Open Lab / Robot Club Rubric

First a note about internet safety: Please don't post your private email, phone number or last name.  The Google doc for your Robot Club Engineering Notebook post will have your @metroed.net account as the person posting, so let me know if you ever get creepy emails or comments...

Overall Grading Philosophy: 

This is my assessment of the work you put into your Robot Club or Open Lab Projects this week.  All work will be graded against your participation with your team and the state of your Status Report turned in on the Google site Robot Club or Open Lab Goggle Form (nothing to turn in in IC) 

This is a team project, but YOU are responsible to make sure your team has turned in an updated status on your Robot Club Project page 

How do I grade this?  If I give you an hour to work on your project, I expect that I can see an hour worth of descriptive information in your Status report.  I want to see what you did for the time provided, and I want to clearly see that you have a plan for the next steps.  Top grades are given for teams that proactively seek out help from me.

While this is a team effort, and most of your grade will be based on your team status report, I will also be noticing your actual participation with your team: 

•  "A+" Level work - Really top level work, where you have explained new code, shown new constructions, used Photos and Images, and even Videos to show your work

• "A" or A-" Level work - Good work. I see opportunities for Improvement - Talk to me if you are concerned

• "B" Level work - Good work, but you can improve, by adding more Engineering description of work, pictures, diagrams, schematics, etc.  Pay attention to the comments I leave in your blog entries or Google Class room and make improvements next time

• "C" Level work. - This is Average.  to score higher, you need to spend more time describing the work you are doing. Pay attention to the comments I leave in your blog entries or Google Class room and make improvements next time

• "D" Level work - When I look at your status document and I can tell you may have made some edits, but clearly the description of work does not match the amount of time you were given,

• Failing work - This score is awarded when I see little or no effort on your project or when there is not a status update made.

Every Open Lab Blog Post must have the following items

• The Blog Post Title - "First Name - AM/PM - Time - Creative title describing activity"

  • Blog Post Title Example: Jim - AM - 40 min - The ErectorBot is not driving off the table any more

If You Worked On An Individual Open Lab Project

• If you did not work on your "Official" Robot Club Project, then put a more detailed blog entry about what you did. (50-100 words + Pictures and/or links or attached code)

  • Example: TBD

• Points: 100 Points

  • 10 Points - Blog Title Correctly formatted

    • 1 Points if your first name is correctly specified

    • 1 Points if you indicate AM vs PM

    • 1 Points if you indicate the amount of time 30 min, 40 min, 60 min, 60+min

    • 0-7 Points if you list a compelling, descriptive title 

  • 90 Points - This will be based on your team Robot Club Blog Post

    • What Did You Learn:  0-50 Points - 50-100 words of what you, you personally, did.  You should be descriptive in what you did, and why you did it.  You should describe what worked, and what did not. Specifically describe what you learned... what you did not know before.  This description needs to account for the amount of time 

    • What Challenges Did You Encounter:  0-20 Points - 20-100 words of what challenges you encountered.  What did you have to go learn to accomplish the task?   In the next section you can list any links to resources, but in this section you should describe how you over came the challenges you encountered.

    • Included Pictures or other supporting Material:  0-20 Points - Include pictures, Code you used or code you wrote, and links to references material.  This will include material that could be a reference for any one doing this project.  It should include any links to articles, YouTube, or resources like Instructables...

    • Extra Credit: +2 to 5 Points Extra Credit - Specifically point out resources that would be beneficial to other teams doing the same activities.  This could be similar to the links above, but specifically would be helpful to some one else. This is research that could be 'above and beyond' just getting your project done.

If You Worked On Your Teams Official Robot Club Project

• If you worked on your "Official" Robotic Club Project, then just provide a short overview of what you did (20+ words) and link to your project blog

  • Short Open Lab Blog Post Example: Finally got the Python code working with the 4 ultrasonic sensors.  It was hard because I kept getting the rear sensors mixed up with the front ones. - Erector Bot BLOG

• Points: 100 Points

  • 10 Points - Blog Title Correctly formatted

    • 1 Points if your first name is correctly specified

    • 1 Points if you indicate AM vs PM

    • 1 Points if you indicate the amount of time 30 min, 40 min, 60 min, 60+min

    • 0-7 Points if you list a compelling, descriptive title 

  • 10 Points - Description of what you did

    • 0-10 points for a compelling, descriptive paragraph of 20+ words 

  • 5 Points - Link to your Team Robot Project site

    • How do you get the blog link? When you are on the blog site, click "View Blog" in the upper left side of the page, and then get the link from the new tab/page the opened.

    • You also added a Label of your robot name to your blog post.  Labels can be added on the right side of the blog.

  • 75 Points - This will be based on your team Robot Club Blog Post

    • 0-20 Points - 2-5 bullet points of what your next 2-5 steps or activities will be.  This is key!!! You need to be thinking about this project as a whole, and break it down into small tasks you can complete in 30-60 min

    • 0-20 Points - Include pictures, Code, and links to references material.  This will include material that could be a reference for any one doing this project.  It should include any links to articles, YouTube, or resources like Instructables...

    • 0-25 Points - 20-100 words of what you, you personally, did.  Make sure you and who ever you are having enter the Team Robot Club post, puts your name down with what you did.  This description needs to account for the amount of time 

    • Extra Credit +2 to 5 Points Extra Credit - Specifically point out resources that would be beneficial to other teams doing the same activities.  This could be similar to the links above, but specifically would be helpful to some one else. This is research that could be 'above and beyond' just getting your project done.