CS 585 Spring 2015
Homework 6: “scale”
Final Presentation Prep
Overview Final presentations are scheduled for Tuesday 5 May at 1pm (the final exam period for this class) in the Hardymon Theater of the Davis Marksbury Building. The order of presentation will be determined at the beginning of the session. Details The final presentation serves to explain project goals, outcomes, and the process of how those goals and outcomes were produced. Your presentation should be done jointly with your project partners based on your preference for how you wish to divide the discussion. Include (at least) the following elements in your presentation: 1. Project overview [what is the overall problem / challenge you took on in this project?] 2. Approach [how did you approach the problem?] 3. Details [show the design architecture and discuss a few implementation details. Show and give a brief review / walk-‐through of at least one crucial section of code you wrote] 4. Results [present your results and show enough examples to cover what you did. Make sure you discuss the issue of scale – give numbers] 5. Challenges [discuss the major roadblocks and how you did / did not overcome them] 6. Future work / open questions [quick discussion of anything curious that came up during your work that might be worth pursuing, or any interesting questions you’d still like to answer] 7. Conclusions [what you learned – make some summary statements about what you discovered by implementing this project. Something surprising in the data? Something about the design / implementation? Etc.] Presentation rules / format: you will have 20 minutes for presentation time plus at most 10 minutes of Q&A at the end. Time limits will be strict. Plan to use the theater’s projector – presentations will be open to the public. Your presentation will be graded based on clarity and organization as well as quality of your project design and results. You group project results will also be assessed according to the three ABET rubrics (attached): C (Design), D (Teamwork), and F (Communication). Turning in your Work Make sure you include the presentation materials in your zip file for project submission. One designated group member should upload a single zip file via the CS portal for this class (link on the class website) by the final exam period on Tuesday May 5. Rubric C (modified)
ABET Rubric (C): student demonstrates an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet
desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical,
health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
Score
Assessment
Categories
Problem
Design
Space
Decisions
Results
Discussion
4
(Outstanding)
3
(Good)
2
(Partial)
Clear, full problem
understanding.
Good problem
understanding
Clear, full
understanding of
design context
Clear ability to weigh
design alternatives
Good design context
understanding
Final design shows
excellent engineering
process and satisfies
design goals
Final design shows
good engineering
process and satisfies
design goals
Some but not
complete
understanding
Some but not
complete
understanding
Some but not
complete ability to
weigh design
alternatives
Final design shows
some engineering
process and satisfies
some design goals
Clear and complete
project description
Good project
description
Project description
lacks clarity
Good ability to weigh
design alternatives
1
(Deficient)
Inadequate problem
understanding
Inadequate design
context understanding
Inadequate ability to
weigh design
alternatives
Final design lacks
good engineering
process and does not
meet most design
goals
Project description is
not adequate
Rubric D (modified)
ABET Rubric (D): student demonstrates an ability to function effectively on teams to accomplish a
common goal.
Score
Assessment
Categories
Contributes at
Group Meetings
Contributes
Outside Group
Meetings
Facilitates Others
Facilitates Positive
Climate
Conflict Response
4
(Outstanding)
3
(Good)
2
(Partial)
1
(Deficient)
Yes
For the most
part
Some, but not enough
No
Yes
For the most
part
Some, but not enough
No
Yes
For the most
part
For the most
part
Some, but not enough
No
Some, but not enough
No
Good
Needs improvement
Inadequate, causes
conflict
Yes
Very positive
Rubric F (modified)
ABET Rubric (F): student demonstrates an ability to communicate effectively with a range of
audiences
Score
Assessment
Categories
4
(Outstanding)
Content
Clear and strong
presentation content
Good presentation
content
Presentation content
needs improvement
Clear and strong
visuals
Clear and confident
presentation skill
Good visuals
Visuals need
improvement
Presentation skill
needs practice
Presentation content
is lacking major
components
Visuals are lacking
major components
Presentation skill is
deficient
Excellent
organization
Excellent ability to
answer questions
Good organization
Organization needs
improvement
Some questions
handled, others not
Organization is
deficient
Inability to handle
questions
Visuals
Presentation
Skills
Organization
Handling
Questions
3
(Good)
Good presentation
skill
Good handling of
questions
2
(Partial)
1
(Deficient)