I posted an example of how to contribute a question.

GO for it!

Bonus point question

You can earn a bonus point for your semester grade by creating a really good question for Exam 1, viz.

Post a question that you create, based on your lecture notes, readings or other materials.

Here are the rules:

1. Create a multiple choice question with four or five options.
   
2. Indicate the correct option with an * asterisk.
   
3. In the Subject box, type in a short phrase that decries your question.
   
4. Below your question's options, skip a few lines and type in the date of lecture or page in the textbook where another student can study up on the correct concept.
   
5. Dr. B will comment or maybe ask you to revise the question.
   
6. If your question is good enough to use on the exam, you will earn one bonus point; for the final exam, two bonus points.

Take a look in Discussions, and you will find the right place to post your question.

Chuck Norris bonus

I just finished uploading Chuck Norris bonus points:

1. Chuck Norris Day mega-review clicker session (2 points max)
2. Chuck Norris Mega-combo homework (2 points max)

However, I am still working on last minute changes and updates. More work to do before grades are due at noon!

Bonus points subtotal

THere is a new row on your My Grades page in Webcourses, "Bonus points subtotal," which tallies up all the bonus point opportunities.

I will be working on bonus points for the next few days, so your subtotal in this row might change up or down, disappear, reappear then disappear again.

I have exam scores from Sec. 0002, the afternoon section. I will try to get them posted this morning or this afternoon. Keep an eye on your My Grades page.

Bonus point questions OPEN

I just opened up the bonus point opportunity in Discussions.

1. Construct a multiple choice question about a concept from the covered chapters and lectures.
2. Label the correct option with an * asterisk.
3. Below the question, skip a few lines and then type in the day of lecture, the homework assignment, or the page in the textbook that gave rise to your question -- this way other students can study up on this concept.
4. In the "Subject:" box, type in a short phrase that describes the concept in your question.
5. If your question is good enough to use on the exam, I will award you a bonus point, plus
   1. you will already know the right answer to it (one question on the exam guaranteed that you know the answer), and
   2. so will anyone who studies through this discussion area!

Take a look at my example question, be creative and make your question a good one.

Bonus point opportunity

The special discussion area is now open for earning bonus points with a GOOD question of your own creation.

GO! GO! GO!

Earn a bonus point...

Bonus point opportunity  
You can earn 1 bonus point by creating a good multiple choice question for Exam 1. Here is the procedure:

1. Construct a multiple choice question about a concept from the covered chapters and lectures.
2. Label the correct option with an * asterisk.
3. Below the question, skip a few lines and then type in the day of lecture, the homework assignment, or the page in the textbook that gave rise to your question -- this way other students can study up on this concept.
4. Type in a short phrase in the "Subject:" box that describes the concept in your question.
5. If your question is good enough to use on the exam, I will award you a bonus point, plus
   1. you will already know the right answer to it (one question on the exam guaranteed that you know the answer), and
   2. so will anyone who studies through this discussion area!

Excellent.

SO.... take a look at my example question, be creative and make your question a good one.

Grade book

The grade book seems to be having conniptions today, like last week. So your early clicker bonus point will have to wait until tomorrow (Tuesday) before it shows up on your My Grades page.

230 or so

It looks like about 230 or so have registered i>Clicker 2 now. Bunches of bonus points tomorrow, IF you bring the clicker and do some of that practice clicking.

L2 bonus UP, afternoon section

Youse guys in the afternoon section 0002, your L2 early clicker bonus point is now UP.... but only if you have registered your ci>Clicker 2 is registered through Webcourses. Many of you have done so.

Afternoon sec. 0002 bonus points sometime today

It looks like maybe lunchtime today that I will be getting to the bonus point from early i>Clicker2 registration for sec. 0002 (afternoon). Fear thou not! :D

Section one bonus is UP.

You guys in sec. 0001 who registered your i>Clicker 2 in Webcourses before class today and who clicked in a few of those tough questions, your bonus point is now UP on your My Grades page in Webcourses. It is in the row marked "L2 early clicker bonus." There were 22 of youse who snagged the bonus.

Excellent.

Sec. 0002, I will synch the roster right before lecture, so be ready to click like maniacs in lecture this afternoon! Whoever

1. is registered through Webcourses, and
2. clicks in lecture this afternoon,

will earn the bonus point.

#81DFB9E7

Whoever has iClicker2 serial number #81DFB9E7: your device is not registered yet. Make sure to register it in Webcourses, and then you will collect bonus points. Without registration in Webcourses, no nothing!

Chuck Norris bonus

I combined the performance on the Chuck Norris SMA and Chuck Norris HW assignment into a "Chuck Norris combo-bonus" row of your My Grades page. Total is 2 + 2 for 4 points maximum.

Still more odds and ends to put in, grades-wise.

A few bonus points

I am posting up a few more bonus points and activating the bonus points subtotal in your My Gradebook page of Webcourses. Not all bonus points are in yet, though, so it might change from day to day as we get through the week.

CPS correct bonus

As per the syllabus,

There is a 4 point performance bonus for students who answer 75% of all CPS questions correctly.

a number of you have earned the CPS correct bonus. Handy.

Look for it on the My Grades page in Webcourses.