Assignments and Grading for Benevolent Computing

Overview:

Team Selection & Role Assignment (5%)
Project Selection
Project Web Site (5%)

Team Research data
Demographics (5%)
Technology Assessment (5%)

Team Requirements document
Vision statement (5%)

Team Design
UI Mockup (5%)
Database Diagram (5%)

Team Midterm Presentation - Design Brief (5%)
Case Study: CodeRead Design Brief

Team Prototype
User interface, graphics, and digital media assets (5%)
Source code (10%)
Network layer (5%)
Implementation and field testing plan (5%)
Software Design Document (5%)
Executable (5%)
Screencast (5%)

Team Final Presentation - Prototype (5%)
Showcase of Student Work

Individual Homework Assignments (10%)
Instructions for HW1 - HW5

Individual Development Journal (5%)

All assignments are announced on Brightspace (generally a week prior to the due date) and emailed to students.


Scale:

93 - 100+ A
90 - 92 A-
87 - 89 B+
83 - 86 B
80 - 82 B-
77 - 79 C+
73 - 76 C
70 - 72 C-
65 - 69 D+
60 - 64 D
Below 60 F

All due dates are at 11:59 pm on the date given. Submissions later than 24 hours past the due date will have 0.5 points deducted, and 48 hours or later will have 1 point per day deducted. Submissions later than 5 days will get no credit. Plagiarized work will recieve no credit, and may be reported to the academic judiciary.

A grade of "I" (incomplete) for the semester is rarely given.

No assignments will be accepted after midnight on the last day of classes for the semester.