Design Challenges

What: Mini-projects, described on separate web pages
Why: To give students a chance to try out what they’ve learned, and to internalize concepts by creating things
When: Milestones (including the final turn-ins) are due on Mondays.
How: All handins will be done using Canvas.
Assessment: Each design challenge will be given a letter grade. The grade will mainly be based on the quality of the final product, but may also consider other parts.
Late Policy: Late assignments will be accepted until the time when we begin to grade or send assignments out for peer review. Late assignments may be penalized.
Drop policy: Students must complete all design challenges.

As of the writing of this page (August 2020), the exact form of the Design Challenges has not been set. In prior years, there were 3 equal length assignments. This year we may have a number of unequal length assignments.

Peer review will be part of the design challenges. You will be given other students assignments and asked to provide critiques. This feedback will be given to the authors. The grades from the peer reviews will not be used for the authors, however, the reviews themselves will be graded.

More details will be given when the challenges are announced.