PSYC 579 - Evaluations
Marking scheme (tentative)
1. Presentations: 10% (1 presentation)
2. Essays: 25%
(5 essays, 5% each)
3. Analyses: 20%
(1% per class; best 20 used. Done
in groups)
4. Report: 25%
5. Exam: 20%
Each presentation will be 25-30 minutes long, and
cover at least two of the assigned readings for that topic. Presentations should highlight the more important and/or
interesting issues in the material for topic, and ideally will provide some
added perspectives. They must touch on both the psychological
research and possible applications to visual display design.
The mark
will be for content. Feedback about
style will be given by the groups, but will not count towards a mark.
*Note*:
A limited number of people will be able to replace two essays with a second
presentation. This will be done on
a first-come-first-served basis, with the constraint that everyone must give at
least one presentation.
Format
o Use your own
laptop, or bring in on memory stick
o
Send in pdf file as class
notes beforehand
-
send in by 12
hours before before class
Each essay will be no more than 600 words. It will cover the same topic and
readings as the presentation, but from the "opposite" side: For a presentation on
perceptual mechanisms, the essay will discuss and justify 3 potential /
existing concrete design applications in any area covered by the readings that
week, or earlier; for a presentation on applications, the essay will discuss
and justify 3 potentially relevant perceptual mechanisms in any area covered by
the readings that week, or earlier. The essay will explain each choice in
detail, and give reasons for it.
(For more details, see essays.)
*Note*: A limited number of people will be able to replace two essays
with a second presentation. This
will be done on a first-come-first-served basis after everyone has been
assigned one presentation.
Format
o
Send
in pdf file beforehand – 12 hours before
before class
o
Typographic
format—see essays
After the
presentation, students will form groups and analyze the essay written on the
topic. The group will determine the
3 best things and 3 greatest problems about that essay, for both content and
style.
The group
itself will be marked for the quality of its analysis. (All members are expected to participate
in this, whether they are taking the course for credit or auditing.) Over the course of the term, 22 analyses
will be carried out (1 per class).
The best 20 marks will be used.
Note: Only the students in the group that day will receive the mark for
that analysis.
A report analyzing the design aspects of an existing system forms 25% of
the total mark. The purpose of this
report is to examine a visual interface and determine whether it is designed
optimally from the point of view of perceptual mechanisms, and if not, what
might help with its redesign.
This report is due at the time of the final exam, at the end of the
course. It must have the
appropriate format.
A final 90-minute exam forms 20% of the total mark. The intent of this exam is to verify
that students have a working knowledge of the material, and how to apply it.