technical report
CSCI 303 Technical Report Requirements – Grading Rubric
Requirements described in Week 5 – No report submitted – grade is zero
Plagiarized papers will receive a grade of zero and the Dean of Students will be notified.
Use the format of the article from Week 1 as a guide for your paper.
Do not number the pages and do not put a header or footer in the paper.
Points
5 Title at the top of the first page (no title page and no table of contents)
Use your name as the author followed by the University information. Put this on one line.
Your Name, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, A&M-Commerce
10 2 pts for each required heading which should be at the left margin (not centered).
Headings in the paper include the following: Do not capitalize the entire word
Abstract – bold font
Keywords– bold font
Introduction– bold font
Other major headings as needed– bold font
Subheadings as needed– use bold font
Conclusions– bold font
References– bold font
Do not use Roman numerals in the paper to number any heading; major headings are not numbered
Other requirements
5 Use acronyms when needed. For the first use of an acronym, type the complete phrase followed by the acronym in parentheses. For example, Bring Your Own Pencil (BYOP). After the first use of the phrase and acronym, you can just use the acronym.
20 number of pages 2 points/page - ( 5 pages or less: -5pts per page missing )
Minimum of 10 pages single-spaced – not including tables, figures and references
Font and size - Times New Roman 12 point
5 Standard margins – 1in top, bottom, left and right.
Do not use two columns as in the example article
15 ‘ In text ” citations – appropriate number of citations based on concepts included in the paper.
The in text citations must be in APA format. There must be at least one in text citation for each reference in the paper. Many paragraphs will contain (depending on content of the paragraph) more than one citation; a citation for a specific reference could appear multiple times in the paper.
No in text citations: paper will not be accepted (grade will be zero)
5 Tables must be identified as a Table with a number and title after the table
Figures must be identified as a Figure with a number and title after the figure
Images must be identifies as an Image with a number and title after the image.
For each of the three items that are included in the paper the first number will be 1 and each item is numbered independently. The next occurrence of a specific item will be the next larger integer.
If you did not create the table or figure, you must include an ‘in text’ citation so the reader can identify the source of the figure or table.
15 References - APA format must be used for the format.
References at the end must be in alphabetic order – see article from Week 1 for indentation format for the complete reference. For each reference in the list, you must have at least one ‘in text’ citation in APA format. If you do not cite a paper then do not include it in the reference list. This will be checked. In the reference list, the first line of the reference will be at the left margin and all remaining lines for each reference will be indented 5 spaces. All references must have a URL that is a hyperlink. References will be checked to see if they are valid.
10 Grammatical errors
10 Spelling Errors
Possible point deductions
This paper should be an organized report on a topic that was approved at the beginning of the semester. The content of various sections in the paper should adequately describe what the heading for the section indicates the content will be. Listing items that need a description but are not described in a section of the paper is not appropriate and provides no or little information for the reader of the paper who may know nothing about the paper topic.
Possible maximum point deductions
Disorganized paper: -10
Sections of the paper without adequate explanation: -10
Less than 10 references: -10
Missing citations where they are required to avoid plagiarism: -10
Drafts not submitted by the grading deadline: -10 for each draft not submitted
The final paper will be automatically submitted to the Turnitin plagiarism checker when it is uploaded to the drop box. Turnitin will assign a percentage score to the paper based on the amount of the text in your paper that can be identified as found in other articles or papers written by other students anywhere. The percentage score is also assigned a color code of blue, green, yellow, orange, or red. This information provides an indication of possible plagiarism found in the document submitted.
Possible points lost as the result of the Tiurnitin evaluation
Blue – no point deducted
Green – possible 5 point deduction
Yellow – possible 15 point deduction
Orange – possible 25 point deduction
Red – possible up to 75 point deduction