Grading
Due Dates and Times
All weekly projects are "turned in" when they are posted to your web site (except for written assignments or storyboards). Written projects are due
at the beginning of class in the appropriate format. the midterm and final have due dates and times listed on the class schedule.
No credit will be given for late assignments. No passing grade will be given if all assignments are not completed and handed in.
quizzes (20 pts.)
These will cover material from the html book, the Steve Krug book, and lecture.
weekly design assignments (20 pts.)
Weekly design assignments must be posted by 6 pm Sunday night. It is obviously a good idea to turn them in much much earlier. Technical difficulties are not an excuse in this class. If you work with digital media, you have to expect them and plan accordingly.No passing grade will be given if all design
assignments are not completed and handed in. Late design assignments will be
checked off at no credit.
report (2 pts.)
Find two or three different sites that deliver more or less the same kind of information (i.e. selling skateboards, Buffy fansites, Conservative news blogs) and compare them. Show us which site you think presents the information in the most useful and aesthetically interesting way. Each student will pick a day during the semester and then have 10-15 minutes of classtime. Your index page should link to a paragraph where you tell us why you chose the sites. Include links to the sites you reported on.
mid-term project: Website with external CSS and at least 5 subpages, (18 pts. total)
Topic will be announced in class. Complete paper story board must be approved by the instructor two weeks before mid-term. Project grade has 3 components: storyboards: 3 points, website: 10 points, usability test and analysis: 5 points. Take a look at the Multimedia Grading Criteria for more details.
final project (25 pts. total)
A self-contained interactive project delivered over the web for a "real-world" client.
complete description and paper storyboard must be handed in and discussed with instructor
three weeks before final public presentation.project grade has 3 components: storyboards: 5 points, website: 15 points, usability test and analysis: 5 points. Multimedia Grading Criteria
design notebook (10 pts.)
this should contain: responses to readings, student work and class presentations, complete storyboards for all of your weekly assignments, responses to in-class usability tests, and the storyboards and usability studies for your midterm and final. a good notebook is an essential tool for communicating with a client. doing clear, neat design work on paper is an essential skill when working with a design team as well. if you are more comfortable designing projects in photoshop or illustrator, print your work and paste it in the book. Your design notebook will be checked at midterm (4 points) and at the end of class (6 points)
constructive classroom involvement (5 pts.) Participation in class critiques is essential to becoming a good designer. You will learn how to look at your own work and that of your colleagues with a critical eye. Constructive critique of others' work is good for you and your classmates. these points will be used to nudge a grade either up or down. Constructive classroom involvement includes attendance, constructive discussion, helping other students, and volunteering for demonstrations. non-constructive involvement is anything which adversely disrupts the labs and/or non-attendance. This specifically includes working on class computers during times when the instructor is lecturing or students are making presentations. Students who insist on being disrespectful in this manner will have their grades lowered. The lab involvement nudge is completely subjective; the bottom line: be respectful and do good work.
grading criterion
Weekly assignments are worth 2 points each. If the assignment is linked to your website on time and is working, you get 2 points.
If it is on time, linked and not working, you get 1 point. If it is not posted to the web on time, 0 points. Regardless of whether
or not you get points for the assignment, you must have all the assignments completed in order to pass the course.
Quizzes are worth 2 points. If you get more than half of the quiz correct, you get 2 points, less than half, one point. if you are not in class, 0 points.
There are no make-ups for quizzes without a medical excuse.
Grades for the midterm and final projects will be determined according to the Multimedia Grading Criteria and will include input from classmates collected on
the evaluation forms.
Design notebooks will be graded at the end of the semester on completeness, neatness and utility.
read this!
It is your responsibility to keep track of your grades over the course of the semester. Your grades are posted on D2L and can be checked at any time. You earn your grades by the degree to which you meet the requirements of the assignments. If you find that you are not doing as well as you would like to be doing in the class you can meet with me to discuss extra credit projects. If you feel that I have made a mistake recording a grade or failed to enter a grade that you earned correctly, I encourage you to email me so that I can correct it. I do not wish to receive emails requesting that I change your grade because you would prefer to have a higher one. I will not reply to emails of this nature.Students need to have to have a 2.0 or better in Multimedia prerequisites in order to move along in the sequence. Please watch your grade carefully and come and speak to me if you have concerns.
| grade | percentage | description |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 100 | Exceeds outstanding. Truly amazing work. |
| A | 96-100 | Outstanding achievement. Student performance demonstrates full command of the course materials and evinces a high level of originality and/or creativity that far surpasses course expectations. |
| A- | 91-95 | Excellent achievement. Student performance demonstrates thorough knowledge of the course materials and exceeds course expectations by completing all requirements in a superior manner |
| B+ | 88-90 | Very good work, above-average, Student performance demonstrates comprehension of the course materials and exceeds course expectations. |
| B | 84-87 | Good work. Student performance meets designated course expectations, demonstrates good understanding of material. |
| B- | 81-83 | Better than average. Student performance demonstrates better than average understanding of material. |
| C+ | 78-80 | Slightly better than average work. |
| C | 74-77 | Average work. |
| C- | 71-73 | Slightly below average work. |
| D+ | 68-70 | Below average work. |
| D | 64-67 | Below average work. |
| D- | 60-63 | Below average work. |
| F | Less than 60 | Failing. |
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