CSC 151 2019S, Class 40: Course evaluation / Review for final

Overview

• Preliminaries
  • Notes and news
  • Upcoming work
  • Extra credit
  • Final PSA
  • Questions
• Course evaluation / official
• Final comments (more or less)
• Some quick notes on exam 3
• Review for the final (optional)

Preliminaries

News / Etc.

• Sit where you’d like
• I’m working on getting grades to you as soon as I can. I’ll have all grades by Monday so that you can decide whether or not to take the final.
• Review sessions for final: Sunday at 5pm.

Upcoming work

• Optional final, 2:00-5:00 p.m., Tuesday, 14 May 2019.
  • Sample final available.

Extra Credit

Extra credit is generally supposed to be turned in within three days of the event.

Extra credit (Academic/Artistic)

Extra credit (Peer)

• Today Voice Recital, 7:30 pm, May 10, in Sebring Lewis
• Today Track and Field, Friday and Saturday at St. Norbert (Far Away)
• Today : Software Design Technical Presentations, 2-4pm 3818
• Next Week: Software Design Nontechnical Presentations, DLAB, Tuesday 2-4 pm or Wednesday 9-11
• Women’s Golf, May 14-17, Houston, TX (Even Further Away)

Extra credit (Wellness)

Extra credit (Wellness, Regular)

• Any organized exercise.
• 60 minutes of some solitary self-care activities that are unrelated to academics or work. Your email reflection must explain how the activity contributed to your wellness.
• 60 minutes of some shared self-care activity with friends. Your email reflection must explain how the activity contributed to your wellness.

Extra credit (Misc)

Other good things

Other things

This appeared in the Campus Memo. While it is a public presentation, I am told that it’s not geared for students. However, I will also note that students who have attended past budget presentations have told me that they found it enlightening.

The Budget Presentation
Monday, May 13
4 p.m., Joe Rosenfield ‘25 Center, Room 101

Faculty and staff are invited to a presentation that will review the annual budget process, the recently approved FY20 budget, and a general budget outlook, prepared by Keith Archer, vice president for finance and treasurer, Joe Bagnoli, vice president for enrollment and dean of admission and financial aid, and Jainen Thayer, chief investment officer.

Final PSA of the semester

• Don’t let the stress of finals’ week negatively affect you.
  • Get enough sleep.
  • If you decide to shut off your brain with substances, do so in moderation.
  • Don’t let academic honesty become an issue; our decision-making becomes less good at this time of the semester.
• Beware high street parties.
• Consent is essential.

Questions

Course evaluation / official

Evaluation forms may be found at https://grinnell.smartevals.com.

End-of-course ratings enable you to give responsible feedback for your professors, and the information you provide enters into future contract reviews. The agree/disagree responses will be tallied to produce frequency reports. The instructor will be able to review your unidentified comments within the electronic course evaluation system. Please note that the scale starts with “Strongly Disagree” at the top. Be careful not to inadvertently reverse your responses. Please provide comments but do not write your name in the comment boxes. Instructors receive the unidentified, completed forms only after grades have been submitted to the registrar.

Final comments

You heard the introduction in Wednesday’s class.

Some quick notes on exam 3

The best parts of teaching

• The students
• Feeling like you make a difference
• Class time
• Class prep
• Students who are even more sarcastic than I am

The worst parts of teaching

• Recording grades and other paperwork
• Grading
• Academic dishonesty

Discuss

Things that will happen

• Ask the people if they are willing to provide additional details
• Ask the people who may have compromised academic honesty to talk to me.
• Pay close attention to the exams and see if I notice obvious collaboration

Things that might happen

• Do an anonymous survey

Things that might eventually happen

• Adopt an honor code with a “must rat” policy

If those don’t succeed

• One option: Ignore the issue 13
• One option: Ignore the exam 1
• One option: Change the weight of the exam (half the other exams) 13

Review for the final

If you do not want to participate in the review for the final, you need not stay.