Exercise and final rating procedure
used for the C/C++ courses
In this course each week we present sets of exercises. The exercises have
deadlines, usually two weeks after they were made available. Exercises are
rated OK, questionable (1/2 OK) or not OK.
Exercises
rated below their maximum possible ratings may (before their deadlines) be
resubmitted once.
Exercises come in two flavors: standard and advanced. Usually there are five
standard and several (three to five) advanced exercises.
Rating procedure
Once you've accumulated the equivalent of three OK ratings for the standard
exercises (e.g., 2 OK ratings and 2 questionable ratings sum to 3 OK ratings),
your percentage for that set becomes 60%. Additionally completed standard
exercises are used to increase that percentage to at most 70%.
If there are 5 standard exercises, then the percentage for
the standard exercises score x is
- if your score is between 3 and 5: 10 * (6 + (x - 3) / (5 - 3)) %
- if your score is at most 3: 10 * 2 * x %
Each OK-rated advanced exercise increases the set's percentage by 20%. So, by
completing three standard and two advanced exercises you've reached 100%.
The maximum percentage of a set cannot exceed 100%: receiving OK ratings for 5
standard exercises and 3 advanced exercises still results in a
percentage for that set of 100%.
Rating limits
When you've reached an average percentage exceeding 97% (and have shown that
you thoroughly understand the covered topics at your final talk) your course
grade will be 10.
You receive a course grade 6 if your average percentage is 56%, and have
shown that you well understand the covered topics at your final talk.
Final results
When you leave the course (hopefully at the end) you make an appointment for a
(= one) final talk, covering the part(s) you completed. Final talks
are individually planned and performed: your team members are not present at
your final talk.
Note that if you do not participate in a final talk, won't receive points
for (parts of) this course.
The final talk is used to fine-tune your rating for this course. Depending
on the way you perform we may increase or decrease the percentage you
collected for the exercises (by up to 10 or more percentage points). If we
consider your performance below standard then you haven't completed the
course, but you're given the option of scheduling a second final talk within
at most two weeks after the (failing) final talk.