Exam 1 Instructions

Exam 1 will have both a class time and a take home section.

  • The class time section will be during class on Monday, October 5th, during regular class time.

  • The take home section becomes available Sunday, October 4th at 9:00am and is due Tuesday, October 6th at 9pm.

Details are below.

Below describes the rules and structure of the exam. For exam content, see the Exam 1 Study Guide.

Class Time Section

  • The class time section of the exam is during class on Monday, October 5th, during regular class time.

  • The class time section will count as 60% of the exam grade.

  • The class time section will be completed in WeBWorK and your work will be uploaded to BlackBoard.

  • You must be logged into zoom during the class time portion of the exam (you don’t have to have your camera on).

  • You grade will be primarily the grade you earn in WeBWorK, but the work you submit must support your answers (work that does not support the answers may reduce your WeBWorK grade).

  • When working on the class time section students may:

    • Ask their instructor for help.
    • Use any of the course resources, notes, videos, etc. on the course website.
    • Use calculators or computers to do basic computations.

  • When working on the class time section students may not:

    • Talk to any other student and or person (other than your instructor) about the exam.
    • Seek help or ask any person to complete any part of the exam for them.
    • Copy another persons work and present it as their own.
    • Use any website other than the resources or links on the course website, WeBWorK, and Gradescope.
    • Explicitly look up the solution to any problem online.
    • Aid another student in any of the above activities.
    • Any other infraction of the student code of conduct.

Take Home Section

  • The take home section becomes available on Sunday, October 4th at 9:00am and is due Tuesday, October 6th at 9pm.

  • The take home section will count as 40% of the exam grade.

  • The take home questions will be randomized and given in WeBWorK without any answer boxes. You must then write up the solutions to the questions and submit them to BlackBoard by the due date.

  • The take home section will be graded primary on the quality of your written work and how you explain the solution. Rough drafts or poor quality work will not be accepted or earn very little credit.

  • Quality of presentation of written work is a significant part of the grade. This includes:

    • Neatness: Sloppy work will score poorly, if it gets graded at all.
    • Organization: Work must be easy to find and easy to follow.
    • Communication: Work must show how you reached your answer, and must make correct use of mathematical notation.

  • Solutions can be written by hand or using computer software, then create a .pdf document to upload.

    • Handwritten: Write the solutions in easy to read hand writing, then scan the result using a tool like GeniusScan to create a single .pdf document.
    • Annotation Software: Use annotation software to write up the solutions in easy to read writting. Then save the result as a flattened .pdf document.
    • Typesetting Software: Use computer software such as LaTeX or Word+MathType to type up the solutions, then save the result as a .pdf document.

  • When working on the take home section students may:

    • Ask their instructor for help.
    • Use any of the course resources, notes, videos, etc. on the course website, or similar style resources.
    • Use calculators or computers to do basic arithmetic.

  • When working on the take home section students may not:

    • Discuss the questions with other students and/or the learning assistant.
    • Ask any person to complete any part of the exam for them.
    • Copy another persons work and present it as their own.
    • Explicitly look up the solution to any problem online.
    • Aid another student in any of the above activities.
    • Any other infraction of the student code of conduct.

NOTE: Other sections of the course may follow different policies, including allowing students to work together or communicate with their LAs. For this class, please DO NOT work together or communicate with LAs. You do have permission to communicate with the instructor. Please do not join conversations about the exam among students in other sections. I deeply apologize for any confusion about this.