Grading
How work turns into a score in my web-development courses. The rules for what counts as done are in the Web Standards. This page is the arithmetic.
Three Kinds of Assignment
- Autograded - quizzes and attendance. A score appears the moment you finish.
- Simple graded - I look at it and score it, usually after the due date.
- Peer reviewed - several scores that sum to your grade: your own submission, plus the reviews you write for others.
A Score of 1 Always Means the Same Thing
That piece needs work, and feedback follows saying what. It isn't a failing grade and it isn't final - fix what the feedback names, reply with the correction, and the score follows. A 2 means it still needed work after a second pass, a 3 after a third, and so on.
How Peer-reviewed Points Split
Normally your submission carries two thirds of the total, and the remaining third splits evenly across the two peer reviews you write. On a 30-point assignment that's 20 for your work and 5 for each review.
Your submission 2/3 of the total Two peer reviews the remaining 1/3, split evenly On a 30-point assignment: 20 + 5 + 5 On a 60-point assignment: 40 + 10 + 10
Some assignments state a different split, and a few ask for a self review alongside the peer reviews. When an assignment says otherwise, it wins over this page.
Reading a Total That Puzzles You
Because the total sums separate scores, the number tells you exactly what's missing. Using a 30-point assignment on the two-thirds split:
1 work submitted, needs updates 2 still needs updates after a second pass 5 you did one peer review, but did not submit your own work 10 you did two peer reviews, but did not submit your own work 11 two reviews, plus a submission that needs updates 19 work almost there, no peer reviews 20 work is good, peer reviews still missing 25 good work, one good review 30 everything done 33 everything done, plus a little extra credit
Scale it up for larger assignments. If the total still puzzles you, look at your three posts individually - the number on each says which part needs attention.
NPR - No Peer Review
Some assignments say NPR. Those are generally completion links or screenshots, where a review would have nothing useful to say, so the whole score rides on your submission.
Do your peer reviews before I grade. If you wait, you end up waiting on other people's late submissions, or hunting for something I missed.
What a good review looks like is on the Peer Review Guidelines, and the form to fill in is the Review Checklist. Why peer review exists at all is on the FAQ.