Past and Present Exam Averages

Pick up your exam from the alphabetical folders.

Average score on Hour Exam 3: 83.8% (for those who took it).

Check "Student Gradebook" on Blackboard for your grade.

In "Student Gradebook" you will find:

• Predicted Grade = The letter grade you would earn if you get the same score on all future exams as your current exam average.



• The score for the hour exam.



• Quiz/Forum Average = Your quiz average with forum points included.



• Quiz Scores for each quiz taken so far.



• The number of forum contributions counted as of Oct. 31 at 3:30pm.

So far, most of you seem to be registering without much trouble. However there have been problems for some of you.

If you started out setting up an account directly with the einstruction website, you may find that the Blackboard website insists that your keypad is already being used by someone else. You need to go back to the einstruction website and delete your keypad from there. For help,
Contact eInstruction Technical Support
Live Chat: www.einstruction.com, Customer Support
Phone: 888.333.7532

If you are having difficulty getting the Blackboard cps registration to work properly, contact the VCU Help Desk and ask for Desktop Support specifically, Timm Miller or Toni Ellerson.

Contact eInstruction Technical Support
Live Chat: www.einstruction.com, Customer Support
Phone: 888.333.7532

• Buy at any local bookstore ($21.50).
• Register at www.einstruction.com using a credit card for $12.00 (or possibly less if VCU negotiates a better deal).
IF you do not have the use of a credit card, purchase an enrollment code from a local bookstore (for MORE than $12.00).
• Registration works best from a broad-band internet connection.
• Activate your keypad through our website. Click:
  1. The "Tools" button.
  2. "CPS Connection"
  3. "Register Class"
  • Enter your serial number in the space provided. You can find your serial number on your LCD screen when you turn on your pad.
  4. "Create Your Account"
  • If you already have a CPS username and password, enter it in the space provided.
  • If you have never used CPS before, create a CPSOnline Username and Password and fill in your contact information.
  • Click "Submit" to create your account or login.

Note1: The serial numbers for the RF clickers always start with the letter 'r'. You have to enter that letter as part of the serial number or it will not work.

If you need to change your serial number, here are some detailed instructions for doing that.

Although most of our course material is here, on a public web site, I use a Blackboard web site for our Discussion Forum, for online testing, and for posting grades. The latest version of Blackboard will probably require you to change the way that your computer is set up. In particular, you will need to change your security setting to allow cookies and you will need to edit any favorites or shortcuts so that they just go to the URL:

I rely on email to notify you of important changes in the course. The new VCU email system will probably require you to make a number of changes in the way that your computer is set up. It is important that you make these changes because all of your instructors will be sending important messages to your VCU email address. For help with some of the most common difficulties, go to