A1–Grader’s Comments

1. Many students did not summarize the individual assignments separately and submitted general summaries that lacked significant detail. Explaining the assignment sequencing was often limited to determining that the assignments eventually got more complex, but a fair number of students were able to distinguish that Assignment 4 used skills from 3, and 6 from 5. This was true for both sections, but even more so for Prof. DaSaro’s section – 95% of students did not summarize the assignments individually.

2. A lot of students commented on the video by mentioning it and linking to it – fewer in Prof. DaSaro’s section linked to the video. Most commented on the benefits of integrative design, but few questioned its applicability to this course. Most students had solid responses, but could have benefited from sharing their personal experiences with integrative design.

3. A few students did not mention which skills in particular were going to be easy or hard to acquire and a most students did one or the other – it was mostly a vague overview of skills they would learn. There was sometimes no justification of why these skills would be easy or hard to acquire.

4. The majority of students did not question the teamwork website suggestions or even the applicability of individual aspects with regard to this course. A few reviewed the suggestions, but forgot to mention how they were going to ensure teamwork success themselves.

5. Most students were able to add many web features to their website – a class calendar was the most frequently added web element, and some added videos. There were some instances of spelling and grammar mistakes being made, and in some cases it impeded effective communication. A few images were not cited/sourced. We would like to urge students to proofread their work and display professionalism in both presentation and in accounting for content that does not belong to them. Other than the uncited images, however, there were no apparent instances of plagiarism.

6. For Prof. Mitchell’s section, there were 5 late submissions to the database and 3 late submissions to BbVista. For Prof. DaSaro’s section there were no late submissions.

7. With Prof. DaSaro’s section in particular, most students forgot to add their name, assignment number/title, course information and email address. This was not the case with students in Prof. Mitchell’s section.