COSC1337 Grade Calculations
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My gradebook (just an Excel Spreadsheet) is all set up to calculate the final
grades for this course. I try to respect the scheme published in the Syllabus
you got on the first day of class, but things are a bit different now. 

The original plan looked like this:

   * Homework (10 @ 10 points each) - 15%

   * Labs (12 @ 30 points each) - 36%

   * Exams (2 @ 150 points each) - 30%

   * Group Project (1 @ 150 points) - 15%

   * Attendance (Entered at 100 points on BB) - 4%


In the final analysis, we did this:

    * Homeworks (4 @ 10 each)
      * LAB1: hypotenuse
      * LAB2: C++ Functions
      * C++ Class Setup
      * LAB4: Pool Balls
      * HW1: GitHub Setup
      * HW2: I35 Sim Setup
      * LAB5: Highway
      * LAB6; Linked Lists 
      * LAB7: Vehicles (Group Project)
      * LAB8: Passing (Group Project)
      * LAB9: Mandelbrot (Group Project

    * Individual Labs: 1,2,3,5  (4 @ 30 each)

    * Group Labs: 4,5,6,7 (4 * 30 each)

    * Exams (2 @ 150 each)

    * Attendance: 100

The total you should see on Blackboard is 680 points.

Based on the number of projects we worked in each category, here is the
weighting I am going to use:

    * Homework = 5%

    * Individual Labs: 30%

    * Group Labs: 30%

    * Exams : 30%

    * Attendance: 5%


Blackboard Score Conversion
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..warning::

   You cannot just look at the Blackboard Total and figure out a grade from
   that. You must apply the formula below to calculate the final grade.

Here is the formula I am using to convert your Blackboard numbers to a final
grade:

   * HWtotal * 0.125
	
   * IndLabTotal * 0.25

   * GroupLab Total * 0.25

   * ExamTotal * 0.1

   * Attendance * 0.05

That formula is working in Excel now, and my gradebook, and my Blackboard
totals matchs:1
the number you should see in Blackboard.