CPS613	F2024 Assessments and Grading Scheme

Type	Title	Handed out (on D2L)	Due	Weight	Team size	Late Penalty	Topics Learned
Lab 1	Introduction to VS IDE	September 3	September 13	5%	1	Progressive	Intro to VS: forms, controls, event-driven programming.
Assignment	TBA	September 10	October 11	10%	1	Progressive	VB built-in and user-defined controls, OOP.
Modules	VB Features	October 8	October 28	10%	1	Progressive	Misc. VB techniques for prototyping direct man. U.I.s.
Lab 2	Project Requirements	September 17	September 30	10%	3 or 4	-100%	Integration of usability issues in software lifecycle.
Lab 3	Project Design	October 1	October 18	10%		Progressive
Lab 4	Formative Evaluation	October 22 (1)	October 28	5%		-100%
Lab 5	Usability Testing Plan	October 1	November 4	5%		-100%
Lab 6	Usability Testing	November 11 to 22 (1)	November 25	10%		-100%
Project	Project Prototype	October 1	Initial - Nov 8 at 10am For testing - See D2L Final - Nov 25	10%		-100%
Upgraded Project	Project Prototype	Optional prototype resubmission starts on Nov 26	TBA (as late as feasible for grading)	10%(2)		-100%
Final Exam	Heuristic Evaluation	Final Exam in person during exam period. Question bank already posted		15%	1	-100%	Cognitive science and usability guidelines

(1) Please note that labs 4 and 6 will be done in teams with classmates as subjects during the lab period, and due a few days later.
It will not be possible to reschedule these lab activities, and therefore you will need to attend these lab sessions in order to get lab marks! Attendance will be taken to enforce this requirement.

(2) The grade recorded for the Upgraded Project (worth 10% of the total course grade) will be the maximum of the grade for that resubmission and the grade on Project. In other words, if the Upgraded Project is not resubmitted, or the grade on that resubmission is less than the grade on the Project submitted by November 27, then the Project will simply be worth 20% of the total course grade.

Late Penalties

• 1 school day late: -5/100 marks
• 2 school days late: -10/100 marks
• 3 school days late: -25/100 marks
• 4 school days late: -100/100 mark

• Lab 1 can be also demonstrated to the instructor or TA during the lab periods of weeks 1 and 2 for immediate grading.
• Lab 4 consists of a paper prototype and formative assessment conducted during the lab. The paper prototype and a quick report of the session are submitted on paper during the labs themselves or the next lecture.

All assessments other than the modules will only allow a single file to be submitted. You can submit the same file as often as you want. However, only the latest copy will be graded. This will affect late penalties.

To submit a Visual Studio program, zip the entire VB folder into one zip file and submit that zip file in D2L. For the project prototypes, give your file the same name as your team. For example team B3 would submit their project prototype as B3.zip.