INSTRUCTIONS for BMZ 116 BOTANY ON-LINE QUIZZES:
1. Login to "BMZ116B = BOT116B or MBI116B or ZOO116B"
Niihka site using your MU User ID and password.
2. Under "Tests & Quizzes"
choose
the appropriate On-Line Quiz you want to work on.
3. Complete the quiz.
- You are encouraged to use
your textbook and lecture notes as you take the quizzes.
- You will find that you
can complete the quizzes faster, if you read the textbook chapter before taking the quiz!
- You will find that you
can complete the quizzes faster, if you have
attended the lecture on
the subjects covered before taking the quiz!
- You might find completing
the supplemental study guides covering each topic useful before taking the quiz!
4. WHEN
FINISHED, DON'T FORGET TO CLICK SUBMIT!
- Your performance will be automatically entered into the BMZ
Niihka gradebook when you submit your quiz.
- You must click SUBMIT to
receive a grade, else Niihka will
enter a "lock icon" = "In Progress" = NO points, for that quiz
attempt in your
gradebook.
- I will replace all "In
Progress" quizzes in your gradebook with a 0 grade, only after the Due Date has
expired. Please do not request that it be done before then,
because the answer will be "no".
- If you decide to retake a quiz, Niihka resets your grade for
that quiz to zero, as soon as you open the quiz, so it is important to
complete and click Submit
after you finish the quiz to have your new
grade entered into your
gradebook!
5. That's all there is to it!
- You can take any given quiz as many times as you wish up until
the Due
Date of that particular quiz. This way you can work toward
improving
your quiz grade (and learn as you improve) if you so desire.
- These
quizzes are set up to present you with 20 random questions from a pool
of ca. 200 for each topic. You may take a
quiz as many times as you wish up until the due date.
There are about 5 x 10^20 possible combinations of questions for each
topic!
- Each time you take a quiz the order of the possible
choices for each question is
randomized.
- Niihka will record
your BEST quiz score in the grade book if you
take the quiz more than once. HOWEVER, If your gradebook
records more than two (2) grades of "In Progress = 0" for any
given quiz, I will calculate your quiz grade as the MEAN score for all
quiz attempts for that quiz.. This policy is designed to
discourage people from abusing the On-Line Quiz process, so make sure
you complete each quiz attempt that you start. So, say for
example, you scored 2 and 20 points on two attempts, Niihka
would normally record 20 points for that quiz. But if you scored
2 and 20 points, and left 3 quizzes "In Progress = 0", then your
Blackboard score for that quiz would be 22/5 = 4.4 !
- I will replace all "In Progress" quizzes in your gradebook with a
0 grade, only after
the Due Date has expired. Please do not request that it be done
before then, because the answer will be "no".
- Again,
you
should note that your highest
submitted
quiz grade is what will be recorded in the final gradebook for that
quiz, unless you have 3 or more "In Progress" = 0 points, then your
grade will be the mean
of all quizzes opened for that quiz, including all "In Progress"
quizzes.
- THINGS NOT TO
DO WHEN TAKING THE QUIZ:
- Do NOT use
the browser "back" button while taking the quiz! - This will cause
Niihka to lock your quiz, preventing you
from finishing it, or
starting a new one and recording an "In Progress" = 0 points, in your
gradebook for that quiz.
- Do NOT
use the AOL browser - Niihka has "issues"
with many versions of
that browser. If your quiz becomes locked because you used an AOL
browser, an "In Progress" = 0 points, in
your gradebook will result.
The Table
below contains the Botany On-Line Quizzes that are due
by 11:55 PM (Five Minute
Before 12 Midnight) on the
Indicated Due Date. What
this
means is that the On-Line Quiz is scheduled to disappear
from
Niihka at Five Minute
Before
Midnight on the due date - just
like Cinderella!
That
means that if you don't complete the quiz by that time and date, you
simply
will not be able to turn it in, because it will cease to be
available.
I WILL NOT
EXTEND THE DUE DATES FOR
ANY REASON IF YOU MISS THESE
DEADLINES!
On-Line Quizzes not taken by the
due date
will be recorded as 0 points - so plan ahead to get your on-line
quizzes done on time!
It is
a good idea to check your Niihka
Grade Book to make sure that
your Quiz grades have been properly recorded before the Due Date!
EMAIL ME BEFORE THE
DUE DATE,
IF A QUIZ HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY RECORDED! Please note that the
Niihka gradebook is not
immediately upgraded after you submit a
quiz, so give the computer some time to update your gradebook, before
emailing me.
I will replace all
"In Progress" quizzes in your gradebook with 0 points for each "In
Progress", only after the Due Date
has expired. Please do not request that it be done before then,
because the answer will be "no".
BMZ 116 BOTANY ON-LINE QUIZZES
O-L
Q#
|
Botany On-Line
Quizzes
|
Due Date for This
Quiz |
Points for this
Quiz
|
1
|
Chapter 6 Enzymes, Thermodynamics
Chapter 7 Respiration |
11:55 PM Sunday February 5
|
20
|
2
|
Chapter 8 Photosynthesis
|
11:55 PM Sunday February 12
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
Chapter
35,
39.4 Plant Bodies, Plant organ/tissue functions
|
11:55 PM Sunday March 18
|
10*Combined with #5 for one Quiz Grade* |
4
|
Chapter
36
Plant Hormones and Responses to Environment
Chapter 37 Nutrition
|
11:55 PM Sunday
March 25
|
20
|
5
|
Chapter
38 Transport
Chapter
39 Reproduction |
11:55 PM Wednesday April 4
|
10*Combined with #3 for one Quiz Grade* Material will be on the
Final Exam |