Assignments & Grading

OverviewAssignment 1Assignment 2
Assignment 3Assignment 4Assignment 5 •  Assignment 6 Assignment 7 Grading

Overview

There are a number of deadlines during the quarter. If at anytime you feel that you can not make these dates, please contact me before the due date so an alternative can be arranged. As well as the assigned work, I would like to make available for you a SharePoint site where you can communicate with fellow students about your DFW. Further instructions will be sent through email.

Please email ( Lorraine Bruce ) me early in the quarter to secure your first choice of an exit interview time scheduled for either December 4th or December 5th.  Distance students will conduct this interview by telephone at a scheduled time during that day.

Please use the ISchool's DFW Forms webpage as a guide for these assignments.

All submissions will be acknowledged with a confirmation via email

Assignment Name Due Date Percent of Grade
Assignment 1: Learning Objectives

October 3rd

20%
Assignment 2: Webpage or shared space setup with place holders October 17th 20%
Assignment 3: Sharepoint October 24th 10%
Assignment 4: Midterm Report/ October 31st 10%
Assignment 5: Narrative/ final artifacts uploaded to the webpage or shared space.
December 2nd 20%
 Assignment 6: Supervisor's Final Evaluation December 2nd 10%
Assignment 7: Exit Interview. December  8th -10th. 10%

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Assignment 1: Learning Objectives

Document: Learning Objectives (word doc)

Please refer to the sample learning objectives and references found on this link

Notes: Submit as an attachment by email to lbruce@u.washington.edu.

Revisions if necessary, will need to be resubmitted within 7 days.

* Please send  a courtesy copy (cc)  to your mentor. In body of the message write:

"Please find attached the agreed Learning Objectives Agreement for my directed fieldwork at ( Directed Fieldwork location). (Mentor's name and position title) and I have developed these in collaboration.

(Your name)"

Sample Learning Objectives

samples/cataloguing flowchart.pdf

samples/lesson.pdf

samples/reading list.pdf

samples/reading list2.pdf

samples/reading list4.pdf

samples/readinglist3.pdf

samples/survey flow chart.pdf

samples/themed list.pdf

Due Date: October 3rd                              Percent of Grade: 20%

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Assignment 2: Web space shell

 

Design a simple webpage to collate your artifacts. OR You may elect to use a sharepoint site for this if you would prefer. * Refer to the catalyst suite of tools to set this option up. The artifacts will relate to the  learning objectives described in your learning objective agreement.  For this deliverable place holders should be visible even if the final artifact is not uploaded.  Some students may keep a blog as part of their journal.   You may elect to use this as a showcase for potential employers and/or as support for your portfolio experience.

This  is a sample of how artifacts have been displayed in the past quarter  

Past quarter samples Summer 2008

Fall 2008 webpages

*If you wish to make the website secure for UW ids only here are the instructions

http://www.washington.edu/computing/web/publishing/uwnetid-any.html

If you elect to make secured  shared space then you will need to add each classmates UW id as well as mine so that we can share the space. I can provide a list of ids for you if you elect to choice this option.

Due Date: October 17th               Percent of Grade: 20%

Notes: Submit by email to lbruce@u.washington.edu.

Assignment 3: Share point entry

Document: Entry on the  DFW sharepoint

Instructions  please follow this link to the sharepoint. Use you full login such as ischool\your id. This is a secure site that only our Ischool students can access. The purpose is to share your experiences and samples of your work with your peers.

1. Go to Sharepoint

2. Select your environment

3. Select new

4. Add information

Let me know if your site does not appear as one of the options when you enter data

Due Date: October 24th         Percent of Grade: 10%

Notes: Submit by email to lbruce@u.washington.edu.

 

Assignment 4: Midterm Report

Document: Midterm Report ( word doc )

Instructions appear on this document

Due Date: October 31st                Percent of Grade: 10%

Notes: Submit by email to lbruce@u.washington.edu.

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Assignment 5: Narrative and artifacts uploaded

Document: Narrative (word doc) and final artifacts uploaded

Instructions for the narrative appear on the above document.

Artifacts should be added and finalized to the web space created in October

Due Date: December 2nd           Percent of Grade: 20%

Notes: Submit by email to lbruce@u.washington.edu.

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Assignment 6: Supervisor's Final Evaluation

Document: Supervisor's Final Evaluation ( word doc)

Instructions appear on this document

Due Date:  December 2nd           Percent of Grade: 20%

Notes: Submit by email to lbruce@u.washington.edu.

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Assignment 7: Exit Interview

In this Interview we will debrief of the fieldwork experience. Please bring or send any supporting evidence and artifacts related to your learning objectives. Email your preference for morning or afternoon. These will be held in my office in Mary Gates Hall 330N or by telephone for distance students.

Due Date: December 8th through December  10th                  Percent of Grade: 20%

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Grading

LIS 590 is a Credit/No Credit course. In order to receive Credit, LIS 590 students must complete all assignments.

General grading information for the University of Washington is available here. The iSchool has adopted its own criteria for grading graduate courses. The grading criteria used by the iSchool for graduate courses are available here.

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