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Your score for these 500 pts in the course will be the average of your score for each topic that you present over the course of the semester.
Your score for these 500 pts in the course will be the average of your score for each topic that you present over the course of the semester. Note that a topic score includes components from the '''1st Week: Initial presentation of topic''' and from ''2nd Week: Updates to topic and responses to comments'''. Often you will have a chance to improve aspects of your presentation.


== 1st Week: Initial presentation of topic ==
'''Wiki page (300 pts)'''
* '''Wiki page (250 total pts)'''
* '''Sources (50 pts)''' - ''How appropriate are the scientific papers and other sources that were chosen for discussion?''  
** '''Sources (50 pts)''' - ''How appropriate are the scientific papers and other sources that were chosen for discussion?''  
**Sources should generally be comprehensive, recent, important, or classic papers. Research until you find the key paper. Do not be satisfied with just any paper.
***Sources should generally be comprehensive, recent, important, or classic papers. Research until you find the key paper, not just any paper.
**Often these will be in high profile journals (Science, Nature, PNAS for primary sources and Annual Reviews or Nature Reviews for review articles) or they might be highly cited papers, which you can check using Web of Science.
***Often these will be in high profile journals (Science, Nature, PNAS for primary sources and Annual Reviews or Nature Reviews for review articles) or they might be highly cited papers, which you can check using Web of Science.
* '''Content (150 pts)''' - ''Does the page summarize the important issues and points in the sources?''
** '''Content (120 pts)''' - ''Does the page summarize the important issues and points in the sources?''
* '''Formatting and Organization (30 pts)''' - ''Was appropriate Wiki markup used? Were useful figures included in the page? Is the overall organization of content in the page effective?''
** '''Formatting (30 pts)''' - ''Was Wiki markup used effectively to make the page understandable. Were useful figures included in the page?
* '''Topic updates (40 pts)''' -  ''Are there appropriate responses to comments on the Talk page? Was the topic updated in response to criticism and questions?''
** '''Synthesis and evaluation (50 pts)''' - ''How well does the page synthesize the major topics discussed in the papers and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a technique, part, or system?''
* '''Synthesis and evaluation (50 pts)''' - ''How well does the page synthesize the major topics discussed in the papers and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a technique, part, or system?''
* '''Presentation (150 pts)'''
'''Presentation (200 pts)'''
** '''Organization (100 pts)''' - ''Does the presentation concisely communicate the key points and add addition details to the content on the web pages?''
* '''Content  (80 pts)''' - ''Does the presentation communicate the key points of content on the web pages and add additional interesting details?''
** '''Responses to questions (50 pts)''' - ''How well does the speaker show that they have a mastery of the topic?''
* '''Organization  (40 pts)''' - ''Does the presentation concisely communicate the key points in a logical order? Is the presenter an effective and engaging speaker?''
'''Total 400 pts'''
* '''Responses to questions (40 pts)''' - ''How well does the speaker show that they have a mastery of the topic when responding to questions?''
 
* '''Topic updates (40 pts)''' - ''Does the presenter concisely describe their important edits and the reasons for these edits to the rest of the class?''
== 2nd Week: Follow-up edits and presentation of topic ==
'''Total 500 pts'''
* '''Response to comments and discussion on talk pages (30 pts)''' - ''Were effective answers, guided by extra research if needed, provided in response to conversations started on the talk pages of the topic?''  
* '''Written updates to pages (50 pts)''' - ''Were there updates to address weaknesses of the pages or requests for further information in response to comments?''
* '''Oral presentation (20 pts)''' - ''Does the presenter concisely describe their important edits to the rest of the class?''
'''Total 100 pts'''

Revision as of 08:31, 13 February 2012

Your score for these 500 pts in the course will be the average of your score for each topic that you present over the course of the semester. Note that a topic score includes components from the 1st Week: Initial presentation of topic' and from 2nd Week: Updates to topic and responses to comments. Often you will have a chance to improve aspects of your presentation.

Wiki page (300 pts)

  • Sources (50 pts) - How appropriate are the scientific papers and other sources that were chosen for discussion?
    • Sources should generally be comprehensive, recent, important, or classic papers. Research until you find the key paper. Do not be satisfied with just any paper.
    • Often these will be in high profile journals (Science, Nature, PNAS for primary sources and Annual Reviews or Nature Reviews for review articles) or they might be highly cited papers, which you can check using Web of Science.
  • Content (150 pts) - Does the page summarize the important issues and points in the sources?
  • Formatting and Organization (30 pts) - Was appropriate Wiki markup used? Were useful figures included in the page? Is the overall organization of content in the page effective?
  • Topic updates (40 pts) - Are there appropriate responses to comments on the Talk page? Was the topic updated in response to criticism and questions?
  • Synthesis and evaluation (50 pts) - How well does the page synthesize the major topics discussed in the papers and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a technique, part, or system?

Presentation (200 pts)

  • Content (80 pts) - Does the presentation communicate the key points of content on the web pages and add additional interesting details?
  • Organization (40 pts) - Does the presentation concisely communicate the key points in a logical order? Is the presenter an effective and engaging speaker?
  • Responses to questions (40 pts) - How well does the speaker show that they have a mastery of the topic when responding to questions?
  • Topic updates (40 pts) - Does the presenter concisely describe their important edits and the reasons for these edits to the rest of the class?

Total 500 pts

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