There has been a lot of discussion and changes around the grading system used at RRHS. Since IED is a project-based course, I will continue using a 1-4 grading system and grading rubrics for projects and parts of projects. This fits much better for the types of assignments that we do than the more traditional system. The "product" that students produce lends itself better to grading on rubrics than a standard %correct. Our curriculum (Project Lead the Way) provides rubrics for many of the assignments students are given. Please let me know if you have any questions about this or any concerns on your grades.
This week, we will continue working on advanced sketching and modeling skills in Inventor. We will use Inventor for projects throughout the remainder of the year, so it is important to understand how the software works and the many options that you have for accomplishing any particular task.
Speaking of Inventor, the license purchased for us to use at school allows students to download and use an educational version at home. You have access to this at home to keep up or catch up on work from school, which helps to mitigate the limited access to the software at school. Click this link to download Inventor. You will need to enter some registration information, including an email address. Please fill it out correctly, as Autodesk will send information to you that is necessary to complete installation. Also, make sure to choose Inventor Professional 2011. Any other version will leave you unable to share files between school and home. Finally, expect this to take from 3 to 10 hours, depending on your computer and internet connection speed. This isn't necessary as students have access to the computers in my room during tutorial hours. Many like to have access to the software at home as well.
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