ENCI425 ASSIGNMENT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

It is our aim that students learn from the material given in this class. One method of enhancing
learning is to provide immediate feedback on the assignment which allows students to check
and correct their solutions prior to submitting them. This can be done to some extent using
LEARN. In addition to this, it is also important that students learn to present their calculations
in a tidy and neat manner, much like that in actual engineering practice, so that others can
follow their work. This is an essential habit in all forms of engineering, and one which we hope
to help you to build in preparation for the years ahead after you finish your undergraduate
studies. In order to fulfil these aims, the assignment will be assessed in two components:
i) LEARN online quizzes.
ii) A full set of calculations presented in a hand-written form.
LEARN quizzes
An online quiz will be activated on LEARN for the duration of each assignment. Each quiz
will contain questions related to the assignment, such as requesting key values of intermediate
steps or asking multiple choice questions. Numerical solutions are accepted within a specified
tolerance (usually between 0.5-1%). Students are able to reattempt the quiz an infinite number
of times until the time the assignment is due. Each attempt builds on the last so students would
not have to re-enter their answers for each submission. The submission with the highest score
will be kept. Students should do the quiz individually.
Handwritten Submission
The handwritten submission must contain a full record of calculations similar to that in every
engineering office and should be done individually. In order to present the calculations in a
professional manner, the submission should:
- Have fully completed cover sheet (The copy can be downloaded from
L:\CoverSheets).
- Be neat, tidy, and legible.
- Be written on engineering paper.
- Have fully completed title blocks on each page.
- Sufficient information on the problem should be written prior to solving it.
- Equal signs should line up down each page.
- Long lines (e.g. square root signs, division lines) should be drawn with a ruler.
- Figures/graphs should be drawn where appropriate, and graph axes should be labelled
(with units included unless parameter has no units).
- Comments/conclusions should be made in the right-hand column. If the engineering
paper you are using does not contain a right-hand column, dedicate the right-most 34 columns to state your conclusions.
Marking
Marking of the assignment will be performed in the following manner:
- If no hand-written submission was submitted, or if the submission was of poor quality
(students must score at least 5/10 on hand-written submissions), then the score is zero.
- If there is full written submission, then:
i) 80% of the score will be based on the LEARN online quiz, and
ii) 20% of the score will be based on the presentation and completeness of the
hand-written submissions.

Chin-Long Lee and Gregory MacRae

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