So I just random clicked through a straighterline final.

[koenigtv]

It seems their representative doesn't know what they are talking about then. I'm sure if this is what you have experienced then that is what we should expect. It would mean being able to fly through courses of little interest. In Straighterline courses do you submit essays and assignments to a professor or are the courses based on multiple choice questions all the way through?

It depends on the course. Most are multiple choice, like Algebra, World Religions and Accounting but others have writing requirements like English and Business Communications.

Ive never had any feedback from SL regarding completion times and I finished Religion in about 8 hours and have taken multiple subject exams in just a few hours.

I will be the first to say that course comprehension and retention is a personal matter or goal. I needed religion to complete a humanities credit and didnt have a tangible interest in the class and was fortunate enough to have at least a reasonable knowledge, common sense and the text book to help me pass the class quickly. On the other hand I needed Accounting for my degree and for my job so I committed myself 100 percent to learning and retaining the material.

[nissy314]

Hi,
I just want to make sure on something. I am currently taking a few courses and my grades so far are between the 85-93 range. Are you saying that I can basically bomb the finals or barely pass and still pass the courses with an overall grade of 70% ?

[yb1]

I would also like to know this answer. That would be pretty awesome if that were the case

[gingerbeefE]

This is a mini rant. Due to my work schedule, it's hard to have time to schedule proctored exams and meet those deadlines. I'm frequently out of the country or out of state. I finally got fed up and decided to random click through a proctoru final. I didn't want to waste time, and I just decided to go for it. I completed a 2 hour test in about 9 minutes. I'm hoping now that straighterline won't complain (I had an 82% in the class with/without the final). I'm expecting some sort of complaint, but I don't see why I should be required to waste my time proctoring a final and making that deadline. TESC doesn't even require these exams, so hopefully straìghterline will still give credit for a test I took and finished in 9 minutes.

I did get a 50% by random clicking though which is pretty funny considering it was multiple choice (4 answers on most questions). Guess I'm feeling lucky. :coolgleam: I may get some flak from some of you on here, but I'm sure many of you can attest to the dislike of proctored exams. I know it's already made a lot of you decide to not continue using straighterline. Sadly it was the lesser of two evils considering my work schedule. Heck, as I write this I'm packing for a flight to LA tomorrow morning. No time...

Anyone else ever give this a go?

Kas

Between me and my wife, we have clicked through like 15 finals, they don't care, as long as you get above a 70%, just make sure you know the weight of your final and you will be fine.

[nissy314]

How are you able to figure out the weight of your final?

[mednat]

How are you able to figure out the weight of your final?

Read the syllabus for the class.

[Devanna]

Hi,
I just want to make sure on something. I am currently taking a few courses and my grades so far are between the 85-93 range. Are you saying that I can basically bomb the finals or barely pass and still pass the courses with an overall grade of 70% ?

It depends on the class and how many points are assigned to the final. That's something you can look up for each course on their website.

[cookderosa]

How are you able to figure out the weight of your final?

as med stated, it's in the syllabus.

You need to calculate your score going into the final to see if you can get a zero and still pass.

Here's a sample of what a class might be:

Homework: 50%
Quizzes: 25%
Final: 25%

So, your final is 25% but everything else up to that point is equal to 75%. Without being mathy, you just take your total class points (say it is 1000 possible) and your homework is 50% so it was worth a total of 500 points. Now figure out how many total points you earned - let's say you earned 450 points so far for homework. Then, for your quizzes, that's worth 25% (250 points) so add up how many points you have so far in quizzes, let's say you have 210.

You earned 500 for homework + 210 for quizzes = 710 points. Your points are 710 divided by 1000 or 71% right now going into the final. If you only need 70% to pass, you have already passed, and can score a zero on the final because you are already at 71%.

Let's say you needed 80% to pass, then you DO need to take your final. In this scenario, you need to earn at least 800 points total, and you have 710, so you must earn 90 more points. This will get mathy to calculate how many questions you'll need correct (depends on how many questions on the test) but if the final is worth 25% it's also worth 250 points, so you only need to get about a third of the questions right to reach the 80% threshold for the course.

Without a doubt, algebra people will say "why did you put that into points first you can just find the variable of blah blah?" and the answer is because I learned to do this before learning algebra, so I put everything into points and then back it out to figure out the number I need. It might be longer, but I think it's easier. Do whichever works best for you.

[laur818]

It seems their representative doesn't know what they are talking about then. I'm sure if this is what you have experienced then that is what we should expect. It would mean being able to fly through courses of little interest. In Straighterline courses do you submit essays and assignments to a professor or are the courses based on multiple choice questions all the way through?

There is homework and other things throughout the course, however they really only grade you on the quizes and finals, so the homewok assignments aren't really required... as far as the classes I've taken.

[jsd]

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