FOR THIS SHEET TO BE ACCURATE, IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU PUT IN A VALUE INTO EVERY CELL

(If there is no score entered for a past assignment, enter a score of 0)

Exams
Enter your solo and group exam scores
We've taken exams 1,2, and 3 so far in this class.
To project your final grade, you can enter what you expect on Exam 4 and the Final
The spreadsheet automatically drops your lowest score

Discussion
Enter your discussion scores. Estimate if you don't have all of them available to you.
The spreadsheet will automatically drop your lowest discussion scores

Discussion Lead - Enter your score out of 10

Group Project - Enter your score out of 50

Discussion Quiz scores

Enter your discussionquiz scores. Estimate if you don't have all of them available to you.
The spreadhseet will automatically drop your lowest score

Lab
Enter your lab scores. Estimate if you don't have all of them available to you.
The spreadsheet will automatically drop your lowest score

Mastering Bio
At the end of the course, it will have been possible to get a maximum of 449 points in Mastering Biology
Log in to the Mastering site and go to the "scores" tab
Enter the total points earned
Your Mastering score will be calculated as the total / 4, maxing out at 100 (so if you have 400+ mastering poin
The spreadsheet will automatically scale your points to 100

iClicker
At the end of class, there will be around 32 sessions for clickers.
Enter your points based on what's up on blackboard (EVEN SCORES THAT ARE 0/1)
If you plan to be at the last several lectures clicking, then try putting in a 1 on those days.
Your clicker score will be calculated as the total * 1.5, maxing out at 30 (so, if you have 20+ clicker scores, you

This spreadsheet is NOT an official grade calculator. There is no guarantee that the grade you calcul

Exams Solo Group Exam Total Poinits Possible

Exam 1 114 30 144 150
Exam 2 99 30.75 129.75 150
Exam 3 117 30.75 147.75 150
Exam 4 60 30 90 150
Final Exam 0 0 0 150
Grand Total 511.5 600

Discussions Disc Total Points Possibe

D1 5 5
D2 5 5
D3 5 5
D4 5 5
D5 5 5
D6 5 5
D7 5 5
D8 5 5
D9 5 5
D10 5 5
D11 5 5
Grand Total 50 50

Presentations Total Points Possible

Group Project 45 50
Discussion Lead 10 10
Grand Total 55 60

Quizzes Total Points Possible

Q1 5 5
Q2 4.5 5
Q3 5 5
Q4 4 5
Q5 4 5
Q6 3 5
Q7 5 5
Q8 5 5
Q9 4 5
Q10 4 5
Q11 5 5
Grand Total 45.5 50

Labs Total Points Possible

L1 10 10
L2 9.5 10
L3 7.5 10
L4 10 10
L5 9 10
L6 10 10
L7 10 10
L8 10 10
L9 10 10
L10 10 10
L11 10 10
Pig Practical 9 10 Note: You cannot drop your pig practical
Grand Total 107.5 110

Mastering Bio Total Scaled Total Points Possible

Mastering 400 100 100
Grand Total 100 100 Note: if your mastering scales to over 100 p

Clickers Total Scaled Total Points Possible

Clickers 26 39 30
Grand Total 30 30 Note: if your clicker scales to over 30 points

Summary Total
Exams 511.5
Discussions 50
Presentations 55
Quizzes 45.5
Labs 107.5
Mastering 100
Clickers 30
Grand Total 899.5

^^^ Does this say "#NUM!"? even after you entered scores?
That means you still have blank cells.
For things you got a 0 on, enter 0 in the points possible column of that assignment
For grades that aren't posted on Blackboard yet, estimate the score you think you earned
The spreadsheet can't calculate your final grade if cells are left blank!

FINAL LETTER GRADES

900-1000 A
800-899 B
700-799 C
600-699 D
< 600 F
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Mastering Biology

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20+ clicker scores, you'll earn the max points)

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