University of Wisconsin-Madison

In general, we do not accept late assignments (i.e., homeworks or projects). When the assignment is due, turn in what you've been able to get done and move on with your life. With programming projects, some students can be tempted to try to fix every bug and get everything perfect, but a perfect project is not our goal in this course; instead, get the project as completed as you can by its due date, turn it in, and then start thinking about your next assignment! If you have special (rare) circumstances that prevent you from turning in an assignment, please contact the instructor.

Final letter grades are determined from your final cumulative score that is computed using the following breakdown:

• 40% Homeworks: Ten (10) homeworks each worth about 4% of your final grade. Each homework is graded on a ten-point scale. These homeworks are intended to be fairly straight-forward; you should be able to get all of the questions correct if you are understanding the material. Consistently high homework grades can significantly improve one's overall final letter grade!
• 25% Programming Projects: Two (2) programming projects in Scratch each worth from 10-15% of your final grade. Since the projects are open-ended to allow you to be creative, the grading is somewhat subjective. Since few projects are ever perfect, it will be extremely rare to receive a 100% for a project. However, interesting and ambitious projects that may have a few bugs or problems will still receive high scores.
• 35% Exams: Three (3) exams, consisting of two in-class midterms and a final. The two midterms are each worth 10% of your final grade and the final is worth 15%.
• Extra credit: Class Participation: You may receive a few extra points based on your attendance and your participation during lectures. In many ways, I agree with Woody Allen's quote that "80% of success is showing up." We cover a lot of material in this course and you will find it is important to attend lecture to keep up. If you attend lecture, you are going to see and learn a lot of interesting material!

Letter grades are assigned at the end of the semester. Scores for homeworks, projects, and exams are reported through the Learn@UW System.

When mapping final cumulative scores to letter grades, we will use the following scale (though if you have attended class regularly we may be slightly more generous than this scale indicates).