CSCI 162 - Lab and Assignment Scoring Rubric

Scoring Rubric Explained

The rubric is largely demerits based with each lab or assignment starting with a possible of 100 points and that grade reduced when one or more demerits are deducted.

Common* demerits and points lost:

• Failure to compile.................................................................... -30 points
• Not coded to specification or incomplete............................... -20 points (maybe more if incomplete)
• Failure to properly read input (from user or redirected).... -20 points
• Improper output format (or missing output)........................ -15 points
• Contains logic errors (runs but not correctly)...................... -10 points
• Poorly designed code or methods (works but kludgy)......... -10 points
• Improper indenting or whitespace......................................... -10 points
• Excessively long lines of code (>80 chars)............................... -5 points
• Improper or missing comments............................................... -5 points

* Note: The above are general demerits used as guidelines when grading. The grader reserves the right to vary the demerit points slightly on a case-by-case basis.

What does this mean to me?

A program that is submitted, compiles, is well formatted, well commented, reads input correctly and has partial output will likely only get demerits for completeness (>-20) and output. It's conceivable that such a program, if mostly complete (even if some parts are missing) can still garner a passing grade.