It is important to remember that every school staff member has a different grading methodology that works for them and their particular subject. Here is how I go about grading lessons and homework for your reference:

Generally speaking, I try to keep my points divided 15 points for a lesson and 15 points for a homework (so there is an "equal" opportunity for those that don't have time to RP a full lesson).

It doesn't always work out that way if a lesson needs to be more involved, so there may be times where a lesson will be worth 20 points and the homework 10 points.

⌦ Lessons
With my lessons, the activity always counts for a majority of the participation. Anywhere from 5 - 10 points will be awarded depending on how many questions I have planned to be asked before the activity starts - although most of the time activities with be worth 10 points. Each question asked in class is worth 1 or 2 pt of the overall participation (depending on the level of difficulty of the question) and if you post a response to it, you get credit - whether or not the character actually answered IC. However, I may not give full credit depending on the content of the post - the more thoughtfulness and IC voice posts reflect, the better the chance for full points. As long as the question was addressed in the post (either with character's thoughts or spoken words), full credit will be given. I have been asked by some members before about why they didn't get full credit for lessons, and the most common recurring reason is because of direct copy-pasting from wiki or another internet site. In those cases the post may be awarded a 0 or a 1 depending, again, on the overall content. Just make sure you put effort into your posts and don't copy directly from another internet source and you will be set for full points. And, like it says in the OOC classroom rules above, correct answers and incorrect answers BOTH receive full participation points.

The same goes for activities. Each required post in an activity is worth approximately 2 points. As long as you stay on task (even if IC the student is struggling and whatnot) and are contributing and reacting to the classroom environment, then full credit is given.

In summary: participation points are based on whether or not a member has included an IC response to each question asked and then completing the in class activity in its entirety. Thoughtfulness, effort, and IC voice are taken into consideration as well. If you show up and put in the effort play, you will be rewarded for sharing your time.

⌦ Homework
Besides the requested information listed in the OOC rules above, homework is generally graded in the same manner as lessons are.

The largest difference is that while I tend to grade lessons with an OOC perspective (like I am an outsider looking down on the lesson), homework first goes through an IC filter where Professor Flamsteed with grade for "correctness." After he "grades" a person's homework, I go over it with my OOC perspective and grade as well. This is why some people may receive 8/15 + 7 EC on assignments. A reason for this will be given to the member when points go in, but will generally have an IC explanation from Professor Flamsteed and then an OOC one from me [ in brackets like this ]. These "extra credit" points are awarded for creativity (despite incorrect answers), thoughtfulness, and to make sure that members are not "punished" for keeping homework IC.

▸ if you ever have ANY questions on how your assignment was graded, please do not hesitate to PM me, sweetpinkpixie.