Assessment of Students

Chapter 6 - Teaching Technology for Community
Managing IT in Government, Business & Communities
by Gerry Gingrich (ed)
Idea Group Publishing 2003

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Given the experimental nature of the course and the large time commitment of setting it up, assessment of the students' work to date has been quite informal. Grades are assigned as about 85% for work on the project and 15% on preliminary assignments (mainly the guest book). The project grade is determined in part by the instructor (30% of total) and in part by the client (10%), but mainly by the project group members themselves (45%). By means of an evaluation form that poses several questions, group members are asked to evaluate themselves and their teammates with respect to both effort and results. In reality, a well-functioning group with an ecstatically happy client can expect high grades regardless of the other factors. It has not proven necessary to distinguish students according to major, but freshmen and sophomores are graded on a somewhat easier scale than are upperclassmen. We expect more formal evaluation of learning gains and outcomes to be included in future semesters.

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