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How do I develop a formula for this scenario:

If a student receives 70%-100% on a quiz, they receive 2 points
If a student receives 50%-69% on a quiz, they receive 1 point
If as student receives 0-49% on a quiz, they receive 0 points.

The gradebook is set up for points, so I am making the quizzes worth 100 points to cover the percentage. I thought the faculty could go in and manually change the percentages to points, but for some reason, ANGEL won't let her do it.

Any help would be appreciated.

I have an instructor that noticed the averages for a few assignments in his Gradebook were lower than what he calculated. He had a student that dropped the course, and had received zeroes for those assignments - so he was wondering if dropped students' grades are included in average calculations, even when they are no longer part of the course roster. Anybody know?

ANGELshorts Vol. 2, Issue #8 Five Things an Instructor Should Know About Using Media in a Quiz is now available.

Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of ANGELshorts designed to assist instructors in maximizing the potential of the
ANGEL quiz tool. This series will be featured in publications over the fall and spring semesters. Additional information on the topic can be found by clicking on the Innovative Quizzing link located on the top right-hand side of the screen.

From the article:
"Many instructors use a variety of media to teach their students. This is true in both computer-based and face-to-face instruction. Using multiple forms of media allows the instructor to engage the students on both the visual and auditory planes. This enables deeper learning to occur as opposed to using words or pictures alone. However, did you know that using multimedia could also enhance the assessment process?"

Go to the ANGEL Shorts tab to read previous issues.

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Here is an email I received from a faculty:

"Very often, in fact I'd say most of the time, when I try to download or
export a file from ANGEL at home, I get a Message Box saying "Getting File
Information Default.asp from cms.psu.edu. It just sits there, I've waited 15
minutes at times before cancelling. Today, I wanted to export the responses to
a survey. I have not had this happen at Behrend. I am connected to the
Internet via Roadrunner using a cable modem. This is seriously affecting my
ability to use ANGEL. "

He had tried the following as adviced by ANGEL Support:
1) Disable any and all firewalls. This includes window's firewall and/or
any 3rd party firewall you may be using. Once disabled, please try to access
ANGEL again. - No luck.

I posted a draft of the next ANGELshort under the Innovative Quizzing tab. The topic concerns the placement and use of various media objects within an ANGEL quiz. I also posted two short videos. The first video demonstrates how to embed a movie clip into a quiz and the second video demonstrates how to preview the question.

To read the draft:
What an Instructor Should Know about Using Media in a Quiz

To watch the embedding video:
How to Embed a Video into a Quiz

To watch the previewing video:
Previewing a Question with an Embedded Video