HCI 594
Spring 2014
Craig Miller
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Grade Determination
| Online Participation | 50% (100 points maximum) |
Reading summaries and discussion | 35 points max (5 points per paper) |
| Project activity participation | (5 points per project) |
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| Peer reviews | 25 points max (5 points per project) |
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| Capstone Project | 50% (100 points) |
Proposal | 10% (20 points) |
| Project milestone 1 (Instructor Reviewed) |
5% (10 points) | ||
| Project milestone 2 (Student and Instructor Reviewed) |
10% (20 points) | ||
| Final project (includes presentation and reflective summary) | 25% (50 points) |
Students receiving more than 90% of possible points are guaranteed at least an A-, more than 80% at least a B-, more than 70% at least a C-, and more than 60% at least a D.
All submitted work (e.g. project reports, peer reviews, online discussions) must be original work unless its source is clearly referenced. Failure to clearly attribute quotes or designs from other people's work constitutes plagiarism. Violations will generally receive no credit for a given submission.
Participation categories
Paper discussions. Eight papers will be assigned for reading and discussion. Each paper corresponds to a weekly topic in the schedule. After reading a paper, students post a one paragraph summary of the paper, which should be submitted before reading any other summary (3 points). Two additional points may be earned by contributing to the discussion (1 point per question or discussion point).
Project activities. Students will develop a class activity based on their projects. Examples include pilot testing, card sorting, competitive designs and design critiques. The remaining students participate in the activity and post a short summary of their experience. Each student should participate in at least 8 activities, for a maximum of 40 points (5 points per activity).
Peer reviews. Students review five project milestones and provide feedback (5 points per review). Outline and review questions will be provided in advance.
Participation must be generally posted a week after the reading or activity is assigned. All posted contributions must be well written (i.e. correct spelling and grammar) with substantive content. In cases where marginal contributions are submitted, students will receive feedback and have the opportunity to improve the contribution for full credit. However, frequent weak contributions will not receive participation credit.
Course project
The course project may be done individually or with a team. However, the individual reflective statements must be completed individually. Late projects will be accepted at a penalty of 1 point per day late for three days after the due date. Projects submitted more than 3 days late will not be accepted.