Project Grading Policy

This policy applies to the projects themselves. Reports are graded separately using the scheme from the last handout. Reports and projects carry approximately the same weight.

Projects will be graded for the following aspects:

1. How much of the functionality for the 3 sample tasks has been implemented? 40%

2. Usability: Is the project easy to use? 40%

This is not a full heuristic evaluation, but a judgement of overall qualities such as:

(i) Ease of navigation

(ii) Consistency

(iii) "Buginess" - either user or system generated

3. Documentation and/or transparency: Either your system should be well-documented or it should be very intuitive - i.e. you score here for good metaphors/conceptual models and/or for an effective and multi-layered help system. 20%