Anon wrote:

Any thoughts on how we can give everybody a fair chance at an A?

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Anon wrote:

Assuming everybody finished every single lab and only needs certifications and certifications take about 30 min (including explaining the code and demonstrating understanding of the underlying principles that the lab was exercising), week 10 should have about 8 people that can certify (7 students and 1 Jon).  Finals is 2 1/2 hours long so about 256 additional certifications can happen in that time.

87 students in this class @ 6 certifications each (labs 1-3 are gimmies) is about 500 total certifications.

Your Maths is wrong.  Add an extra 5-10min per person per lab for code review.  You also need to divide by 2 in a few places because each person can only do 1 of: getting a lab certified(a later lab)/certifying a lab(an earlier lab) at a time.

You're welcome.

rabbott wrote:

One a person is certified s/he is eligible to certified others.

Yes, that was already accounted for in my Maths