Grading Rubrics

Exam questions

Each student is required to submit their exam as a .pdf via Canvas. Each question is graded according to the following rubric

Insightful and correct 50	Thorough and correct 45	Basic and correct 40	Thorough but incorrect 35	Basic and incorrect 15
Insightful and well-crafted answer that is (1) correct and (2) extends beyond the obvious and offers strong support from course material.	Thorough response that is (1) correct (or mostly correct) and (2) offers strong support from the course material	Response is correct (or mostly correct) but offers only limited elaboration and support from the course material.	Thorough response that offers strong support from the course material but is somewhat incorrect.	Response is incorrect and offers only limited elaboration and support from the course material.

Notes:

By course material, we mean lectures, discussions, papers we’ve read, in-class labs, etc.
Questions left blank or with no response are given a score of 0.

Each team will submit a link to their published blog post via Canvas. Blog posts are graded according to the following rubric:

Exceeds expectations 25	Meets expectations 23	Missing a little 20	Missing a lot 15	No submission 0
you’ve included an answer to all questions and the required things plus you’ve done so in a way that is above and beyond! Reserved for outstanding work.	you’ve included an answer to all questions and all the required things	you’ve included an answer to most questions and most required things, but you are missing a few	you’ve included some questions and some things, but you are missing a lot of required elements.	You did not submit a blog post