Becstarr : Peer assessments

Busy time at work as marking gets underway for essays and group assignment and people start asking me about how in the LMS to mark, release said marks, offer peer assessment of group members' contribution to projects, give feedback on the unit or on the unit's site, etc.

The peer assessment stuff is big at the moment, which pleases me, because I remember how incredibly frustrating it was to do group work and have no avenue for comeback to freeriders in the group who didn't turn up to a single group meeting or write a line of code (this was in Comp Sci) and still got the same mark as the rest of us. Utterly unfair!

Typically the peer assessment mark is counted for about 5% of the total unit mark. Personally I think it's fairer when it's used to modify the percentage of the group work mark you get.

Shoshe: 4/m 3bar 2/m or 622?

Sunday: made excellent salsa with my department.
Monday: dropped Quantum Mechanics and Geochemistry classes -- yay! Noticed that the trees are starting to turn colours
Tuesday: went looking for bookcases
Wednesday: trying to figure out Hermann-Mauguin point group system so I can do my Mineralogy problem set (due tomorrow). Makes no sense at all :( Also, got free pizza for dinner. Pizza here has a whole lot of cheese. And often comes with dipping sauce.

Becstarr : Backup fever

Fighting a battle for getting a proper backup situation for our service. Not sure if I am winning or losing. Meanwhile a large number of assessable items are in limbo.