Assignments

There will be two individual written assignments, due in the 4^th and 7^th week of the course.  You will also be part of a 3-4 person group responsible for facilitating two discussions during the quarter and a major project culminating in a 30 minute presentation on one of the last two days of class.  Based on the work you did for that presentation, you will turn in a final individual paper due the Friday following the last class.  Points will be awarded for these assignments as shown below; 50% of your grade will be based on individual performance, 50% on your group's performance.

Grading

LIS 580 is a graded class, and your final score will be based upon your performance in the assignments described above, using the iSchool graduate grading criteria available at http://www.ischool.washington.edu/resources/academic/grading.aspx.  You may also want to refer to the UW general grading guidelines at http://www.washington.edu/students/gencat/front/Grading_Sys.html. 

Each of the assignments will be graded based upon your success in meeting the graduate grading criteria as evaluated by the following indicators:

• Addresses the questions raised in the assignment
• Shows clear integration of big ideas from the class discussions and readings
• Demonstrates the ability to critically analyze a problem
• Is clearly written and logically organized (for written work) or clearly articulated with supporting evidence (for in-class discussions)
• Follows assignment criteria for content and length
• Shows good use of references to class discussion and readings
• Shows good use of references to supporting literature (for written work)
• Provides evidence that student knows how to use the UW Library resources for research (not just Google) through correctly formatted citations to literature supporting the paper's main arguments (for written work)