Question, Quote, Comment, and Reply (QQCR) Assignment

This assignment is only for CS 195 students. For the CS H195 version of this assignment, see the H195 QQCR page.

Assignment Description

QQCR, or Question, Quote, Comment, and Reply, is a short weekly assignment on the readings to help you reflect on the readings and contribute to an ongoing class discussion. We expect there to be a range of opinions in this classroom.

To complete a QQCR, post a question, quote, comment, or reply on the associated Ed megapost for a reading.

  • Question: Make a new thread under the megapost with a question about the reading and any needed context for others to follow up. You should include the text [Question] at the beginning of your post.
  • Quote: Make a new thread under the megapost that highlights a quote, and your comment/reaction to that quote. You should include the text [Quote] at the beginning of your post.
  • Comment: Make a new thread under the megapost with a comment about the reading. You should include the text [Comment] at the beginning of your post.-
  • Reply: Make a response on someone else’s thread for a reading.

Multiple QQCRs compose a QQCR set. One QQCR set is assigned per lecture.

Grading

  • To receive satisfactory credit for a QQCR set for a given lecture, you must make three QQCRs total on any of the required readings, where one of your QQCRs needs to be a reply.
    • In other words, you must make one Reply on someone else’s thread on one of the associated Ed megaposts in the reading set. In addition, you must also make two of Questions, Quotes, Comments, and/or Replies on the associated Ed megaposts in the reading set. Note that these five QQCRs do not need to be on the same reading.
    • For example, a QQCR set could consist of a mix of one Question on one reading, and two Replies on a different reading. Or, a QQCR set could consist of three Replies on the same reading.
    • You are responsible for completing all readings in the set, regardless of whether you make a QQCR on a given reading.
  • You are expected to complete your QQCR sets prior to the corresponding lecture time. This ensuers a rich discussion during class. If readings are assigned for Week 3, you should finish the three QQCRs for that set of readings prior to the start of lecture that week.
  • You only get credit for posting on the megathreads for required readings. Separate Ed posts nor posts about optional readings will not receive credit.
  • One-word posts will not receive credit. Most other posts longer than 50 characters will.
  • You are permitted up to 3 QQCR set drops this semester. That means that if you satisfactorily submit at least 10 of 13 sets of QQCRs, you will pass this course component. Lecture 1 does not have a QQCR set.

Example

Suppose you are trying to complete QQCRs for a given week, and for this week the readings are:

  1. [Required] Reading 1
  2. [Required] Reading 2
  3. [Optional] Reading 3 Reminder that required and recommended readings operate the same when it comes to completing QQCRs.

Any of the below would receive credit for the QQCR set for the week. Note at least one QQCR must always be a reply to someone else’s thread.

  • One comment on the Reading 1 megathread, one quote on the Reading 2 megathread, and one reply to a classmate on the Reading 1 megathread.
  • Two quotes on the Reading 2 megathread and one reply to a classmate on the Reading 2 megathread.
  • One reply on the Reading 1 megathread, one quote on the Reading 2 megathread, and one reply to a classmate on either required megathread.
  • One question, one comment, and one reply to a classmate, all on the Reading 2 megathread.
  • Three replies to classmates on the Reading 1 megathread.

Effectively, a QQCR set means three QQCR posts on any selection of required threads (with replacement), where at least one is a reply.

Late Policy and Regrades

Please see the Accommodations and Late Policy section of our Syllabus for more details.

We have a bot that should catch most formatting errors you could make. If you get a 0 on a QQCR and you expect to have gotten a grade on it, feel free to submit a regrade.

Academic Integrity

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