Grading

Deadlines / Turning in work

All CAWD work from the previous week is due 3pm the following Tuesday for full credit, on the server.

Work Product 75%

Work Product is broken down into:

Class work and Assignments: 50%
Quizzes: 25%

Worker Traits 25%

Total Grade: 100%

Projects with missing components, such as only the .psd, or only the .jpg, will receive that proportion of earned grade based on what you didn’t turn in. If your project would have received 100, but you only turned in 1 of 2 parts, you would receive a 50.

Projects with incorrect file names will not be graded – you will have the chance the following week to turn the work in (if you fix the file names) as late work for partial credit.

Projects with capital letters or spaces will receive one letter grade off.

We need to really to act as we would in the design industry: hitting deadlines, following instructions, and creating quality work.

After school homework club

Students may stay after school Tuesday’s from 2:05 – 3 if they wish to work in the room on assignments. I don’t schedule meetings on Tuesday’s (as best I can) so I can work one on one with students needing some extra clarification, or just if you need time to polish a design before work is due.

CTE provides a bus to your home school at 3:05 on Tuesday afternoons. While it won’t get you home, it will get you most of the way.

In the design industry, projects build upon each other. What you do Tuesday will impact what you do later on that week. Not doing work, or putting it off until the end of the semester / quarter is not an option in CAWD; it would not be so in our industry. Due to this we are going to have a culture of “you have to do do your work” in this class. Students that have a D- or less will be required to stay after school during Tuesday’s homework club and work. I will meet you you during site maintenance on Monday mornings and let you know your grade, and weather or not the next day you have to plan to stay after school.

This time after school is required. If due to your grade you need to stay after school and do not, for any reason, you will receive an “F” for that weeks worker trait component. If you have a: sports game, doctors appointment, need to babysit, raid, work, or any other reason you can’t stay you need to speak with me before hand. You and I will need to pick an afternoon to stay after that works for you. You will get the “F” in your worker traits until you make up the time, even if a tentative date is picked. I am more than happy to change your worker grade back to what you normally deserve once you fulfill your obligations.

Before this gets your head spinning about how unfair Mr. Cronin is, keep in mind that if you keep your grade at a D or higher, you will not be affected. I think this is very reasonable.