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| When you enter the forum site, you will see a list of questions. Some of those quesions are reading quiz questions. You will need to answer them. If there are many questions, then it may make sense to display the current reading questions only, by ''filtering'' or ''searching''. You can do so by clicking on "Tags" tab and then clicking on a tag that corresponds to the current reading quiz. All tags related to quiz will start with "rq" and end with a date string. For instance, the tag for the first reading quiz is {{{rq1-jan9}}}, where {{{jan9}}} is the date of the lecture, for which the reading quiz is designed. | When you enter the forum site, you will see a list of questions. There should be a “RQ” link on the second line of the forum web page. Clicking it will give you access to all starting points of reading quizzes. |
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| A direct link to the quiz question due before the next class will be posted as a news item on the front page of the course web site. | == How to complete the quiz == |
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| == How to answer quiz == | '''Vote or answer; do not answer unnecessarily.''' |
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| For the first two quiz questions, I have provided some possible answers. You answer by voting on them. For other quiz questions, no answers are provided by me. ''If any student/person provided an answer that you agree with, then vote for it.'' If not, provide your own answer! ''Please do not create redundant answers.'' If you basically agree with an answer, but have some more thoughts to add to it, then comment on it. Do not answer it. |
'''If there already exists an answer that you agree with, then vote for it. If you have some thoughts to add, or simply want to show support, then comment on the existing answer. If not, and only if not, create your own answer!''' <<color(Do not repeat simple answers, red)>>—such redundancy harms the readability of the forum site and your grade will suffer in general (see below). |
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| You can also vote for multiple answers. For a certain problem, this may make sense. However, a pattern of giving random multiple answers mindlessly, would be forbidden. If such a pattern is noted, then it will be considered a breach of academic integrity. | You can also vote for multiple answers. For a certain problem, this may make sense. However, a pattern of giving random multiple answers mindlessly would be forbidden. If such a pattern is noted, then it will be considered a breach of academic integrity. Only the last vote will count for the grading purpose, in any case. The same goes for commenting. Commenting just for the commenting sake is forbidden. Such comments may be deleted. |
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| You are done when you either vote or answer on all questions. In each question, there should be links, "Previous link" and "Next question" link, at the bottom of the question. If you start from the first question, and then answer or vote on all questions following the "Next question," then you are done! | You are done when you either vote or answer on all questions. In each question, there should be links, “Previous link” and “Next question” link, at the bottom of the question. If you start from the first question, and then answer or vote on all questions following the “Next question,” then you are done! |
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| The quiz is due before the corresponding class ("the next class") starts. Technically, it is due 3:01 AM on the day of that class. This can be noted from the tag described above. For example, if the tag is {{{rq1-jan9}}}, the the quiz is due 3:01 AM on Jan 9. | The quiz is due before the corresponding class (“the next class”) starts. The due date is indicated by a tag. For example, if a question has a tag {{{rq1-jan9}}}, the the quiz is due Jan 9 before the actual class on Jan 9 starts. |
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| The quiz will be up approximately 24 hours before the actual class starts. So, a new quiz will be posted 9-10 AM every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, assuming there is a regular class the next day. What to read before doing the quiz? Please check the [[Calendar]]. | The quiz will be up at least approximately 24 hours before the actual class starts. What to read before doing the quiz? Please check the [[Calendar]]. |
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| As long as you participate in quiz (vote or answer), you will get credit. If you actually get correct answers, your credit will be marginally greater. However, the participation is the main mechanism for credit. | As long as you participate in quiz (vote or answer; or comment), you will get credit. If your activity is on the answer marked as correct by me (see below), your credit will be marginally greater (100 % as opposed to 95 %). However, the participation is the main mechanism for credit, and you will get 95 % for any activity. |
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| Please focus on understanding what the quiz is asking and ''why'' some answer is more correct than the other (or equivalent). | Since getting credit is easy, please focus on understanding what the quiz is asking and ''why'' some answer is more correct than the other (or equivalent). The goal of reading quiz is to help you read and think. ''How'' you do the quiz/homework, and not the minute differences in the quiz/homework scores, that will eventually separate who do well and who don't do well in this course and beyond. |
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| I cannot control how students do the quiz (or homework for that matter), nor am I aware of any other quiz/homework systems that can control how sincerely students use them. However, it is precisely this -- ''how'' you do the quiz/homework -- and not the minute differences in the quiz/homework scores, that will eventually separate who do well and who don't. | {{{#!wiki important The forum discussion must be carried out with a certain level of netiquettes. Students who answer and comment are greatly commended for their efforts. I admire their opinions, and I am very happy to see students help themselves and others by expressing opinions. However, the readability is an issue in a forum like this, and some guidelines must be followed to the benefit of all students, including you. These are recommendations, not enforcements, with the possible exception of the last item. * Make your answer as succinct as possible. * Using mathematics usually helps you be succinct. But if mathematics becomes too long (more than a few lines), pause and ask yourself whether what you are doing is really the best way. * If you upload an image (jpeg or png), please be mindful of the size of the image. Modern cell phones or devices take very high resolution pictures, and they are often wastefully too big in size for a forum like this. Use any photo editing program (like gimp) to downsize the image so that it is roughly a few hundred kilo bytes, compressed. Also, crop away unnecessary background stuff. * '''Do not repeat other people’s answers in your own new answer. (Your grade may suffer a bit if you do— see the next box.)''' }}} {{{#!wiki note '''~+The exact formula for grading reading quiz+~''' 1. If your activity (voting, answering) is on an answer marked as correct by me, with green background and thin golden border, you will get 100 % credit for the corresponding question. Commenting will count as your activity, if it is the only activity of yours for the question. Any other activity (voting, answering, commenting) will get you 95 % credit. 1. If you vote (or answer) multiple times, then only the last vote (or answer) will count. 1. Commenting counts for grades, only if it is the only activity of yours for a given question. Voting or answering is the primary input to grading. 1. '''Which answers will get marked as correct?''' Even if your answer is correct, it may not be marked as correct, if it is a simple repeat of an answer already given. Two exceptions: if your answer is among the first three correct answers, or if you provide substantially new explanation to the answer, then your answer may be marked as correct, even when it is technically a repeat of a previous answer. For more information, read [[#How to complete the quiz|the above]]. }}} |
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| If you filter questions with a tag and then filter it again with another tag shortly after, then both tags will be used for filtering. So, tag filtering is cumulative. If this is not what you want, use "start over" link that appears in the tagged question list view. | If you filter questions with a tag and then filter it again with another tag shortly after, then both tags will be used for filtering. So, tag filtering is cumulative. If this is not what you want, use “start over” link that appears in the tagged question list view. |
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| Sometimes it may seem a bit scary to give an answer. Or, give another answer, when a popular answer exists. To say what you believe requires a courage. Even if you do not get it right, this courageous process is very important, since if you do not know what you believe, how can you learn anything? (Mistakes are ''essential'' steps for learning.) For this reason, I never hold you responsible at all even if your answer turns out not to be the best answer. What I generally do is quite the opposite -- I will generally consider the courage of providing an answer, or providing genuine opinion, in a very positive way. | Sometimes it may seem a bit scary to give an answer or comment on an answer. Or, give another answer, when a popular answer exists. To say what you believe requires courage. Even if you do not get it right, this courageous process is very important, since if you do not know what you believe, how can you learn anything? (Making mistakes is an ''essential'' step for learning.) Your truthful participation in classroom activities should reward you. |
1. Login first
The best practice is to login to this site first. Create an account if you have not done it already. For more information, please start by reading FAQ.
2. How to find reading quiz questions
When you enter the forum site, you will see a list of questions. There should be a “RQ” link on the second line of the forum web page. Clicking it will give you access to all starting points of reading quizzes.
3. How to complete the quiz
Vote or answer; do not answer unnecessarily.
If there already exists an answer that you agree with, then vote for it. If you have some thoughts to add, or simply want to show support, then comment on the existing answer. If not, and only if not, create your own answer! Do not repeat simple answers—such redundancy harms the readability of the forum site and your grade will suffer in general (see below).
Please note that you can change your vote any time. Clicking the hand symbol again will make you un-vote, and then you can choose some other answer.
You can also vote for multiple answers. For a certain problem, this may make sense. However, a pattern of giving random multiple answers mindlessly would be forbidden. If such a pattern is noted, then it will be considered a breach of academic integrity. Only the last vote will count for the grading purpose, in any case.
The same goes for commenting. Commenting just for the commenting sake is forbidden. Such comments may be deleted.
4. When am I done? How many questions are there in a quiz?
You are done when you either vote or answer on all questions. In each question, there should be links, “Previous link” and “Next question” link, at the bottom of the question. If you start from the first question, and then answer or vote on all questions following the “Next question,” then you are done!
5. Is there anything to submit on paper?
No.
6. When is the reading quiz due? When is the next one up?
The quiz is due before the corresponding class (“the next class”) starts. The due date is indicated by a tag. For example, if a question has a tag rq1-jan9, the the quiz is due Jan 9 before the actual class on Jan 9 starts.
The quiz will be up at least approximately 24 hours before the actual class starts. What to read before doing the quiz? Please check the Calendar.
7. How do I get credit for quiz? How much?
As long as you participate in quiz (vote or answer; or comment), you will get credit. If your activity is on the answer marked as correct by me (see below), your credit will be marginally greater (100 % as opposed to 95 %). However, the participation is the main mechanism for credit, and you will get 95 % for any activity.
Since getting credit is easy, please focus on understanding what the quiz is asking and why some answer is more correct than the other (or equivalent). The goal of reading quiz is to help you read and think. How you do the quiz/homework, and not the minute differences in the quiz/homework scores, that will eventually separate who do well and who don't do well in this course and beyond.
The forum discussion must be carried out with a certain level of netiquettes. Students who answer and comment are greatly commended for their efforts. I admire their opinions, and I am very happy to see students help themselves and others by expressing opinions. However, the readability is an issue in a forum like this, and some guidelines must be followed to the benefit of all students, including you. These are recommendations, not enforcements, with the possible exception of the last item.
- Make your answer as succinct as possible.
- Using mathematics usually helps you be succinct. But if mathematics becomes too long (more than a few lines), pause and ask yourself whether what you are doing is really the best way.
- If you upload an image (jpeg or png), please be mindful of the size of the image. Modern cell phones or devices take very high resolution pictures, and they are often wastefully too big in size for a forum like this. Use any photo editing program (like gimp) to downsize the image so that it is roughly a few hundred kilo bytes, compressed. Also, crop away unnecessary background stuff.
Do not repeat other people’s answers in your own new answer. (Your grade may suffer a bit if you do— see the next box.)
The exact formula for grading reading quiz
- If your activity (voting, answering) is on an answer marked as correct by me, with green background and thin golden border, you will get 100 % credit for the corresponding question. Commenting will count as your activity, if it is the only activity of yours for the question. Any other activity (voting, answering, commenting) will get you 95 % credit.
- If you vote (or answer) multiple times, then only the last vote (or answer) will count.
- Commenting counts for grades, only if it is the only activity of yours for a given question. Voting or answering is the primary input to grading.
Which answers will get marked as correct? Even if your answer is correct, it may not be marked as correct, if it is a simple repeat of an answer already given. Two exceptions: if your answer is among the first three correct answers, or if you provide substantially new explanation to the answer, then your answer may be marked as correct, even when it is technically a repeat of a previous answer. For more information, read the above.
8. Tags in the forum site
If you filter questions with a tag and then filter it again with another tag shortly after, then both tags will be used for filtering. So, tag filtering is cumulative. If this is not what you want, use “start over” link that appears in the tagged question list view.
9. Your courage will count
Sometimes it may seem a bit scary to give an answer or comment on an answer. Or, give another answer, when a popular answer exists. To say what you believe requires courage. Even if you do not get it right, this courageous process is very important, since if you do not know what you believe, how can you learn anything? (Making mistakes is an essential step for learning.) Your truthful participation in classroom activities should reward you.
Here is another way to think about it. Any dogmatic, and popular, answer has some hidden thing that makes it stink.