Exam Logistics, Extra Credit, and Review Game Overview
Final Exam Logistics
- Instructor will have the final examination already written; a designated proctor will only administer it.
- Nothing about the wording/content of the final can change once it is handed off.
Reading Submission Deadlines
- Required reading assignments must be uploaded by the specified date & time (see both the agenda slide and the syllabus).
- After that moment you may still scan the QR code for reference, but the submission portal will be locked—no late uploads will be accepted.
Take-Home QR-Code Lab Packet
- Each student receives a lab bag containing a QR code.
- Scanning the code links to an instructional video the instructor recorded, covering:
- Completing the provided data table.
- Collecting your biological sample properly.
- Submitting your data set from home.
- The instructor will re-explain all steps in class before the upcoming exams for clarity.
Exam 1
- Chapters 15, 17 & 18 tested.
- Last page contained 6 extra-credit prompts ("opportunities").
- Entirely optional; class participation varied.
- No curve was applied because points were optional.
Exam 2
- Chapters 19 & 20 tested.
- Last page contained 5 extra-credit points.
- No curve again because 4 Scantrons earned 100% (actually 99.9% when rounded to a tenth).
- Instructor offered a "challenge" bonus: if the class exceeded 22 A-grades (e.g., hit 23 A’s), everyone would gain +2 raw points. Condition not met, so no bonus.
Exam 3 (taken Monday)
- Chapters 22 & 23 tested.
- Provided 5 extra-credit items.
- Question 30 thrown out (word “vein” missing); correct answer was option D.
- If a student selected D, it was treated as extra credit.
- Highest raw score: 98/98 → no curve possible.
Exam 4
- Chapters 24 & 25 tested.
- Follows the same extra-credit framework as Exam 3 (exact point count already entered in the grade book).
Additional QR-Code / Hands-On Extra Credit
- In-class activity during the instructor’s brief absence:
- Two section-specific QR codes (both labeled Section 21 due to a printing error) asked students to ID different lymphocyte types.
- Worth +3 points; only available to those physically present (~11 June).
- At-home blood-typing assignment via QR code: +2 points; due by the Lymph deadline.
Point Accounting & Outstanding Items
- All earned points to date—regular exams plus extra-credit—are already posted in the LMS.
- The only grade items still missing are the numeric values from today’s QR-code labels (max 7 points).
- Combining:
- Table 1 (exam-embedded bonuses)
- Table 2 (QR/other extracurriculars)
→ total potential surplus ≥ 51 points.
Reverse Jeopardy Review Game (scheduled 28th)
- Occurs if the instructor is on campus on 28 June.
- Historical high score: ≈1214 team points.
- Gameplay basics
- Entirely verbal. A student must first buzz in (state name) before answering.
- Correct response = earns the square’s full point value.
- Wrong / no response = square stays live (rules for point loss were not specified).
- Daily Doubles (DDs)
- Standard Jeopardy has 2 DDs, but this custom board sets 50% of squares as DDs.
- Each DD contains two separate questions (labeled #1 & #2).
- Student may answer either, both, or pass; unanswered questions remain for the class.
- Escalating value: if a prompt lingers too long, its value doubles (e.g.
1→2 points). - Game can theoretically add “50-plus” points to totals.
Administrative Notes & Voting Outcome
- The instructor had to adopt the department-mandated electronic grading system (source of earlier “issues”).
- All ballots for the class vote on grading options were tallied—no ballots discarded.
- Result nicknamed the “extract grade.”
- Dissection reference: class “took a kidney and performed a coronal section” as an illustrative choice in that vote.
Content Coverage by Exam / QR Labels
| Exam | Chapter Set | Labeled QR Points | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | 15,17,18 | 2+2+1=5 | All extracurricular |
| 2 | 19,20 | (value built in) | — |
| 3 | 22,23 | — | Question 30 removal |
| 4 | 24,25 | — | Finalized |
| Final | Cumulative | TBD | Instructor “owes single year” = comprehensive |
Important Dates (chronological)
- 11 June ≈ in-class lymphocyte QR activity.
- Lymph due date = blood-type homework cutoff.
- 28 June = Reverse Jeopardy review (pending instructor availability).
- Final exam date = see official syllabus / departmental schedule.