Rubric Template



Rubric for ITCS 6162 Project

| |Beginning |Needs Improvement |Acceptable |Accomplished |Exemplary |

| |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |

|Understands the |Student’s work shows |Student’s work shows |Student’s work shows |Student’s work shows |Student recognizes |

|Problem and |incomplete understanding|slight understanding |understanding of problem|complete understanding |potential conflicts b/t|

|Requirements |of problem and/or |of problem and |and most requirements |of problem and all |requirements and seeks |

| |requirements |requirements | |requirements |clarification from |

| | | | | |client/user |

|Uses Appropriate |No use of ADTs |Use of ADTs; but are |Use of ADTs; but some |Use of ADTs; all are |Uses advanced ADTs that|

|Data Structures |(aggregate data |none are appropriate |are not most appropriate|appropriate for task |improves program |

| |types/structures) |for task |for task | |performance |

|Uses Appropriate |Student ‘hacks out’ |Student chooses/ |Student chooses/ designs|Student chooses/ designs|Student researches |

|Algorithms |program with no thought |designs algorithm(s) |algorithm(s) that is/are|efficient algorithm(s) |tradeoffs b/t different|

| |to algorithm design |that are incorrect |correct but somewhat | |algorithms & implements|

| | | |inefficient | |the results of this |

| | | | | |research |

|Designs |Implements very poor |Only implements basic |Some concepts of |Uses well-designed |‘User-friendly’ I/O |

|Appropriate User |I/O functionality |I/O functionality |‘user-friendly’ I/O used|‘user-friendly’ I/O |interface with GUI |

|Interface | | |(e.g. prompts on input &|interface appropriate |components |

| | | |labels on output) |for task and client | |

|Tests Program for |No evidence of any |Evidence of only one |Evidence of a few cases |Evidence of “typical |‘Robust design’ with |

|Correctness |testing by student |case tested |tested |cases tested, but only |extensive testing. |

| | | | |assuming valid inputs | |

|Documents Program |Absolutely no |Little or no |Some documentation, but |Complete documentation |Thorough documentation;|

| |documentation other than|documentation; few or |sparse internal comments|with numerous internal |Use of javadoc or |

| |name. |no internal comments | |comments |similar docs generator |

| | | | | |software |

ITCS 6162 project will be graded on the 1-5 scale according to the average score of the rubric. If the average score of the 6 items on

the rubric is below 3, the student has to rewrite and resubmit the project.

Rubric for ITCS 6162 Study Report

| |Poor 1 |Needs Improvement 2 |Acceptable 3 |Good 4 |Excellent 5 |

|Familiarity with Terminology |Demonstrates only minimal |Demonstrates understanding of some |Demonstrates understanding of|Demonstrates understanding of most |Demonstrates thorough understanding|

| |understanding of basic terminology|basic terminology in the area |most of the basic terminology|of the terminology in the area |of all relevant terminology in the |

| |in the area | |in the area | |area |

|Depth of Concepts |Demonstrates only minimal |Demonstrates some understanding of |Demonstrates understanding of|Demonstrates understanding of all |Demonstrates thorough understanding|

| |understanding of the core concepts|the core concepts |most of the core concepts and|core and most advanced concepts in |of core and advanced concepts in |

| | | |some advanced concepts |the area |the area |

|Up-to-date Knowledge |Knowledge shown in the study |Knowledge shown in the study report |Knowledge shown in the study |Knowledge shown in the study report|Knowledge shown in the study report|

| |report is incorrect or outdated |is correct but somewhat outdated |report is correct and |is  up-to-date and thorough |is thorough, profound, and of the |

| | | |up-to-date | |state-of-the-arts |

|Literature and References |No references or references cited |References cited are appropriate but |Sufficient number of |Near complete list of references |Thorough list of references with |

| |are somewhat inappropriate for |somewhat limited; or citations are |references for depth / |for subject of report; citations |complete citations and annotations |

| |subject |incomplete |complexity of report; |are near complete | |

| | | |citations are adequate | | |

The study report will be graded on the 1-5 scale according to the average score of the rubric. If the average score of the 4 items on the rubric is below 3, the student has to rewrite and resubmit the study report.

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