How will you know that your project is successful? This is the only time that you not only get to select your topic but also get to determine how your project will be scored. You will create your own rubric that will be used by your supervisor to evaluate your project. Working with your supervisor, you decide what constitutes a high-quality product/outcome. Usually, students will not be able to define the criteria until they have spent some time researching the goal, and criteria should only be determined once students have a clear understanding of what they want to achieve and the proposed product/outcome of their project.
Example of Criteria for Success for the following sample project:
A student documents his or her neighborhood through a photography exhibition.
A clear artist statement explaining your vision and purpose and how they are reflection in your photographs
Aim to answer the question: What cultural identify does my community reflect?
A minimum of 10 photographs that reflect your vision and interpretation of your community’s culture and identity
Each photograph must fulfill aesthetic criteria: appropriate use of shadow and light, color, focus, and composition.
You should not define your criteria until you have spent some time researching the goal. Your criteria should only be determined once you have a clear understanding of what you want to achieve and what your product/outcome will be.
Together with the choice of topic, the goal, the Global Context with exploration, the criteria (specifications) it will lead directly to Criterion B: ‘Planning’. {You will be assessed overall in Criterion B on this criteria you develop, as shown below}
Here you create your criteria (specifications) in planning, that leads into Criterion C “Taking Action” in which you evaluate the outcome/ product against your criteria (specifications) set forth.
Look at the example design specification below. Use this as a model to create your design
specifications i.e. criteria . Include your criteria in your process journal.
Example Design Specifications
*Note: You may add additional categories as needed.
Please refer to this criteria template with samples for ideas on how to create the criteria.