I will submit mid term AT and UP grades Weds 10/24.
In addition, I will email each of you with an assessment of your performance. This will include a hypothetical letter grade based on your completion of the assignments to date. The idea is to give you an idea of where you stand at mid term. I will email these grades at the end of the week, based on work you have completed by end of day Thursday.
The assignments are included on the blog and in the curriculum. For your convenience, they are listed here with the approximate percentage contriubtion to the final grade.
- Read "Games the Extensions of Man" and blog summary and/or comments. 4%
- Read "Abstraction in the Video Game" and blog applicability to a classic game. 4%
- At least 2 blogs on game culture. Total 4%
- Blog response to Half Life 2 with screenshots. 2%
- Blog on "War and Video Games". 4%
- Blog on A Force More Powerful with screenshots. 2%
- Blog on "Cybertext". 4%
- Mid Term Presentation. 20%
Total 44% of assignments have been completed. The remaining assignments are 3D Game Studio exercises for 20%, a final project for 20%, and responses to readings and blogs about another 16%.
NOTE: if you have blogged more than the above, you will recieve extra credit. It is therefore theoretically possible to achieve greater than 100% in this class!
The mid term grades will take account of all unexcused absences and lateness as detailed in the Class Expectations and Grading.
Please do not hesitate to post a comment on this post or to email me if you have any questions.