Grading standards:

Assignments in the course will be evaluated according to English Department grading standards. All written assignments may be awarded letter grades to be converted to numerical values at the end of the term.

Student blogs and dialogues will be graded twice, mid-term and again at the end of term.

Conference Presentations will be graded as a project and team members will divide the grade amongst themselves. For example, the conference presentation is worth 30 points. If a project created by 4 members receives a grade of 26/30 – than the total grade will be 4 x 26 = 104. Which means the team will have 104 points to divide between themselves. You should divide points according to effort. So, you will have to discuss and agree on a point distribution.

Final Course Grades: The final course grade will not be a precise mathematical averaging of numerical grades on written assignments, though there will be a correlation between grades on assignments throughout the term and the final grade. The final grade will represent the instructor’s judgment of the student’s total performance in the course.