Week 3 [Mon, Aug 24th] - Summary

HEADS UP: 5 extra marks for community engagement!

Aim: A student who does well in should receive one letter grade higher than another student who does not do as well in this area, all other things being equal.
Rationale: Such activities are mutually beneficial and enhance both your learning and your classmates' learning.

How does it work? At least 5 bonus marks are allocated for such activities. These marks are embedded inside various grade components (i.e., iP, tP, participation).

Examples of eligible activities (non-exhaustive):

• Engaging in forum discussions.
• Helping others test their iP/tP, as requested via the forum.
• Giving peer feedback through pull request reviews to team members (in the tP) and other students (in the iP).
• Participating in peer evaluations in iP and tP.
• Helping to find bugs in another team's product (in the tP practical exam dry run).

What qualifies for bonus marks: While most of the eligible activities already have participation points attached to them, the bonus marks are earned by going the extra mile to help peers. Some examples:

• Providing more useful and thoughtful input.
• Doing notably more than the minimum requirement.

What doesn't qualify? Obvious attempts to grab bonus marks by gaming the system will not be rewarded. Some examples:

• Only a short burst of activity (instead of consistent activity over the semester).
• Spammy/trivial posts or responses.
• Submitting low-effort AI-generated feedback or responses.
• Creating bogus activities (e.g., starting superfluous forum threads).