W4261 Introduction to Cryptography: Quizzes
We will have frequent short quizzes that you can take online on
Gradescope.
The goal of the quiz is to help us get an idea of how the class is
doing and where you are having difficulty, and also to motivate you
to prepare before each lecture, and to give you an early signal if you
are falling behind. Therefore, the quiz grading is designed to
emphasize taking the quiz and making an honest effort, rather than
answering everything correctly.
Quiz grading and administration:
- For each quiz that you submit, your score will
automatically be increased by 25% of the total point value, up to
a 100% ceiling. For example, on a quiz with a maximum of 10
points, a score of 2 will be converted to 4.5, a score of 6.5 will
be converted to 9, and a score of 7.5 or above will be converted
to 10. A quiz that is not submitted gets a score of 0.
- At the end of the semester, the worst quiz score will be omitted, and the rest will be
averaged to get the overall quiz score (which is 15% of the final
grade).
- You must take the quiz alone, without discussion with
anyone else (although you are welcome to go over lecture
material with other students prior to taking the quiz, and to
discuss with others after you all already submitted the quiz
and won't be resubmitting again).
- The quiz is meant to be easier than homework problems, and
meant to be completed quickly - within at most 15 minutes if
you've gone over and understood the class material to date. If
you find yourself working much longer, contact us and come to
office hours (sooner rather than later).
- After the due date, you can see correct solutions and
explanations on the quiz in gradescope.
- Typically (though this may vary), a quiz will be given
roughly once a week, and you will have about 24 hours to
complete it, with the quiz due by 9am Tue or Thur (before class).
I will make sure not to give a quiz that is due during the
upcoming major Jewish holidays. Let me know if there's another type of
religious holiday that I'm missing and would prevent you from
completing a quiz. If you have another valid reason
that you absolutely cannot find any time within the 24 hours
prior to a specific class, let me know and I will consider the
situation.
Quiz schedule (complete on Gradescope):
- Pre-Lecture 3 quiz: due Sep 10 at 11am, does not count for credit.
- PRGs (pre-lecture 5 quiz): due Sep 17 at 9am
- pre-lecture 8 quiz: due Sep 26th at 9am
- pre-lecture 11 quiz: due Oct 8th at 9am
- pre-lecture 14 quiz: due Oct 17th at 9am
- pre-lecture 17 quiz: due Oct 29th at 9am
- pre-lecture 20 quiz: due Nov 12th at 9am
- pre-lecture 24 quiz: due Nov 26th at 9am
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