Seminar Assessment Elements:
This seminar is a "pass/fail" course.
Assessment criteria of the seminar
- Presence during mandatory sessions
- Punctual submission of information / documents
- Quality of final report -> Grades 1-5 possible
- Quality of presentation (incl. slides) -> Grades 1-5 possible
- Quality characteristics & scoring rubric:
- Use of time (target: 12 min): No time overrun [1] & no unused time [1] / content appropriately distributed over time [2] / no rushing [1] => max. total 5 points
- Slides (text and visuals): Large enough font size (1) / Slides not overfull with text [2] / visuals support content [2] => max. total 5 points
- Content: Clear goal statement [1] / good motivation of topic [1] / detailed method description [2] / related work and baseline stated [1] => max. total 5 points
- Presentation: Presenter seems to understand the content and uses the slides as support (no reading from slides) [3] / Clearly understandable voice [2] => max. total 5 points
- Translation of points to grades:
- Total points in [0, 4] => Grade = 1
- Total points in (4, 8] => Grade = 2
- Total points in (8, 12] => Grade = 3
- Total points in (12, 16] => Grade = 4
- Total points in (16, 20] => Grade = 5
- Quality characteristics & scoring rubric:
- Giving feedback to at least three other students during/after presentation sessions
- Quality characteristics: (1) Use of time; (2) Slides (text and visuals); (3) Content; (4) Presentation (details see above)
Grading Scheme for Presentation & Final Report
- Grade 1 (very poor) should be used only in exceptional cases: if the thesis clearly violates the basic principles of an academic work (for example, in the case of plagiarism). Grade 1 in any of the criteria automatically means F (fail) as a final grade.
- Grade 2 (poor) is a negative grade which should be used if the thesis does not meet the minimal requirements established to the criterion concerned. Grade 2 in two criteria automatically means F (fail) as a final grade.
- Grade 3 (barely acceptable) is the lowest positive grade which should be used in the case when the work meets the minimal requirements of the criterion, but contains some substantial shortcomings.
- Grade 4 (good) means that the thesis is a good work without major shortcomings.
- Grade 5 (very good) requires that the work is almost flawless according to the given criterion and is outstanding in some aspect.
How to definitely fail the course?
- Not being present in **all** mandatory sessions (without sufficient justification; sufficient justification is a certificate from a medical doctor saying that you cannot be at work).
- Missing at least 2 milestones by more than 24 hours - no exceptions will be granted!
- Not submitting **all** requested information items and documents (topics, supervisors, reports, slides, feedback).
- Not giving a presentation.
- Not giving feedback to at least three other students' presentations (date of the presentations to which feedback must be given will be assigned by the seminar teacher).
- Having a grade below '3' in the final report or the presentation.