ME2011 ASSIGNMENTS, FALL 2008

Use this table to find a particular assignment, and to determine how much impact each assignment will have on your final grade by looking at the Weight column. At the end of this document is the score to letter-grade formula. The course syllabus has information on evaluation and scoring of assignments. All assignment due dates are listed in the ME 2011 schedule posted on the course web site.

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Description

 Grader Weight
A101 Initial E-mail Gustafson 2
C101 Card project in lecture (09/08) Staff 1
C102 Card project in lab (09/10) Staff 1
A102 Card project, mfg instructions Singh 4
A802 Bring tools Staff 1
A103 Engineering graphics Briscoe 8
A104 Invention drawing Sedler 6
A105 Card project reflection Dittli 4
C103 Presentation title in lab (09/24) Staff 1
A106 Pencil dissection Adams 8
A107 Resume Briscoe 6
A108 Oral presentation Staff 6
A109 Quick-Start Guide to Pro/E Sedler 10
N01 Notebook check 1 Staff 3
C104 Paper clip plot in lecture (10/06) Staff 1
A110 Beam bending Adams 10
A130 Soldering Staff 1
Q Engineering graphics quiz (60 pts) Gustafson/Dittli 1
A112a Tip-A-Can performance Staff 5
A112b Tip-A-Can report Sedler 6
A113 Patent search Briscoe 2
A114 Preliminary robot concept sketches Briscoe 6
C105 Gantt chart in lecture (10/13) Staff 1
A115 LED flasher Staff 12
A116 Pro/E Chapters 1-3 Gustafson 8
C106 Mechanisms worksheet in lab (10/29) Staff 2
A117 Motor/LED/Switch Staff 10
A118 Robot concept drawing Singh 4
A131 Schematic of motor circuit Dittli 1
A132 Computer-based data acquisition Gustafson 10
A119 Project Gantt chart Adams 2
C107 I/O pins list in lecture (11/10) Staff 1
A120 Pro/E Chapter 4 Dittli 8
Pro/E balancing Staff

2
A122 Robot subsystem Staff 2
A123 Pro/E Chapters 8-9 Singh 10
N02 Notebook check 2 Staff 3
A124

Schematic

 Sedler 2
A125 Robot preview Staff 6
A126 Portfolio Briscoe/Adams 6
A127 Robot project wrapup memo Durfee 2
N03 Notebook check 3 Robot Judges 3
       
Ra Robot works (30 pts) Robot Judges n/a
Rb Robot meets rules (20 pts) Robot Judges n/a
Rc Robot construction (20 pts) Robot Judges n/a
Rd Robot sophistication (10 pts) Robot Judges, Staff n/a
Re Robot interest (10 pts) Robot Judges, Staff n/a
Rf Robot documentation (10 pts) Staff n/a
R01 Robot score (sum of Ra-Rf, 0-100 pts) n/a 3
R02 Judges discretionary points (0-10 pts) Robot Judges, Staff 2

Score to grade translation. The formula changes each year and is posted at the end of the semester.

A  
A-  
B+  
B  
B-  
C+  
C  
C-  
D  
F  

Notes:

  • Most assignments are graded on a check, check-plus, check-minus, zero system. Scores recorded on grade sheet translate the check system to numbers with check=4, check-plus=5 and check-minus=3. Some assignments (e.g. quiz and robot) have numeric scores. The score is multiplied by the assignment weight and entered in the grade book. The sum of the grade book numbers is the total score. The higher the weighting, the bigger the impact on your final score. The syllabus has additional detail on grading.
  • Class participation exercises are get a check if you did it, 0 if not.
  • Assignments and weighting values may change as the course proceeds
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