Grades will be based on the team set. You should have an account somewhere so that I may email assignments and messages to you. The most efficient way of communicating with the instructor is via the electronic mail system. I shall also be making all assignments and changes to the assignments via the mail system. All corrections to quizzes and exams must be made within one week of the day that the exam or quiz is returned.
Exams are usually open book.
If there are several students running well ahead of the others, the exams may be difficult enough that the average is around 60. This will not have an adverse effect on the grades for the remainder of the class, however, since all exam grades will be normalized to a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 10. Grades are then based on the normalized scores. The exams will typically contain one question that will represent a new application of the material you have studied - in other words, not all problems will be repeats of ones done in homework or in the class. Being able to apply old principles to new areas is definitely an important skill to acquire.