Maximum Points

[jo_nas]

Hello!

We would like to know whether there is a maximum level of achieved homework points, because we remember to have heard it somewhere.

Thank you!

[Robert Walter]

hi,

as written on the sheets, its 40 points for the first and second sheet, and 50 for the third sheet. so you can achieve 130 points in total of which you have to get 40% in order to take the exam.

cheers

robert

2012/12/3 jo_nas <tron.co...@googlemail.com>

Hello!

We would like to know whether there is a maximum level of achieved homework points, because we remember to have heard it somewhere.

Thank you!

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[Damian Burke]

Hey,
another question about the "homework-point-topic": Do the homework-points have any influence on our grade at the end of the module? If so, what kinda influence? What's the "best" we can get out of it?

Best,
 Damian

[Robert Walter]

no, there is only an influence if you score less than 60% :). for the project part, which starts tomorrow, you can earn up to 20 (out of 100) bonus points for the exam .. the exercise is just about passing the 60% threshold, but it's all written somewhere in the slides. 

cheers

robert

2012/12/3 Damian Burke <burke...@gmail.com>

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[Ya Ma]

Just to make sure, I get it right: If we collect 52 Points or more in the first two assignments, we are not obliged to do the third one and there is no drawback for us in not doing the third one, if we have collected enough points before, right?

So we got like 36 points in the first assignment. Assuming we get at least 16 points for the second one, why should we do the third assignment?


Best,
Yassin

[Robert Walter]

i count 78 points (60%). so i would only drop the third one if you have at least 38 in the first and you are sure to get 40 in the second ... not the recommended way though! :)

2012/12/4 Ya Ma <yas...@makhloufi.net>

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[Moritz Lawitschka]

Hmm, the slides say that you need 40% of the exercise points to attend the exam. What's the 60% you are talking about?

Here the slides I'm talking about:

Regards

[Robert Walter]

thanks for the hint. obviously it's a mistake in the slides! but this discussion is a bit unnecessary, no? just do all of your assignments as you are supposed to and you will be fine! :)

[Johannes Schmidt]

Hello Robert,

Not to be blunt or anything, but the reason people are so confused is because your statements partly contradict themselves.

Earlier you first said "so you can achieve 130 points in total of which you have to get 40% in order to take the exam."

40% in this case would actually be 52 points.

Then you answered the question about the influence of the homework-points on our grade with "no, there is only an influence if you score less than 60% [...]" and afterwards referring to the slides "the exercise is just about passing the 60% threshold, but it's all written somewhere in the slides."

The slides again say that you need 40% of the exercise points to attend the exam, which again supports your first statement, meaning we only need 52 points out of 130. But now you are saying it's a mistake in the slides.

So since you yourself have brought up both, the 40% and 60% threshold, it's kind of confusing.

And I do believe that this discussion is necessary since it's about information on how our work is actually evaluated and ultimately how our work is graded. Presumably, MPI is not our only lecture, which means we have to manage our time accordingly. Now if that means we do not actually have to do the third assignment because we possibly already have all of the necessary points, we can concentrate on other tasks such as the MPI project that just started or even tasks of other lectures. Frankly, we ourselves lose time and possibly take the damage with wrong information.

Please don't be offended as I do not intend to be insulting in any way, I (and I guess other people too) just want this to be cleared up, again, since you yourself made two contradicting statements regarding this matter. It's an honest mistake, we don't blame anyone, no harm done, but regarding this matter, we want a definitive statement that we can rely on.

Greetings,

Johannes

[Robert Walter]

i see .. i apologize for all the confusion! the statement that you can rely on is: 60% :)