Grades available, week 6

Hi all,

Grades are now available for the sixth week of blog contributions. You can access them via the "My Grades" feature on Blackboard, I think; let me know if you cannot find them. Self-assessment grades (for the group aspect of the RCE) are also available.

For people who didn't need to contribute an explanatory blog post/reading review, there is only a single grade, on a scale of 0-3, for all contributions up until 5 pm on Thursday. These informal contributions are graded according to the following criteria: 0 points, no contribution or irrelevant contribution; 1 points, very minimal comment or insufficiently relevant contribution; 2 points, regular contribution; 3 points, exceptional contribution. Thanks for all your contributions!   

If you contributed but didn't receive any points, let me know - it is possible that I may have missed something.

For people whose turn it was to do an explanatory blog post/reading review, there are two grades - the grade for the explanatory blog post (from 0 to 10), and the grade for the regular contribution (2 points automatically if you complete the assignment; 3 points for A quality work). There is a rubric associated with your grade for the explanatory blog post, as well as (in most cases) some feedback; make sure to click on the grade details to see the grade breakdown and the rubric.

Next week, it's the turn of people with IDs ending in 3 or 6 to do the explanatory blog post/reading review. Check your details in the "assignment deadlines" link on Blackboard; 3s put up their posts on the blog on Tuesday before the lecture (by 14:10), 6s on Thursday before the lecture. 

Let me know if you have any questions - especially if you are having trouble posting to the blog - and thanks again for all your contributions.