CH391L/S13/TopicGradingRubric

Initial Presentation

Possible values for these assignments intentionally add up to more than the total number of possible points. Topics and effective approaches to researching and presenting them will be different, so this gives you multiple routes to get full credit by excelling at some aspects of the assignment and neglecting others to some extent.

Wiki Page (12 total pts)

• Introduction (1 pt) - Give a general introduction to the topic. What is the big-picture motivation for studying this topic?
• Content (3 pts) - Describe the history or experiments specifically leading to the highlighted paper.
• Background (1 pts) - Describe the history or experiments specifically leading to the highlighted paper.
• Highlighted paper (1 pt) - Describe the major results selected paper
• Summary/Future Directions (2 pts) - Evaluate the overall implications of the studies you cite. Compare/contrast the merits of different experimental approaches or studies. Describe the implications of the research for society. Speculate about the future directions of the field. Make connections to other topics.
• References (2 pts) - Cite at least 5 total sources in References section of the page. At least 3 of these must be from the primary literature (The highlighted paper can count for 1 of these 3). Additional references may be review articles, popular science articles, or web pages (if the web pages have significant related content).
• Images (1 pt) - Include at least 2 graphics on the Wiki page. These may be drawn from papers or the web at large, but be sure they have appropriate usage rights for re-posting. For potential extra credit they may be original images that you produce.
• 'iGEM connection (1 pt) - Describes a part or proposal from at least one past iGEM team with a link to their website.

Presentation (8 total pts)

• Organization (2 pt) - '
• Background for selected paper (1 pt) - '
• Time Management (1 pt) - Include at least 2 graphics
• Multimedia
• Responses to questions (2 pts) - How well does the speaker show that they have a mastery of the topic when responding to questions?

For topic updates, you are expected to expand the text by ~1000 words while preserving the logical flow and correcting factual points in the existing text.