Evaluation • UBC ATSC 313 Renewable Energy Meteorology

23% (= 230/1000 points) course content quizzes
1.8% (= 18/1000 points) Scenario questions to ask (page 1)
13.5% (= 135/1000 points) Scenario written submissions (page 2)
30% (= 300/1000 points) midterm exams (open book) (10% each for 3 exams)
5% (= 50/1000 points) ePortfolio home renewable energy calculation term project
26.7% (= 267/1000 points) final exam (open book). The final exam consists of an individual portion (24% or 240 points) and a group portion (2.7% or 27 points)

plus 2% (=20/1000 points) bonus, for optional End-of-Term Survey
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100% total (=1020 points truncated to maximum 1000 points)

As this is an online course , students must have an overall course grade of 50% or better AND an individual final exam grade of 50% or better to pass the course. See details at the end of this web page.

Point Diagram

Here are the point diagrams for current, past and future terms. The point diagrams show how points can be earned during the course. They are arranged chronologically.

Future terms:

2025 Fall (September - December) (pdf) (under construction)

Current term:

2025 Spring (January - April) (pdf) <== CURRENT TERM

Past terms:

Grading Methods & Rubrics:

• As mentioned before, all multiple-choice quizzes (Modules A, B, C Step 1) and midterm exams are automatically marked by Canvas. The final exam is automatically marked (using ReMark software).
• The written answer of Step 3 (where students write three meteorology questions they want to ask about that case study), the code/analysis submission of Step 5, and the ePortfolio are hand marked by TAs, according to the following rubrics.

Step 3 Rubric

Each question in Step 3 is equally weighted, and is marked using the following key considerations.

Step 5 Grading

Each module D has a different step 5 assignment. Step 5 assignments are graded according to the thoroughness, completeness and quality of each student's submission.

ePortfolio Rubric

The ePortfolio project is marked by the instructor & TAs. The ePortfolio has the following key points along a continuous 100% to 0% grading scale.

Responses that plagiarize published material or copy answers from other students will earn zero and an invitation to visit the instructor for intervention or to discuss remedial actions.

Requirements to Pass the Course

To pass the course, you must:

pass the individual portion of the open-book final exam (i.e., earn a grade of at least 50%),
AND
earn an total course score of at least 50%.

The way this is implemented is as follows.

If either your individual-final-exam grade OR your total-course grade is below 50%, then the lowest of those two grades is submitted to the UBC registrar as your overall course grade.
If both your individual-final-exam and total-course grades are below 50%, then your total course grade is submitted as your overall course grade.
If you Did Not Write (DNW) the final exam, then a zero is submitted as your overall course grade regardless of total course grade that you earned.

Students often ask us why they must pass the individual portion of the final exam. This requirement applies to most of the online / distance-education courses at UBC, regardless of the department and course number. The reason is that we instructors are unable to verify that the person who does online work is the actual student who registered for the course. Only during the final exam do we meet each student, check their ID, and verify that the registered student is the person who is writing the exam. Because the final exam is comprehensive (covers all the learning goals in all themes), this ensures that the actual person who registered for the course has learned the material.

Subject: Evaluation

Test and assignment weights, grading rubrics, and requirements to pass the course.

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