Abstract
The ICT industry requires professionals with heterogeneous skills such as technical expertise, business management capabilities, innovative thinking and artistic creativity to work together in order to solve complex problems. To meet this industry demand, Western Sydney University (WSU) in Australia has a final-year capstone program aimed at training students with a range of skills to work together, in a software development project, that would enhance their employability. One of the challenges in this program is awarding a fair grade, that accurately reflects each individual student's potential. As a solution, WSU has developed a System for Individual Grading in Capstone Projects (SIG-CP). SIG-CP calculates individual marks in a group setting, utilizing: peer, supervisor/mentor, client/sponsor and an academic-panel feedback factors. The approach assesses both the product and process aspect of the capstone work, as well as the quality and quantity of contribution of individual students. Further, the paper presents an analysis on how the average mark varies depending on how and which feedback factors are used in the grading process.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2018 Capstone Design Conference, June 4-6, 2018, Rochester, New York, USA |
| Publisher | Capstone Design Community |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Event | Capstone Design Conference - Duration: 9 Jul 2020 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Capstone Design Conference |
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| Period | 9/07/20 → … |
Keywords
- Western Sydney University
- information technology
- study and teaching (higher)
- grading and marking (students)