| Course Code | Class Code | Assignment Title | Total Points |
| ITT-455 | ITT-455-O500 | Project Vision, Creation, and Publication | 25.0 |
| Criteria | Percentage | Unsatisfactory (0.00%) | Less than Satisfactory (65.00%) | Satisfactory (75.00%) | Good (85.00%) | Excellent (100.00%) | Comments | Points Earned |
| Content | 100.0% |
| Vision Statement | 45.0% | No justification for the project?s existence is provided. | Student describes the justification for the project?s existence. | Student describes the justification for the project?s existence. Student addresses the needs or problems that the project meets or addresses. | N/A | The vision statement creates a clear focus for the project team to reach the desired outcome. Student describes the project?s overarching purpose. Student indicates the long-range results desired for the project. |
| Communication Strategy | 7.0% | No communication strategy exists. | Communication strategy exists but is not clear. | Communication strategy is clear but does not address why the strategy best aligns with the project. | Communication strategy addresses both the why it is applicable and how it will be implemented. | Communication strategy addresses the why and how, and provides a timeline for communication. |
| Research: Logical, Supported Arguments | 15.0% | No outside sources are used to support the assignment. | Few outside sources are used to support the assignment. Limited research is apparent. | Research is adequate. Sources are standard in relevance, quality of outside sources, or timeliness. | Research is timely and relevant and addresses all of the issues stated in the assignment criteria. | Research is supportive of the rationale presented. Sources are distinctive. Student addresses all of the issues stated in the assignment criteria. |
| Technical Knowledge: Application of Appropriate Critical Inquiry Strategies | 20.0% | Vision addresses no technical need. | Vision assumes technical strategy need but no technical need identified. | Vision provides a technical need. | Vision addresses how the technical need is met within the project. | Vision addresses how the technical need is met within the project. Appropriate use of technical knowledge is salient. |
| Paragraph Development and Transitions | 5.0% | Paragraphs and transitions consistently lack unity and coherence. No apparent connections between paragraphs are established. Transitions are inappropriate to purpose and scope. Organization is disjointed. | Some paragraphs and transitions may lack logical progression of ideas, unity, coherence, and/or cohesiveness. Some degree of organization is evident. | Paragraphs are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization and/or in their relationships to each other. | A logical progression of ideas between paragraphs is apparent. Paragraphs exhibit a unity, coherence, and cohesiveness. Topic sentences and concluding remarks are appropriate to purpose. | There is a sophisticated construction of paragraphs and transitions. Ideas progress and relate to each other. Paragraph and transition construction guide the reader. Paragraph structure is seamless. |
| Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) | 5.0% | Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice and/or sentence construction are used. | Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register) and/or word choice are present. Sentence structure is correct but not varied. | Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct and varied sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are employed. | Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. The writer uses a variety of effective sentence structures and figures of speech. | Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. |
| Paper Format (Use of appropriate style for the major and assignment) | 1.0% | APA is not used appropriately or documentation format is rarely followed correctly. | APA is used, but some elements are missing or mistaken; lack of control with formatting is apparent. | APA is used, and formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present. | APA is fully used; There are virtually no errors in formatting style. | All format elements are correct. Free of any and all formatting errors. |
| Documentation of Sources (In-text citations for paraphrasing/direct quotes/images/etc. and reference page/bibliography as appropriate to assignment and style) | 2.0% | Sources are not documented. | Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors. | Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although some formatting errors may be present. | Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct. | Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error. |
| Total Weightage | 100% |