Hi class,

I have entered the grades for the quiz.

Some students took the quiz multiple times, even 4 or 5 times, even tough there were no instructions to do that. I’m not sure why they did that, perhaps to try to improve their grade with repeated tries. What’s the point of having a quiz, if such practices would contribute to a higher grade?

Obviously, you were expected to take the quiz once – so I only counted your very first completed quiz for your quiz grade.

Also, in my instructions I urged the class not to rush taking the quiz, some students completed the quiz within 1 hour of its posting… why rush so much?

The quiz grades are not a significant part of the final course grade, this was just a practice for the upcoming First Exam.

The First Exam is a significant part of the final course grade, and I urge you to take the full week to write it. The exam will be in short-essay format and will be posted this coming Sunday.