Editing Software Engineering (Fall 2025) (section)

=== Grading ===

I will follow the very detailed grading rubric described on [[User:Kaylea/Assessment|my assessment page]]. Please read it carefully. I will assign grades for each of the following items on the UW 4.0 grade scale according to the weights below:

* In-class activities, including case discussion: 50%
* Sprint 1: 10%
* Sprint 2: 15%
* Sprint 3: 15%
* Presentation (Demo and Feedback): 5%
* Reflection: 5%

'''Impact of Missing Class'''
If you must miss class, must be late, or must leave early, file the class absence form to alert me. Not filing this form ('no call, no show') will impact your in-class activities grade. Advance notice lets you avoid a penalty, but it does not serve as a makeup. There is no direct way to make up for missing in-class activities. Instead, you can expect to be called upon more often in subsequent classes to balance out your participation. Please note that if you miss too many classes, it will eventually become impossible to receive full credit for the in-class activities portion of the grade as I will not be cold calling the same person an excessive number of times in a single class session. 

Standup participation is equivalent to answering one question in class. You can also receive credit for serving as scrum master (that is, taking extra effort to remove blockers on behalf of your groupmates issues shared in standup). If you take on scrum master work after a standup, document this and point it out to me when it occurs. Scrum master for a standup is equivalent to answering one additional question in class. There is no way to directly make up missing a standup meeting with your group -- you may find it useful to share an update, but there is no substitute for the synchronous and timely participation in a standup. If you miss standup, the self-balancing approach I use to randomize who answers questions will mean that you are more likely to be called on in subsequent classes.

'''Grade Questions'''
Everyone makes mistakes and I want to fix mine as quickly as possible. If you have questions about a grade, book a private timeslot on my calendar within 2 weeks of the grade being released. In a grade consultation session, I will ask you to take the lead: show me in specific detail how your work fulfills the rubric for the assignment type overall, how you fulfilled the criteria for the specific assignment, and how your work meets the learning goals of the course.

'''Mapping Percentage to the 4.0 Scale'''
Instructors have discretion in how we make use of the 4.0 grading scale; we select the weight for each element of the course, the number of points available, and we decide how best to map a percentage of those points into the 4.0 system. This mapping, and the evenness of spacing within the mapping, may vary from class to class, and it may be quite different from what you are accustomed to seeing elsewhere at UWB (or feel unnatural, if you grew up as I did, receiving letter grades). For this quarter of this class, I will map an overall 97.0% to a 4.0 and a 60.0% to a 0.7, with even spacing in between. This means to receive a 2.0 for the course, you need a 74.6% in the class. Doing the bare minimum is a high-risk approach, and I don't recommend it. Instead, come to class prepared and do all the work on schedule.

'''Late Policy'''
With respect to Bot Project 1-7, note that the assignments are due Fridays at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time. Among these 7 projects, you may choose one project for which you want to use one 48-hour extension per quarter, no questions asked. Use Canvas to make your request so that it is private and trackable. I suggest not using your extension unless you cannot avoid it (you might need it later!). Note that assignments in this class tend to build upon one another; being late with an assignment means less time to do the next stage. In addition, the group nature of the assignments means that if your work lands late, you may need to work harder to resolve code conflicts and coordination problems. You should not expect your groupmates to do extra work to accommodate your need for an extension. 

No extension is possible for the Demo and Feedback assignments as those involve coordinating the entire class community and have very tight timing. No extension is possible for the Reflection assignment because it sits at the very end of the quarter and I must submit grades on time.

If you experience a severe or extraordinary interruption to your ability to complete class work in a timely manner, I expect to follow [https://www.uwb.edu/registrar/incomplete-grade-policy the UWB policy around incompletes] and to work with you, the advising office, and the disability services office as required to navigate your difficult situation.