CS 3724 - Human Computer Interaction - Summer 2005 -- Pardha S. Pyla
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Project 7: Team Member Evaluations
Due as per class calendar.
Overview
Your semester project was supposed to be a team member project, where each member contributes and work is shared so that everyone does part of the labor and everyone learns equally. Each member of the team is expected to contribute equally to each part of the project. In most cases, this is what happens without incident. Sometimes, despite our best efforts, some team members end up not pulling their fair share of the weight.
To ensure that each team member is given a project grade reflecting individual contributions, this final project assignment is a Team Member Evaluation. Each team must INDIVIDUALLY turn in a paper copy of the Team Member Evaluation Form (print from Web) as a required deliverable to report the relative effort/contribution of each person, including yourself, on your project team over the whole project.
The ratings on these forms will be used as weightings, as explained at the beginning of the semester, to convert team project grades into individual student project grades. The team is given a grade for each part of the project. Each individual team member's grade for the project is a weighting of the team grade, where the weighting is based on an evaluation of individual contributions, collected from each team member at the end of the semester (and moderated as necessary by the instructor).
What To Do
Fill out and turn in a team member evaluation form, rating all your team members including yourself.
How To Do It
This form is not optional. Each team must turn in a paper copy of this form (print from Web, under Projects) to report the relative effort/contribution of each person on your project team over the whole project. Be professional and give a careful rating.
Print the Team Member Evaluation Form from the course Website, under "Projects". Fill out the form per the instructions below. Submit in class on the due date given in the course calendar.
Rating of Contribution/Effort
Please give your rating as a kind of weighting factor, based on a nominal rating of 100%. I.e., a 100% rating means that a team member gave 100% of what was reasonably expected from that team member. So, if your team members all contributed essentially the same amount, then each member is assigned 100. However, if you believe someone did more than their share or someone did not carry their fair share of the load, you are professionally obligated to indicate that here. This is your way, and ours, to make sure a fair evaluation is made for effort rendered. Thus, if a team member gave only 80% of the effort/contribution of what was expected, you would assign that team member 80 as a rating. The numbers do not have to add up to an average of 100% for each team member. In rare cases you may rate a team member more than 100%. For any member you do not rate at least 90%, you must explain your rating in the comments.
Confidentiality
Your ratings and comments will remain anonymous outside of being read by the instructor, and possibly in some cases by the GTA. However, the general thrust of the overall set of evaluations for a team might have to be discussed with a team member. Use the comments area of the form to convey anything we should know regarding team work and group dynamics. For example, did one of your partners dominate the decision making and directing of the project to the extent that it diminished the learning experience for you?
Deliverables
Each individual team member is to hand in an individual team member evaluation form, as a single sheet of paper separate from the project report notebook.
Grading
No credit toward the project grade will be given for this simple assignment, but late submission (or no submission) of this assignment will result in points deducted from your overall individual project score.