Student and client feedback is used to improve this unit each year. This page summarises the main changes that have been made in recent years. If you have any feedback about the unit (good or bad) please let the unit coordinator know as soon as possible so that she can make changes, or maybe provide you with more insight into why things are the way they are.

Peer Review

Feedback: "Some kind of group formation/leadership theory ... More has to be done to encourage positive group dynamics throughout the course of this unit,"
"group projects needs some kind of group/team member assessment, alternatively some other way to motivate those who have found ways to not contribute and still get credit."
Deliverable 3 "allowed some team members to check out completely"

Response: Week 1 workshop updated on communication and a Team Code of Conduct (CoC) introduced. The CoC requires students as a team to evaluate their performance against this CoC regularly throughout the semester. This forces teams to have the difficult discussions about how their teamwork is going and to have the opportunity to course correct. For assessment items, team submits as a group an assessment of each team member against the CoC. The group must agree on the mark for each individual, through a whole group discussion.
Time sheets linked to project tasks also introduced (suggest Clockify + Trello).

Love the skills workshops

Feedback: "Suggest add a masterclass on using Git and GitHub. We had one, but that was just a lecture with some demonstration. Instead, I thought about a masterclass/tutorial / practical lesson (similar to the MVP practical lesson). A tutor shares a prepared repo with existing issues."

Response: Added for 2023 and several new industry workshops (UX, planning group work, ethics, security) added for 2023.

More time for take home test

Feedback: Maybe [the ACS ethics] part can be put earlier but not right before the exam, as this part needs time to think and digest.

Response: Done. Take home test moved later (week 9), and more time allowed to complete it.

Assessment Weights and Rubrics

Feedback: "Definitely, there's no need to change anything major about the unit. Maybe just small adjustments, for instance, reduce the cost of the mid-semester test from 30% to 20% and instead add one extra task of 10% worth."

Clearer rubrics needed

Response: Updated for 2023