We provide incentives for you to start working on this homework early. Each student is placed in one of five virtual courses below. We assign each virtual course a base score and a reward or penalty percentage.
| Name | Base Score | Max Reward or Penalty | Earned Reward or Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|
| EE100-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EE100-3 | 5% of full score | max_penalty = 5% of full score | base_score - max_penalty * (now - start_time) / (end_time - start_time) |
| EE100-4 | 10% of full score | max_penalty = 10% of full score | |
| EE100-5 | 15% of full score | max_penalty = 15% of full score | |
| EE100-6 | 0 | max_reward = 5% of full score | max_reward * (end_time - now) / (end_time - start_time) |
In the table above, start_time is 2015-03-31T00:00:00, end_time is 2015-04-20T00:00:00, and now is the time when gradebot grades your homework. If now < start_time, then now = start_time.
Your final score is the sum of your raw score and earned reward or penalty.
To ensure fairness, we will scale the scores in each virtual course so that the score distribution in each virtual course has the same mean and standard deviation.