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Grading Philosophy:
Please understand that I do not care about your grades, I care about your
education. My job is to teach you, your job is to learn what I teach you, and
hopefully more. If we both do our jobs, grades shouldn’t be necessary.
An instructor once said to me, “if you do everything that is expected of you in
this class, then you will earn a “C”. Because only doing what is expected is
average, and a “C” represents an average grade. If you want a “B,” do more
than is expected, if you want an “A,” do a lot more than is expected.”
I embraced this philosophy as a student and discovered something amazing.
When I did more than what was expected, I learned more, and when I did a
lot more than was expected, I learned a lot more. Amazing huh?
The best way to succeed in my class is to NOT focus on - “what’s my grade” -
but instead focus on - “how much can I learn.” If you embrace this, you won’t
be doing assignments for grades, you’ll be doing them in order to learn, and
the grade will become secondary and take care of itself.
Grading Scale:
A (90 – 100%) B (80 – 89%) C (70 – 79%) D (60 – 69%) F (below 60%)
Attendance:
If you aren’t in class, you aren’t learning the material. The main advantage of
online courses is that you can “attend” class whenever you want. This is also
one of the largest disadvantages to online education because, without a set
meeting time, it takes a great deal of self discipline to make sure you log in
and get your work done.
Moodle tracks your log in time and, if you don’t log in enough hours, you
cannot pass the class. Credit hours are based on a certain number of hours
spent in the classroom, you are required to have a certain number of hours
per credit in order to pass.
In this class, I will have required meeting times for critiques. We will meet in
a chat room in moodle to critique images in person. I will have several times
during a day available for this, so that everyone should be able to participate
in at least one of the critique sessions.
ATTENDANCE IN THE LIVE
CRITIQUES IS MANDATORY.
Critiques:
Critiques are a crucial part of learning. During critiques, the instructor and
students will offer feedback on your work.