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February 19, 2003
evilgeekyprofessors.com
Wow! This is cool. Nice job, mysterious stranger. I could even get that URL!... how cool would that be?
Anyways, for those who read the fine print (the embedded code in the HTML). This person talks about a one-time chance at passing a practical for a course. Which isn't technically correct... Students receive an almost exact version of the practical about a week to two weeks before the practical (which they should use, but seldom to do, to prepare with). Then they get to take it once and need only a 70% score to pass... If they fail (which is common for about a quarter to a third or so of the class -- which brings me pain every time it happens -- but it still happens, no matter how much I think they're going to do 'really good this time'), then they get a whole other second chance to take it again with slightly more time but a need to achieve an 80% or better.
Typically, I have no more than one or two fail the final practical (even with all the big 'scaryness' of it), and everytime the students who have been held back due to the practical have definitely been held back for the right reasons.
Say what you want about the pass/fail practical process... I was never much in favor of it when the other multimedia faculty wanted to implement it, but now that it's in place... There isn't much that I can do about it, and all in all, I think it's a reasonably easy thing to complete if you're prepared and know what you're doing.
But without it, how would I ever have such good multimedia made about little old me. :)
Posted by Andrew at February 19, 2003 12:25 AM