Every group has to submit only ONE lab report for every experiment. The marks for every experiment for every student are calculated as follows: 40% for lab report (group assessment), 40% for simulation results or lab performance (individual assessment), 15% for peer assessment and 5% for course outcome survey.
Refer to the lab course Spectrum for the lab report rubric, lab performance rubric and peer assessment rubric.
A lab report must consist of the following main bodies:
Do not include these in your lab report:
The lab report MUST be written using the Excel file provided (latest version) in your Spectrum only. Visit your lab course Spectrum and look for "Lab report file" to download the file.
The lab report must be written in English language only.
A lab report example can be found in your lab course Spectrum under "Lab report example."
Lab report submission and deadline:
Mark deduction on the lab report will be made:
The performance of every student during every lab session is assessed based on:
Mark deduction on the lab performance will be made if a student is (not affecting other team members):
The Lab Performance Rubric can be found in the Spectrum.
After every experiment, the team members of a student in a group will assess his/her performance. He/she will also be assessing his/her team members' performance. E.g. if a group consists of 3 students X, Y and Z, X will be assessing Y and Z, Y will be asssessing X and Z and Z will be assessing X and Y. The peer assessment is stricly confidential.
The marks for peer assessment will be averaged. E.g. if X is assessed by Y and Z, the total peer assessment marks for X will be divided by 2. However, if X is assessed by Y or Z only, the total marks will be divided by 1.
The peer assessment is based on:
The Peer Assessment Rubric can be found in the Spectrum.
| Attended lab session or submitted simulation results (40%) | Submitted lab report (40%) | Marks obtained for the experiment (80%) | |
| 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| 0 | 1 | 0% | |
| 1 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1 | 1 | Lab session or simulation results marks + Lab report marks |
Notes:
0 = Absent lab session / No lab report submitted / No simulation results submitted
1 = Attended lab session / Submitted lab report / Submitted simulation results
The above table indicates that for marks to be awarded for an experiment, students must attend the lab session or submit the simulation results (for software-based experiments) AND submit the lab report (only 1 of the members from every group has to submit the lab report).
Last Update: 09/11/2022